Autoplay Video Ads Reportedly Coming To Facebook's News Feed

In an effort to boost advertising revenue, Facebook will apparently start launching video ads in users' news feeds, regardless if the person has liked the brand or not. According to AdAge, Facebook will launch video ads in early 2013, trying to attract TV advertising dollars.

In an effort to boost advertising revenue, Facebook will apparently start launching video ads in users’ news feeds, regardless if the person has liked the brand or not. According to AdAge, Facebook will launch video ads in early 2013, trying to attract TV advertising dollars.

Users should start to see video ads on both the desktop and mobile versions of Facebook by April at the latest. AdAge reports that they would be capped at 15 seconds and automatically start playing, according to sources.

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