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Tumblr Chooses Livebox to Power Its Livestreaming Video & Creator Economy

BUSINESSWIRE - Today's announcement coincides with the official launch of the Livebox (formerly known as vPaaS) brand.

The Meet Group, a top provider of livestreaming video and creator economy solutions, announced Tumblr has chosen Livebox as its video livestreaming and content provider. Live has been rolled out to Tumblr's U.S. users, with a global rollout planned. More minutes of video content are produced through Livebox per day than Netflix has in its catalog. Livebox has become a leader in integrated livestreaming video and creator economy solutions. Livebox enables livestreaming video for 7 of the top grossing 25 social networking apps in the US, along with The Meet Group's portfolio of owned and operated mobile apps and services. The Meet Group represents the Video segment of ParshipMeet Group, an international leader in Dating and Video. "We're curious to see how Tumblr's overflowing creativity will blossom now that users have access to native live streaming. Our creators are multi-modal and this is a new color in their palette," said Matt Mullenweg, founder and CEO of Tumblr's parent company Automattic. Geoff Cook, CEO and co-founder of The Meet Group said "With everything needed to launch livestreaming video and new creator economy solutions all in one 'box', Livebox gives brands the power to create new chances for connection while also providing opportunities for quantifiable business impact."

Livebox offers partners:

• A turnkey, white label, live video solution
• An integrated monetization solution for brands and creators
• An industry-leading safety framework that combines AI technology and 500+ human moderators
• Dedicated talent support to find, recruit, and promote content creators
• Livebox's business model allows app users to give and receive virtual gifts

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Geoff Cook - the Creator Economy & Dating

OPW - The creator economy is taking off. What does this mean for dating and online social communities? Geoff Cook, CEO and co-founder of a unique worldwide social dating company, The Meet Group, has a unique vantage point on this trend. He found that the pandemic changed consumer behavior, increasing the use of online interaction and social entertainment as well as the trust, and acceptance of meeting and socializing online. Geoff noted that live-streaming and the Creator Economy already account for most consumer spending on social apps. The Meet Group is now the #1 live-streaming dating platform in North America & Europe. The company always develops new live video formats to engage & delight. This platform (vPaaS) is now available to other dating apps like POF who have it integrated.

LTR stands for Love, Technology, Relationships and the online conference covers the Internet dating and Online Social Communities space. It is for members of IDEA and OSCA.

The October LTR was kindly sponsored by RealMe, vPaaS by Meet Group, FaceTec, OneRep, and Courtland Brooks

ParshipMeet Group Adds Hornet as New Livestreaming Partner

BUSINESSWIRE - ParshipMeet Group, a leading provider of interactive dating solutions, has enabled the launch of livestreaming video on Hornet through its vPaaS (video Platform as a Service) solution. Hornet, known as the world's queer social network, has ~35M members.

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Twitch for Dating

MEDIUM - The Meet Group either owns, powers, or will soon power the Livestreaming Video & Creator Economy of 7 of the top 50 largest social apps by revenue in the world, according to App Annie data. AppAnnie recently published a report, which noted 3 out of every 4 dollars spent in the Top 25 Social Apps Worldwide are spent in Live Streaming. The Creator economy is estimated to be a $100+B market today, roughly doubling in 2020 over 2019 as the pandemic has forever changed consumer behavior. Twitch, the livestreaming video game platform, said that people watched 1 trillion minutes of video in 2020. The Meet Group is the #1 livestreaming dating platform in North America and Europe. The Meet Group reaches ~14M people a month, while its vPaaS platform reaches up to another 23M.

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The Meet Group Partners With Spectrum Labs to Improve Livestreaming Moderation

BUSINESSWIRE - July 27 - The Meet Group, a leading provider of interactive dating solutions, and Spectrum Labs, a leading AI-based content moderation platform, have expanded their partnership to include a R&D commitment into voice moderation aimed at protecting users from online toxicity, hate speech and abuse in The Meet Group's livestreaming products. The partnership also includes algorithmic moderation of all chats sent within The Meet Group's livestreaming solution and AI private chat moderation.

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ParshipMeet Group Adds MocoSpace to Growing List of Livestreaming Video Partners

BUSINESSWIRE - ParshipMeet Group, a leading provider of interactive dating solutions, will provide livestreaming video to MocoSpace, a social gaming and chat app through its Live video Platform as a Service (vPaaS) product. ParshipMeet’s vPaaS solution powers Live video for some of the world's largest livestreaming video dating apps. MocoSpace is the largest mobile chat and gaming community in North America, with ~100M registered users.

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Geoff Cook - Live Streaming Video Adds Social Entertainment to Online Dating

LTR - Apr 26 - Technological innovations like live streaming video and AI will continue to improve user engagement and drive growth in the online dating industry, according to Geoff Cook, CEO of The Meet Group and General Manager Video for ParshipMeet Group. These technologies have enabled The Meet Group to significantly increase the average lifetime of its users as well as their willingness to spend. The company's live video network hosts 8.9 million viewers per month and has experienced 185% YoY growth. Through its vPaaS SDK, or video platform as a service, these positive network effects can be integrated into other dating apps. Geoff Cook discusses the benefits of broadcast video for dating apps in the latest video in the LTR Conference series.

LTR stands for Love, Technology, Relationships and the online conference covers the Internet dating and Online Social Communities space. It is for members of IDEA and OSCA.

The February LTR was kindly sponsored by RealMe, vPaaS by The Meet Group, Utopia Analytics, Tawkify, Real Gifts & Courtland Brooks.

Spark Networks Partners With ParshipMeet Group to Deliver Livestreaming Video to Users

PR NEWSWIRE - Mar 31 - Spark Networks will deliver livestreaming video to its largest brand, Zoosk, via an agreement with ParshipMeet Group, a leading provider of interactive dating solutions. Spark will leverage ParshipMeet Group's Live video Platform as a Service (vPaaS) product, which powers some of the world's largest livestreaming video dating apps by monetizing user videos. Geoff Cook, CEO The Meet Group and GM Video ParshipMeet Group said "Nearly 250,000 dating games now take place across our Live communities every day allowing members to connect, safely meet, and fall in love."

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