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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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Catherine Connelly - the Journey From myYearbook to The Meet Group

LTR - Mar 4 - Catherine Connelly, Co-Founder and SVP Marketing for The Meet Group, has been instrumental in the growth and development of the company over the past 16 years. During this interview with Mark Brooks, CEO of Courtland Brooks, Connelly recalls the events that inspired her to co-found myYearbook with her brothers Dave and Geoff Cook in 2005. She was just 15 at the time. Following a merger with Quepasa in 2011, the company was rebranded as MeetMe in 2012. Over the following years, they acquired Lovoo, Skout, Tagged, and Growlr to form The Meet Group. The company has embraced video in its products and has championed the use of one-to-many broadcasting in the dating space. Catherine Connelly provides her unique perspective in building an online dating company in the latest video in the LTR Webinar 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 December LTR was kindly sponsored by RealMe, vPaaS by The Meet Group, Utopia Analytics, Real Gifts & Courtland Brooks.

CEO of The Meet Group, Geoff Cook to Speak at LTR Edition 5

VSN - Feb 14 - TOPIC: Inside the vPaaS Video Platform as a Service

Geoff Cook heads one of the most unique social dating community companies worldwide. The Meet Group is focused on providing one-to-many video, and comprises industry leading brands Meetme, Lovoo, Tagged, Skout and Growlr. Geoff joined the dating industry in 2005 and pioneered one to many video. This platform (vPaaS) is now available to other dating apps, like POF. What does vPaaS do? Who can get vPaaS? What's in store for the future? Geoff will answer these questions and enlighten you on one-to-many video.

LTR Edition 5 is on Thursday 18th Feb starting 11:30am EST (New York). If you hold a full time leadership role at an Internet dating company then you are welcome to join OSCA for free, and welcome to join LTR events for free. See the LTR Edition 5 overview and invite page here. Email mark@courtlandbrooks.com to RSVP for LTR. There are 80 places only.

LTR is kindly sponsored by RealMe, vPaaS by Meet Group, Utopia Analytics, Real Gifts, and Courtland Brooks

The Meet Group Launches Face Verification

BUSINESSWIRE - Sep 21 - The Meet Group rolls out AI-powered face verification using FaceTec's 3D selfie technology, a human liveness check. Verification badges roll out to MeetMe member profiles this week, then Skout and Tagged within months. FaceTec's AI software confirms the user is physically present in front of the camera. As badge adoption increases, it will become a prerequisite for certain activities like sending photos in chat. Additionally, FaceTec's AI provides a 3D age estimation.

"At the beginning of this year, I set forth our commitment to safer dating in 2020, addressing key issues affecting dating apps everywhere: Authenticity, Age Estimation, Device Blocking, and Textual Screening," said Geoff Cook, CEO of The Meet Group. "With the launch of the Profile Verification Badge on MeetMe, we are...helping to ensure authenticity and end catfishing."

Other initiatives include using URSafe so members can stay connected in an emergency, collaborating with Microsoft on Project Artemis which uses common textual patterns and an age detection engine to prevent child exploitation, the introduction of a Safer Dating Advisory Board of epidemiologists and infectious disease experts to provide advice aimed at reducing the risk of contagion while dating, and implementing DeviceCheck to block bad actors' devices. See TMG's safety overview.

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