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• GIPHY Hosts Inaugural Film Festival, Launches New Platform For 30-Second Videos
• New Twitch Extension Will Let Users React To Streams Using GIFs

  Twitch announced a new extensions in partnership with GIPHY, the online GIF database and search engine. With the GIPHY Extension, viewers will be able to overlay GIFs on streamers' broadcasts.

  
• Giphy’s Gifs Can Now Serve As Thumbnails For Vimeo’s Videos

  Giphy and Vimeo have teamed up to allow the former company's gifs to serve as the thumbnails for the latter company's videos.

  
• Music Messaging Startup Emoticast Raises $5 Million From Sean Parker, Ynon Kreiz, Others

  London-based mobile messaging startup Emoticast announced today a $5 million funding round from a flurry of bold-faced investors.

  
• YouTube Reportedly Piloting Thumbnails That Play Like GIFs On Desktop Site
• Vevo’s New Tool Enables Users To Create GIFs From Its Massive Music Video Trove
• Twitter To Let Users Send Videos Via Direct Message, Rolls Out GIF Search Library
• Facebook Now Lets Some Pages Upload Animated GIFs
• TopFan Partnership Brings Emu’s “Selfie Stickers” To Influencers
• Tumblr Debuts Tumblr TV Site, Allows Channel Creation
• Twitter Starts Auto-Playing Videos, Vines, GIFs; Promises 100% Viewability For Ads
• Facebook Introduces Animated GIFs For Users, But Not Brands