TikTok's Pulse Premiere Welcomes Disney for Unprecedented Partnership

Quincy Cahilig, Tech Times 13 October 2023, 01:10 pm

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TikTok has strengthened its publishing features by partnering with Disney for Pulse Premiere, its premium ad offering. The agreement is a component of Disney's endeavors to commemorate The Walt Disney Company's 100th anniversary with a spectacular social media event.

When TikTok's Pulse Premiere was first introduced this year, major media behemoths including NBCU, Condé Nast, DotDash Meredith, BuzzFeed, and others joined in. This strategy lets marketers display ads in brand-safe venues with quality video content. With a dedicated content center made just for Disney fans, this agreement is poised to transform the landscape of brand collaborations on TikTok, per TechCrunch.

The recently added Disney location within the TikTok app has a lot of fun features. Disney lovers may watch Disney movies, create content with Disney music and special effects, play Disney quizzes, and collect "Character Cards" of their favorite Disney characters. This agreement creates what is being called a "first-of-its-kind" content platform that goes beyond Pulse Premiere, making TikTok one of the most significant Pulse Premiere publishers.

Asad Ayaz, Chief Brand Officer of The Walt Disney Company, justified the partnership with the social media colossus. He emphasized that TikTok's enormous reach played a key role in their choice. With over 240 billion views on TikTok for Disney's varied portfolio of brands and experiences, TikTok has become the go-to platform for Disney fans to create, connect, and interact with their favorite Disney movies, characters, and experiences.

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What to Expect from the TikTok-Disney Partnership?

With 48 Disney account handles spread throughout 24 different locations around the world, the Disney engagement on TikTok will be a massive global event. This massive campaign will launch on October 16 and include material from Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel, ESPN, National Geographic, and Disney Parks, among others. Over 150 million users follow the Disney-owned TikTok accounts together, and it is anticipated that the celebration will increase this already outstanding viewership.

TikTok users can look forward to daily reminders of the Disney characters, franchises, movies, and memories that have endeared them, encouraging them to produce and share more Disney-related content on the social media platform.

Moreover, Disney and TikTok will launch the Disney100 Playlist, which includes well-known songs from Disney's vast collection, to improve the user experience. TickerTV News reported that Pulse Premiere will help marketers by guaranteeing that advertisements follow "suitable videos" from TikTok's high-end publishing partners. Comparing this positioning to other video platforms, there is a noticeably higher level of user involvement.

TikTok to Proactively Address Issues in Malaysia

Separately, TikTok has proactively addressed the Malaysian government's concerns over its adherence to local laws. The government said TikTok had not done enough to combat defamatory or misleading information. To show its dedication to fixing these problems and abiding by local laws, TikTok has planned talks with Malaysia's communications authority, according to Reuters.

Due to a prohibition on social media e-commerce, TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has drawn criticism across Southeast Asia. Most recently, Indonesia halted transactions on its site. As a result of the platform's difficulties in the area, Vietnam has also started looking into hazardous content on the app.