Tencent’s WeTV, chooses SelectMedia as its global video platform

WeTV, the video streaming platform owned by China’s Tencent, has chosen SelectMedia as its primary video ad platform as it looks to grow its programmatic advertising business worldwide.WeTV, is the international version of Tencent Video (the leading video app in China); aimed to provide a variety of genres of English subbed Chinese series, variety shows, special events, and anime.  

The partnership between WeTV and SelectMedia will allow Tencent to accelerate and scale their programmatic video strategy in Asia as well as other parts of the world. Selectmedia will help to engage agencies and advertisers looking to target a hard-to-reach audience in a premium brand-safe environment at scale. 

WeTV is now one of the largest digital video streaming destinations in several Asian markets, including Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, and India.

It supports multiple kinds of devices, giving users the best experience on all platforms such as Mobile, desktop, tablets, and Smart TV’s.

Nearly two-thirds (70%) of its user base are aged between 25-45+, 70% are men and 80% use Android.

While online content continues to be dominated by Smart TV and smartphones, defenitely in SEA and even rest of APAC, video platforms with scale like WeTV stands to gain more and more budgets as brands want to find innovative new ways to reach engaged viewers.

Our unique ad unit offers great KPI’s such as 90% viewability and +85% completion for video advertising.