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By Paul Sandle

Aug 30 2018 7:05AM

To compete with YouTube.

Facebook's Watch video service comes to Australia

Facebook is rolling out its Watch video service globally one year after it launched in the United States with original entertainment news and sports content to compete with platforms like Alphabet Inc's YouTube. Facebook's Head of Video Fidji Simo said Watch was gaining real momentum in a ...

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