Largest African-American Dating App, Tagged, To Rollout Live Video Dating to Respond to COVID-19
April 16 2020 - 8:31AM
Business Wire
Blind Date and 1:1 Video Chat Help Users
Maintain Safe Dating Distance
The Meet Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEET), a leading provider of
interactive livestreaming solutions, has created two new features
designed to help users connect while maintaining proper dating
distance on its popular mobile application, Tagged -- the country’s
largest dating app primarily focused on African Americans. The two
features, Blind Date and 1:1 video chat, are designed to provide
socially distant users with options to engage and build new
relationships.
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Largest African-American Dating App,
Tagged, To Rollout Live Video Dating to Respond to COVID-19
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Blind Date allows users to meet and date streamers through a
timed video chat based on personality rather than looks. The
streaming host can hear but not see the contestant. As the
mini-date progresses, the contestant’s video becomes less blurred
and more clear. The contestant is revealed when time runs out or
after the host decides it’s a match and taps the “date” option. The
feature is a new mode of the Company’s popular NextDate dating
game.
The Company also plans to enable 1:1 video chat on Tagged as an
alternative to meeting in person. “Meeting in person is no longer
safe for large swaths of the world,” said Geoff Cook, CEO of The
Meet Group. “We have reminded our users that in-person dating is
not essential and that social distancing is important. These video
dating features, we hope, will help people find support,
connection, and love in these uncertain times.
“There are more than 95,000 NextDate dating games played each
day on our apps, and more than one million people either watch or
livestream on our video platform every day,” added Cook. “Since the
start of the pandemic, time spent in video has increased by 39%. As
the social distancing timeline is extended, we are accelerating the
launch of video dating products across our portfolio of dating
apps.”
The Company expects to roll-out Blind Date and 1:1 video chat to
Tagged users over the coming weeks.
About The Meet Group
The Meet Group (NASDAQ: MEET) is a leading provider of
interactive livestreaming solutions designed to meet the universal
need for human connection. Our ecosystem of social dating and
livestreaming apps enables users around the world to interact
through one-to-many livestreaming broadcasts and text-based
conversations. Our top apps, MeetMe®, LOVOO®, Skout®, Tagged® and
Growlr®, deliver live interactions and meaningful connections to
millions of users daily. Headquartered in New Hope, PA, we have
offices in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dresden, and Berlin. The
Meet Group is committed to safety. You can find a description of
current safety practices here:
https://www.themeetgroup.com/safety-practices/. For more
information, visit themeetgroup.com, and follow us on Facebook,
Twitter or LinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding whether we will
roll-out Blind Date and video 1:1 chat on Tagged in the coming
weeks as expected; whether Blind Date and 1:1 video chat will
provide socially distant users with options to engage and build new
relationships, and help people find support, connection, and love;
whether video chats and time spend in video will continue to
increase and if so at what rate; and whether we will accelerate the
launch of video dating products across our portfolio of dating
apps. All statements other than statements of historical facts
contained herein are forward-looking statements. The words
“believe,” “may,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,”
“think,” “should,” “plan,” “could,” “target,” “potential,”
“project,” “outlook,” “is likely,” “expect” and similar
expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking
statements largely on our current expectations and projections
about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect
our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy
and financial needs. Important factors that could cause actual
results to differ from those in the forward-looking statements
include the risk that our applications will not function easily or
otherwise as anticipated, the risk that we will not launch
additional features and upgrades as anticipated, the risk that
unanticipated events affect the functionality of our applications
with popular mobile operating systems, any changes in such
operating systems that degrade our mobile applications’
functionality and other unexpected issues which could adversely
affect usage on mobile devices. Further information on our risk
factors is contained in our filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including the Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2019 filed with the SEC on March 12, 2020. Any
forward-looking statement made by us herein speaks only as of the
date on which it is made. Factors or events that could cause our
actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is
not possible for us to predict all of them. We undertake no
obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement,
whether as a result of new information, future developments or
otherwise, except as may be required by law.
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