The Meet Group to Release Blind Date and Second Date to MeetMe and Skout Live
29 Abril 2020 - 7:21AM
Business Wire
Hopes to Encourage Socially Distant Dating
During the Pandemic
The Meet Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEET), a leading provider of
interactive livestreaming solutions, plans to release two new
features to its NextDate dating game, Blind Date and Second Date,
on its MeetMe and Skout livestreaming dating apps in the coming
weeks. The announcement comes in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic
which is forcing millions of people to practice social distancing
and self-isolation. Through the release of Blind Date and Second
Date, The Meet Group hopes to encourage its users to make
connections, find love, and regain a sense of community, all while
remaining socially distant. NextDate, a gamified version of speed
dating, was introduced to The Meet Group’s portfolio of mobile apps
in October 2019.
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The Meet Group to Release Blind Date and
Second Date to MeetMe and Skout Live
Blind Date allows NextDate users to meet and date streamers
through a timed video chat. The streaming host can hear but not see
the contestant, therefore making the date based on personality
rather than looks. As the mini-date continues, the contestant’s
video becomes increasingly less blurred and is revealed only when
time runs out or if the host selects the “date” option.
Second Date gives a contestant the chance to have a number of
subsequent dates with the streamer during the game, adding a new
element to the NextDate experience. With Second Date, when the
streamer chooses to “date” a contestant, the contestant is given
the opportunity to play an unlimited number of times in the same
game session unless the streamer decides to “next” them. Second
Date allows contestants and streamers to be able to converse,
connect, and potentially find love.
Because of the outbreak, The Meet Group is seeing users spend
more time in video chats and livestreaming than ever before. Today
over 100,000 NextDate games are played daily, and more than 1
million people either watch or livestream every day.
“Since the start of the pandemic, video chats have increased by
48%, and time spent in video increased by 47%,” said Geoff Cook,
Chief Executive Officer of The Meet Group. “In response to the
enacting and extension of social distancing measures across the
country, we are accelerating the launch of video dating products
across our portfolio of mobile dating apps in order to provide our
users with new ways to connect during these uncertain times.”
Blind Date and Second Date are expected to be released to both
MeetMe and Skout users in May.
About The Meet Group
The Meet Group (NASDAQ: MEET) is a leading provider of
interactive dating solutions designed to meet the universal need
for human connection. Our ecosystem of 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
release Blind Date and Second Date as anticipated; whether Blind
Date and Second Date will cause users to make connections, find
love, and regain a sense of community, all while remaining socially
distant; whether Blind Date and Second Date will operate as
expected; whether users will continue to spend more time in video
chats and livestreaming than before the pandemic; 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 as anticipated.
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
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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
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