May 9, 2008 | Uncategorized
MySpace is to allow its users to share their public profiles and data directly on other sites, writes ENN. Yahoo!, eBay, Photobucket and Twitter have already signed up to the so-called data availability initiative. Users will be able to have single updates appear...
May 9, 2008 | Uncategorized
Americans spend more time on the internet than anyone else according to new data from Nielsen Online, writes The Telegraph. The average American spends nearly 28 hours/month online, way ahead of France and Spain on 20 and 18 hours respectively. The study also...
May 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
A new joint study from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) and Thinkbox has found that consumers who see an advert both online and on television are more likely to purchase products than those who have only seen an ad on one of those media. The study tested 3,000...
May 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
A new report from Datamonitor estimates that nearly half the UK will be using social network sites by 2012, writes The Telegraph. The UK already has the highest levels of membership in Europe, with 9.6m Brits members of sites such as Facebook and MySpace. By 2012...
May 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here in the UK, the latest radio listenership figures (Rajar Q1 2008) give an upbeat tempo for the radio industry with listening up one percentage point in a year. 45m adults tune into the radio each week and 31% now use digital platforms to listen radio listening...
Apr 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
Microsoft plans to extend its contract with the UK company, Mobile Commerce, to continue providing RoundTown, MSN’s branded mobile location-based service. RoundTown is a mobile search service which allows users of any internet-enabled mobile phone to access a...
Apr 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
Mobile advertising using TV, video, user-generated content, games & music formats are forecast to reach $2.79bn by 2012, according to a new report. The report, from Media Analyst Screen Digest, is entitled ‘Mobile media advertising opportunities: The market...
Apr 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
Yahoo! has posted Q1 revenues of $1.35bn (£681m), beating analyst expectations, writes the Financial Times. Income reached $542.2m (£271.5m) in total against $142.4m (£72m) in Q1 2007. However profits were boosted by a one-off gain of $401m (£202m) from the IPO of...
Apr 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
Google has smashed analysts’ expectations, with Q1 revenues of $5.19bn (£2.6bn), writes Brand Republic. The figures represent a year-on-year rise of 42% and an increase of 7% from the last quarter of 2007. Earnings rose 31% to reach $1.31bn (£656m). Google-owned...
Apr 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
AOL has bought contextual content service provider Sphere Source for $25m (£12.7m), writes Netimperative. Prior to the purchase AOL had partnered with Sphere to offer its widget technology on AOL News and myAOL. AOL intends to use Sphere to widen the content available...
Apr 17, 2008 | Uncategorized
Juniper Research’s latest study claims that mobile banking is set for a major surge in popularity, writes ENN. The study predicts that by 2011, 816m customers will bank via their mobile phones – a tenfold increase on the figure for 2007. The number of...
Apr 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
New research from Verdict Research predicts that the British online retail sector will grow by over £20bn in the coming four years to reach £44.5bn or 13.6% of all retail, writes Brand Republic. The research forecasts that online retail will grow 32% during 2008 to...
Apr 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
Juniper Research’s latest study claims that mobile banking is set for a major surge in popularity, writes ENN. The study predicts that by 2011, 816m customers will bank via their mobile phones – a tenfold increase on the figure for 2007. The number of...
Apr 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
New research from Verdict Research predicts that the British online retail sector will grow by over £20bn in the coming four years to reach £44.5bn or 13.6% of all retail, writes Brand Republic. The research forecasts that online retail will grow 32% during 2008 to...
Apr 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
The following story in the FT isn’t unexpected, but it does have some uncomfortable implications for classic media and dotcoms alike. The Bellwether survey has been a pretty solid predictor of offline advertising trends in the past and the advertising budget are...
Apr 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
Growth in the number of active devices in Brazil
Apr 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
The BBC is to make its iPlayer catch-up service available through the Nintendo Wii, writes Brand Republic. This will bring the iPlayer directly to the televisions of the UK’s 2.4m Wii owners. iPlayer usage has grown 25% each month during its first-quarter and...
Apr 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Latest findings from Harris Interactive suggest that if privacy safeguards are in place, most consumers are okay with the ideas and models behind behavioural advertising targeting. With 15% of UK display inventory probably served through behavioural tools today,...
Apr 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
UK digital publishers saw a total year-on-year increase in digital revenues of 52% according to the Association of Online Publishers’ (AOP) sixth annual census. Online advertising revenues were also up 33% while content revenues grew 68%. According to the census...
Apr 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
Online adspend in the UK grew 38% last year to reach £2.813bn – an annual increase of £797m. The figures, from the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers/IAB study, saw online spend break £750m in a single quarter. Search advertising grew £345m to reach £1.6bn (57.6% of...
