Television technology, including digital and HD formats, time-shifted and catch-up viewing, has helped drive a global increase in television viewing, a new report has revealed. The report – Television – International Key Facts 2011 – published by IP Network, the wholly owned international advertising subsidiary of RTL Group, analyses audiences, programmes and leading trends in […]
BigBand Networks has announced that AT&T Services is starting to deploy the BigBand Media Services Platform (MSP) as part of AT&T U-verse TV’s local ad insertion solution. BigBand expects AT&T to become a material customer for the first time in the second half of 2011. The BigBand MSP-based advertising solution can help operators increase advertising […]
The cost of placing ads on Facebook is rising rapidly as more big brands begin to move their television and print spending on advertising onto the world’s largest social network, recent reports have revealed. The “cost per click” of an ad placed on Facebook has increased by 74 per cent over the last year in […]
Orange has signed an exclusive partnership with Dailymotion to deliver an integrated-advertising solution targeting specific audiences and localised content on Dailymotion’s video-sharing platform. Dailymotion’s video sharing platform reaches 114 million unique visitors a month worldwide, and 20,000 videos are added daily. The Orange Advertising Network will have the exclusivity to monetise and represent Dailymotion’s video […]
Brewer Heineken has signed a multimillion-euro advertising contract with Google to target consumers in Western Europe, the US and emerging markets. “The deal with Google will mainly focus on distributing our commercials on YouTube, in order to reach our target groups of 20-somethings, but will also include promotions such as banners on Google,” said Heineken’s […]
BT has welcomed the ASA’s ruling on Virgin Media’s “Stop the Broadband Con” campaign. Virgin’s campaign was judged to have misled consumers on eight counts, contained six examples of exaggeration, failed to substantiate its claims on five counts and denigrated the industry.
Spanish pay-TV gained subscribers in 2010 but failed to increase its total revenues, according to the latest report from the CMT (Telecommunications Market Commission). The number of pay TV subs grew by 7.7 per cent to 4.5 million, 10.4 per cent to 5 million including mobile TV. Pay DTT, cable and IPTV were the winners […]
UK analysts at YouGov have published a consumer survey on the UK’s TV viewing habits and attitudes. Although ownership of Internet connected TVs is currently low, there is clearly a demand for them – almost three quarters (69 per cent) of respondents had watched catch up TV citing convenience as the main driver for doing […]
Over 90 per cent of Brits do not recognise the product placement logo introduced to programmes earlier this year to warn viewers when an advertiser has paid a broadcaster to push its wares, according to research published by Populus. As part of the relaxation of product placement rules, broadcasters have to show a bold “P” […]
YuMe, the relevant video advertising technology company, has confirmed the launch of YuMe Europe with its first office in London, and the acquisition of Appealing Media, the premium mobile video advertising company serving customers such as ESPN, IPC Media, Bauer Media, and Universal McCann. Already a player in the UK market, Appealing Media brings seasoned […]