The Commission has moved to the second phase of an infringement proceeding against the UK over failure to provide its citizens with the full protection of EU rules on privacy and personal data protection when using electronic communications. The action stems from complaints over BT's trial of the Phorm targeted advertising system. "People’s privacy and […]

Pre-roll online video advertising is proving to be the most accepted form of advertising according to German magazine publisher Burda Community Network (BCN). A study into the perceptions of online video advertising revealed one in four respondents (23 per cent) say they are 'extremely bothered' by traditional TV advertising compared to the one in eight […]

The pay-TV group is in talks with media agencies about offering 3D ads to run on its new 3D platform, which will incorporate advertising capabilities. Sky said: “Although it’s still very early days, we anticipate there being a range of exciting new creative opportunities for advertisers. As we prepare to launch a commercial service next […]

Called Promoted Videos in the UK a new advertising service from You Tube will use AdWords to allow advertisers to create a campaign that is keyword-targeted and priced on performance. Similar to sponsored links on Google, advertisers will only pay for an ad when a user clicks on it. Advertisers will also be able to […]

A study by Mediacom into how broadcast TV advertising creates online response has revealed for the first time the instant effect that TV advertising has on driving web response and the high levels of misattribution TV suffers from. The study highlights the scope for optimising of both Direct Response and Brand Response TV based on […]

A study revealed that two thirds of Americans reject being tracked online by advertisers. Some 66 per cent do not want marketers to tailor advertisements to their interests. Meanwhile, 69 per cent think that there should be a law that gives people the right to know everything a website knows about them, a survey by […]

Canal Plus CEO Bertrand Meheut has called for a moratorium on the French government's plan to tax commercial channels to compensate public broadcaster France Télévisions for the loss of advertising on its channels. Meheut told Le Figaro the tax should be put on hold until the end of 2011, when advertising on the public channels, […]

Following the success of the trial carried out with Citroën in November 2008 across 100,000 French households, Orange is now launching its interactive TV advertising service over ADSL. For the first time in France, interactive advertising campaigns are broadcast to all Orange TV customers, representing more than 2 million households. With this new area for […]

Publicis Groupe media agency MediaVest will spending "several million" dollars in advertising on Hulu, Adweek reports. MediaVest said it is upping spending on Hulu significantly, adding that the money is being shifted to the video site from both broadcast TV and other websites. The deal also calls for MediaVest to pay for a research initiative […]

From Colin Mann in Cannes David Lancefield, Entertainment & Media (E&M) partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), has suggested that innovative, new measurement models are required to harness the power of cross-platform advertising and content monetisation for E&M. “The combination of the worst cyclical downturn in decades, with the structural transition to online, has resulted in a burning […]