An investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that Google is using anti-competitive practices in open-display ad tech, which it believes could be harming thousands of UK publishers and advertisers. As set out in a statement of objections issued to Google, the CMA has provisionally found that, when placing digital […]
A study from WARC, specialists in marketing effectiveness, has found that global advertising spend is on course to grow 10.5 per cent in 2024 to a total of $1.07 trillion (€0.96tn) – the best performance in six years if the post-Covid recovery of 2021 (+27.9 per cent year-on-year) is disregarded. Ad spend growth is also […]
The European Programmatic TV Initiative (EPTVI), led by thought leadership and advisory collective The Project X Initiative, has announced the addition of industry advisors, and new partnerships with OpenX, an independent supply-side platform for audience, data, and identity targeting, and Google Ad Manager, Google’s supply-side platform for publishers and broadcasters across all formats and screens […]
Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and one of Google’s earliest employees, has died aged 56. Her husband, Dennis Troper, broke the news in a Facebook post, writing on August 10th: “It is with profound sadness that I share the news of Susan Wojcicki passing. My beloved wife of 26 years and mother to our five […]
Google has unveiled its new Google TV Streamer device, replacing Chromecast, which it says “is designed to give you the best entertainment and smart home experience possible”. Google TV Streamer offers access to 700,000+ movies and shows through streaming apps like YouTube TV, Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+ and more, in addition to live TV with […]
Parks Associates has released its Tech Ecosystem Dashboard revealing Roku is the most popular brand of streaming media players in the US, followed by Amazon. Parks Associates’ consumer survey of 8,000 internet households reveals 43 per cent of streaming media player (SMP) owners report using Roku the most often. Thirty-five per cent of SMP owners […]
PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays and complementary solutions, has announced its range of Google Cast and Netflix ready Philips MediaSuite TVs have been selected and installed in the luxury guestrooms at the prestigious five star Grove Hotel in Watford, UK. A short distance from Central London and synonymous with the rich […]
Nokia has announced that GFiber Labs has successfully tested 50Gb/s broadband speeds over its existing fiberenetwork. This is the first live network demonstration of 50G PON technology in the US and shows how operators can use Nokia’s Lightspan MF fibre access platform to upgrade their fibre networks. The trial builds on the 25G PON deployment […]
Arcep, the French regulatory body, has presenting the 2024 edition of its report on the state of the internet in France. This is Volume 3 of the annual report that the Authority submits to the country’s Parliament each year. The report provides an account of the actions that Arcep has taken to safeguard the smooth […]
Google’s carbon emissions in 2023 were 48 per cent higher than in 2019, according to its latest environmental report. It says this is down to the hugely increased energy needed by its data centres because of the explosive growth of AI. AI services involve considerably more processing – and therefore power – than standard online […]