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3DTV Shows 1st Rate Promise

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Posted: Thursday, December 23rd 2010

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 10/21/09

Web 2.0 News and Trends: Rumor has it that Google will launch a music initiative called One Box to offer song previews, artist bios, graphics, and video - but no downloads or subscriptions. One Box won't be limited to music, according to CNET's Stephen Shankland. There are several different kin  [...]
Posted: Wednesday, October 21st 2009

Mobile Web Poised for Fast Growth

Up to 71% of consumers in the US and 41% in parts of Western Europe anticipate that they will use the mobile internet and other mobile data services on a daily basis over the next two years - with a significant ramp-up in the next 12 months, according to a survey from Tellabs, writes Marke  [...]
Posted: Tuesday, March 31st 2009

Femmes Fuel European Mobile SocNet Growth

Mobile social networking is rapidly expanding in Western Europe, with 152% growth from November 2007 to November 2008 and racking up 12.1 million users during that time in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, according to M:Metrics data from comScore, Inc. (via MarketingCharts). The UK boasts the highest  [...]
Posted: Tuesday, February 3rd 2009

YouTube Broadens Click-to-Buy eCommerce Effort

Expanding on a program that enables video viewers to click on ads related to content they're watching, YouTube's "click-to-buy" ad program will now be available in Germany, Spain and the Netherlands. The program launched in October 2008 for the US and United Kingdom. It empowered music labels to capitalize on their content, as well as pirated material, by providing links where users can buy songs  [...]
Posted: Thursday, January 22nd 2009

Social Features Beef Up Bebo -- and AOL -- Value Add

This morning AOL launched a revamped version of social network Bebo, replete with social features that suggest relevant content and track the activities of "friends." Heavy Bebo users will now be served recommended content, based on past activity, stated interests and the interests and activities of friends. Recommendations can include videos, music, groups and games. AOL reportedly built its content recommendation engine from the ground up. Capabilities from Socia  [...]
Posted: Wednesday, December 10th 2008

UK's Online Shoppers Get Duty-Free Benefits

As of December 1st, shoppers living within the United Kingdom will not have to pay customs duty on items purchased for less than £105 (approximately EU123 or $155) from sites based outside the European Union. Previously, the duty-free limit for goods bought online was £18 (EU21 or $26.50). "Whether you are looking to get your hands on the latest computer game, designer clothes or DVDs, it is important to be aware of the law on customs charges, especially as this is about to change," said Do  [...]
Posted: Friday, November 14th 2008

Online Ad Spend up 21% in UK; Could Overtake TV by '09

Internet ad spending in the UK grew to £1,682.5 million in the first half of 2008, a 21% year-over-year increase, according to the latest figures from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB-UK) in partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the World Advertising Research Center (WARC),   [...]
Posted: Tuesday, October 28th 2008

Babelgum, MusicNation Host Online Music Video Contest

With help from MusicNation, video streaming site Babelgum drew 205 participants to its first online music video competition. Tasked with creating their own music videos, 40 semifinalists will appear in a Babelgum app for smartphones, expected to launch December. Babelgum will also debut smartphone-ready channels designed that run short videos aimed at young audiences. Entri  [...]
Posted: Monday, October 27th 2008

Russia Online Video Ad Market to Total $3.5M in '08

In the first half of 2008, Russian online video advertising totaled 30 million rubles -- or $1.2 million -- according to Aegis Group's AdWatch. Over 50 percent of total spend was for video banner advertising. Other online video ad formats included pre- and post-roll, in-video banner ads, product placement and video player branding. (The industry is sufficiently young that industry players are st  [...]
Posted: Thursday, September 25th 2008

Mail.ru Penetrates Russia's Online Dating Market

Mail.ru, a major portal in Russia and the country's first billion-dollar internet firm, has purchased a 30 percent stake in online dating site Mamba. Investment group Finam sold Mail.ru the stake for about $15 million. The Russian online dating market was valued around $21 million in 2007. Along with contender Loveplanet, Mamba holds 90 percent of that market. Unlike Loveplanet, w  [...]
Posted: Friday, August 29th 2008

China, US Compete for Visitors to Beijing '08 Olympic Site

After a tight race with the US, China walked off with the gold for the most visitors to Beijing2008.cn, the official website of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, according to a comScore study (via MarketingCharts). Beijing2008.cn attracted 16.5 milli  [...]
Posted: Tuesday, August 26th 2008

Fans Worldwide Follow Olympics Online

Fans from the 10 countries* measured by Nielsen Online visited Beijing2008.cn, the official website of the Beijing Games, at a rate of nearly 930,000 per day, during the first week (Aug. 9-15) of the competition, Nielsen reported (pdf) - MarketingCharts writes.   [...]
Posted: Wednesday, August 20th 2008

Most Popular Sites for Kids, Teens, Young Adults in UK

Those under age 12 have an affinity for entertainment sites, whereas for those age 12-17 it's games sites -- and student and video sites for those age 18-22 -- according to (pdf) a Nielsen Online study of Britons under age 23 (via MarketingCharts). Under 12   [...]
Posted: Tuesday, August 19th 2008

Social Networking Takes Globe, Facebook Up 153%

Growth in social-networking users in North America is beginning to level off, but their numbers are burgeoning in other regions around the world -- with Facebook leading the way -- according to a comScore study of worldwide usage of social networking sites, writes MarketingCharts. During the   [...]
Posted: Wednesday, August 13th 2008

Mobile Olympics Coverage Intrigues Americans, Brits

A substantial number of mobile users worldwide will follow the Olympics on their cell phones this summer, including nearly 45 percent of United States and 31 percent of United Kingdom mobile video users, according to Nielsen Mobile, MarketingCharts writes. Track and field and gy  [...]
Posted: Wednesday, August 13th 2008

Tech Tools Packed with Growing Media Array

US consumers store an average of 907 songs, 924 photos, 25 movies and seven games on their ever-growing array of digital devices, according to (PDF) a recent study by KRC Research and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) - via MarketingCharts.  [...]
Posted: Wednesday, August 6th 2008

Top UK Web Rankings Issued for June

AOL's acquisition of Bebo has propelled it to sixth place in the UK among online properties, which are still led by Google and Microsoft sites, according to comScore's June rankings of the largest and fastest-growing internet properties and site categories in the UK, MarketingCharts writes. See   [...]
Posted: Thursday, July 31st 2008

Web Opera, Feature Film Have a Snog for Angus, Thongs and...

Paramount Pictures partnered with UK-based Bebo to promote Brit teen movie "Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging." Based on a coming-of-age book by Louise Rennison, the movie debuts in US theatres this October. A Bebo profile was created for f  [...]
Posted: Monday, July 28th 2008

W. Europe Mobile Music Market Poised to Soar

Western Europe's mobile music scene is more advanced than that of the US. While the US is the world's largest retail market for music, it lacks much of Europe's more flexible mobile infrastructure, according to eMarketer - reports MarketingCharts. The UK is the largest individual mobile music market in the EU-5 (UK, Fr  [...]
Posted: Monday, July 28th 2008