Media convergence
Articles and advice about the intersection of television and computers, including interactive TV, personal video recording, web broadcasting and related trends.
Narrow down your results by adding or subtracting another category. Numbers in the columns below indicate how many stories will be shown as a result of adding / removing each category. [ Help ]
Help
To narrow down your selection of articles, click on the "AND" or "NOT" next to any of the categories below. Say you’re currently browsing entries in category "A", you can then drill down into entries that belong both to category A and another category, or belong to category A but not another category. For instance, you could list entries about demographics in the automotive sector, or entries about email marketing that are not about spam. Numbers in the columns below indicate how many entries the selected operation will narrow your query to. You can combine multiple intersection and exclusion criteria to further limit the number of entries.
| Your current selection | AND | NOT |
|---|---|---|
| » ad buying & planning | 940 | 1110 |
| » ad pricing | 81 | 1969 |
| » ad selling | 420 | 1630 |
| » ad targeting | 399 | 1651 |
| » ad technologies & vendors | 369 | 1681 |
| » advertainment | 257 | 1793 |
| » Advertising | 2 | 2048 |
| » affiliate marketing | 15 | 2035 |
| » agencies & ad departments | 200 | 1850 |
| » alternative marketing | 403 | 1647 |
| » Asia/Pacific | 56 | 1994 |
| » automotive | 61 | 1989 |
| » b2b | 53 | 1997 |
| » best practices | 149 | 1901 |
| » Beyond Marketing | 1 | 2049 |
| » Big Picture | 1 | 2049 |
| » biz buzz | 587 | 1463 |
| » branding | 301 | 1749 |
| » broadband | 477 | 1573 |
| » campaigns & creatives of note | 216 | 1834 |
| » case studies | 18 | 2032 |
| » co-op marketing & partnerships | 285 | 1765 |
| » computers & tech | 163 | 1887 |
| » consumer packaged goods | 68 | 1982 |
| » CRM | 9 | 2041 |
| » cross media | 765 | 1285 |
| » deep coverage | 2 | 2048 |
| » demographics | 286 | 1764 |
| » direct marketing | 165 | 1885 |
| » domain names | 153 | 1897 |
| » don't believe the hype | 31 | 2019 |
| » e-commerce | 268 | 1782 |
| » email marketing | 75 | 1975 |
| » entertainment | 939 | 1111 |
| » Europe | 131 | 1919 |
| » events | 52 | 1998 |
| » finance | 53 | 1997 |
| » global | 43 | 2007 |
| » healthcare | 15 | 2035 |
| » How-to | 2 | 2048 |
| » I-PR & business communications | 24 | 2026 |
| » instant messaging marketing | 28 | 2022 |
| » interviews | 8 | 2042 |
| » intrusive formats | 19 | 2031 |
| » Latin America | 13 | 2037 |
| » legal, government & regulation | 128 | 1922 |
| » loyalty & retention | 75 | 1975 |
| » major account moves | 64 | 1986 |
| » major brands | 425 | 1625 |
| » major players news | 866 | 1184 |
| » measurement & analytics | 141 | 1909 |
| » minorities | 9 | 2041 |
| » mobile marketing | 342 | 1708 |
| » multi-channel marketing | 134 | 1916 |
| » new and improved | 164 | 1886 |
| » nonsense & parodies | 16 | 2034 |
| » online ad market | 549 | 1501 |
| » pearls of wisdom | 68 | 1982 |
| » people | 103 | 1947 |
| » personalization | 57 | 1993 |
| » political parties & organizations | 33 | 2017 |
| » privacy | 28 | 2022 |
| » promotions | 66 | 1984 |
| » publishing | 628 | 1422 |
| » real estate | 11 | 2039 |
| » research & stats | 586 | 1464 |
| » rich media | 494 | 1556 |
| » search engine marketing | 212 | 1838 |
| » Segmentation & Markets | 2 | 2048 |
| » seniors | 15 | 2035 |
| » sex sells | 7 | 2043 |
| » signs of doom | 52 | 1998 |
| » signs of recovery | 22 | 2028 |
| » signs of what's to come | 1009 | 1041 |
| » small business | 22 | 2028 |
| » spam & anti-spam | 19 | 2031 |
| » Spanish-speaking | 9 | 2041 |
| » syndication & RSS | 89 | 1961 |
| » technical innovation | 173 | 1877 |
| » telecom | 126 | 1924 |
| » text ads | 66 | 1984 |
| » tools & software | 247 | 1803 |
| » top stories | 225 | 1825 |
| » travel | 18 | 2032 |
| » user experience | 355 | 1695 |
| » Verticals & Sector | 1 | 2049 |
| » viral marketing & social media | 222 | 1828 |
| » weblog marketing | 114 | 1936 |
| » women | 57 | 1993 |
| » worst practices | 50 | 2000 |
| » Youth | 129 | 1921 |
Online Ad Spending to Grow 20% in 2012. TV Ads Come Along for the Ride
Spending on digital ads will grow 20% this year to reach nearly $40 billion, according to eMarketer. By 2014, it expects online ad spending to reach $52.8 billion and by 2016--$62 billion. "Advertisers' comfort level with integrated marketing is greater than ever, and this is helping more advertisers—and more large brands—put a greater share of dollars online," said David Hallerman, eMarketer [...]
Posted: Thursday, January 19th 2012
Who Says Video Streaming is Subdued? Even Super Bowl Will Be Streamed Live
Even as consumers fling themselves into last minute shopping in preparation for the holidays (for the holiday season-to-date, nearly $32 billion has been spent online, marking a 15% increase versus the corresponding days last year, comScore has just reported), there is next year's exciting events to whcih to look forward. Namely the Super Bowl.
This ye [...]
Posted: Tuesday, December 20th 2011
Top News: Ad spending slows in Q3 | Apple plots TV assault | BT sues Google
Online Ad Industry:
Ad spending slowed to a crawl in the 3rd quarter, report finds.
Convergence:
Apple plots its TV assault.
Mobile Comp [...]
Posted: Monday, December 19th 2011
Coke Campaign Combines TV, Mobile--and Users' Chok Swing
Coca Cola combined a television commercial with a mobile app and instant win promotion in a recent campaign. The result—the app was downloaded 390,000 times and Coke saw its brand revitalized in this Chinese city.
One likely reason behind the campaign's success was the novel "Chok" app, which worked akin to a Wii in that it turned the mobile phone into a remote controller. [video]
Users would then swing the phone whe [...]
Posted: Tuesday, December 6th 2011
Top News: Uninvited ads on Android | Xbox TV platform debuts | Facebook buys Gowalla
Mobile Marketing:
Sneaky mobile ads invade Android phones.
Convergence:
Microsoft rolls out Xbox TV platform.
Social Media:
Facebook [...]
Posted: Monday, December 5th 2011
Top News: Google targets Amazon | Twitter rolls out self-service ads | AOL mobile ads
Ecommerce:
Google targets Amazon's Prime with one-day delivery.
Legal/Regulatory:
Apple questioned by German data regulator about Carrier IQ.
Convergence:
[...]
Posted: Friday, December 2nd 2011
Top News: Google online music | Google TV 2.0 | Brightroll lands $30M
Online Music:
Google to unveil online music store Wednesday.
Mobile Computing:
Nokia will make a Windows 8 tablet.
Convergence:
Sony [...]
Posted: Wednesday, November 16th 2011
Top News: Moble holiday season | NFC | AOL mobile | Google+ better than Facebook?
M-commerce:
How Google, eBay, and PayPal are gearing up for a very mobile holiday shopping season.
Intel and MasterCard to offer Ultrabook users 'safer' NFC checkout via PayPass, impulsive shoppers rejo [...]
Posted: Monday, November 14th 2011
Top News: Ad alliance among AOL, Yahoo, MS | Adobe reportedly abandons Flash | Dish eyes Internet TV
Online Ad Market:
Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo, strike ad alliance.
Blinkx acquires online advertising network PVMG.
Ad Technologies:
Adobe [...]
Posted: Wednesday, November 9th 2011
Top News: Groupon's IPO | Solve Media's Series B | Google eyes pay TV
Finance:
Groupon raised $700 million in its IPO, 30 percent more than it sought.
CAPTCHA ad startup Solve Media is raising an $8-10 million Series B round of financing.
Ex-Googlers [...]
Posted: Friday, November 4th 2011
Top News: Facebook ad strategies | PayPal okay with NFC | Ads in Internet-connected TV
Social Media:
Big brands like Facebook, but they don't like to pay.
Parents help kids lie to get on Facebook.
MOG’s Facebook users [...]
Posted: Wednesday, November 2nd 2011
Top News: Facebook changes impact brands | Shakeout in online ad industry | Apple acquires C3
Social Media:
Why more of your Facebook fans are seeing fewer of your messages.
Facebook introduces Subscribe button beside commenter names in Comments Box social plugin.
Online Ad Market:
Shakeout [...]
Posted: Monday, October 31st 2011
Closing Bell: Apple television | Google+ enhancements | Pick the right mobile ad network
Convergence:
What’s really next for Apple in television.
Social Media:
Google+ enhances offerings with app integration, analytics.
Signs of What's to Come:
The future is amazing, and Microsoft has video to prove it [...]
Posted: Thursday, October 27th 2011
Top News: Nokia Windows | The rich like tablets | Conde Naste's 268% increase in iPad subscriptions
Online Ad Market:
When will brand dollars move online? Maybe never.
Mobile Computing:
Nokia unveils Windows smartphones to catch rivals.
Windows Phone 'Mango' [...]
Posted: Wednesday, October 26th 2011
Closing Bell: Nokia's gamble | Luxury apps | Amazon misses
Mobile Computing:
Nokia's big gamble with Windows Phone.
The best luxury apps for the iPhone.
Convergence:
5 big obstacles standing in [...]
Posted: Tuesday, October 25th 2011
Closing Bell: A social Google music ? | Motorola says Ice Cream sandwich devices coming | iPhone 4S caused dip
Convergence:
Steve Jobs' vision for Apple TV set lingers.
Social Media:
Will Google Music go social?
Mobile Computing:
Motorola: Ice Cream Sandwic [...]
Posted: Monday, October 24th 2011
Closing Bell: Gmail redesign with ad | Groupon IPO | MC Hammer's search product
Online Ad Market:
Gmail redesign fixes annoyances, but adds a pesky ad.
Search:
Can MC Hammer's search product hurt Google?
Convergence:
Hulu Plus [...]
Posted: Friday, October 21st 2011
Google Converges Search Data with TV Ads
Google has launched a new product called Search Triggers that lets TV advertisers adjust their buys according to search trends. It is the first time Google has linked its search data to Google TV Ads.
Google gives the example of a business that sells grills.
"The summertime is when you generally run television advertising. But what i [...]
Posted: Wednesday, October 19th 2011
Top News: Apple sales reach record high | Ice Cream debuts | Mary Meeker's Internet trends
Mobile Computing:
Apple sets iPad, Mac sales records.
Six million Android tablets in the wild.
Android debuts Ice Cream Sandwich.
Ecommerce:
[...]
Posted: Wednesday, October 19th 2011
Closing Bell: Xbox TV content | New Amazon tax deal | Removing ads from Kindle
Convergence:
Microsoft unveils Xbox TV content deals.
Mobile Computing:
Got an iPhone hangover?
Online Ad Market:
Removing ads from new Kindle [...]
Posted: Thursday, October 6th 2011
The Super Bowl Ratchets Up Its Social Media Cred. Meanwhile Convergence Moves Along
Consumers will decide the winner of the USA Today Facebook Super Bowl Ad Meter, the publication recently announced, via a new partnership with Facebook. Advertisers that buy time during Super Bowl, of course, have been incorporating more and more social elements into the spots with each passing year. This initiative - an app hosted on Facebook and USAToday.com - increases [...]
Posted: Monday, October 3rd 2011
Top News: f8 | Google defends itself in Washington | Salesforce.com buys Assisstly
Social Media:
Major changes expected at Facebook's f8 conference.
Facebook employee [...]
Posted: Thursday, September 22nd 2011
Top News: Facebook social ads | Sony tablet that doesn't look like an iPad | Xbox TV to launch soon
Online Ad Market:
Top advertising chief sees calm amid economic storm.
Facebook "Social Ads" are for real.
Mobile Computing:
Sony designs a tablet that is not an iPad wannabe.
Google [...]
Posted: Thursday, September 15th 2011
Top News: Google settles over online pharma ads | Lift | Sprint gets iPhone 5 | Brightcove IPO
Legal/Regulatory:
Google said to reach $500M settlement over online pharma ads.
Dutch court orders formally Europe-wide preliminary injunction against Samsung Galaxy smartphones.
Social Media:
Firs [...]
Posted: Wednesday, August 24th 2011
Top News: Apple building cheaper iPhone | Google releases TV SDK | How to spy on PPC competitors
Mobile Computing:
Exclusive: Apple suppliers building cheaper, 8GB iPhone.
Microsoft halts smartphone marketshare decline with Windows Phone 7.
Apple to [...]
Posted: Tuesday, August 23rd 2011