Digital State: How the Internet is Changing Everything, for which two Newsline columnists have contributed, has been nominated for Marketing Book of the Year.
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Facebook turns 10 today, and while nobody was using the social media platform on their Nokia 3310s back in 2004, last year mobile accounted for more than half of the social network’s ad revenue.
The platform will offer ‘native’ advertising across all channels, alongside standard display ads, in a bid to allow commercial partners to speak directly to the consumer in an “authentic and meaningful” way.
Freesat has announced strong results for the final quarter of 2013, adding 31,000 homes and bringing total households served to over 1.8 million.
Freesat will become the only free TV platform or service to feature the BBC apps.
Speaking at the Advertising Association’s LEAD event on Thursday, John Cridland argued that for SMEs to further invest in advertising, small and medium-sized enterprises need to be treated more differently than they currently are.
Through correct integration, the IPA hopes that it will be possible to leverage further insights.
The final quarter of 2013 saw BT contribute 60% of net additions to the UK broadband market, while reaching record numbers for fibre take-up.
Nintendo sold just 2.4 million Wii U consoles in the nine months ending 31 December – far below projected sales for the Japanese entertainment company.
Second screening has made a key feature of smart TVs largely redundant before they’ve even begun to be understood, says Research the Media’s Richard Marks.