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One in five US consumers exposed to brand display ad campaigns conduct related searches and one in three visit the brands’ sites, according to a new study from the Online Publisher’s Association. The study, conducted by comScore, assessed 80 of the biggest branding campaigns across 200 of the most trafficked sites over a month’s time,… Continue reading Consumers exposed to display advertising spend more money online

The Internet Advertising Bureau has announced plans to establish a Game Advertising Council to educate marketers and ease adoption of advertising in and around video games.The IAB said the creation of the group has been driven by requests from the marketplace, IAB members and advertisers. It follows the launch of the IAB US Game Council… Continue reading IAB to create Game Advertising Council

Ofcom has announced plans to introduce a ‘wholesale must-offer’ obligation that will force Sky to make its premium channels available to other broadcasters.The regulator’s consultation document, which was published today after Ofcom’s investigation in to the pay TV market, aims to address concerns over the restricted distribution of premium sports and film channels operated by… Continue reading Ofcom forces Sky to share premium channel content

In the latest of our Research Focus reports, Whitevector looks at the importance of online audience reach in web analytics…While analysing online discussions, it is relevant to estimate the net audience engaged in discussions regarding one’s own brand. When a marketer is familiar with the size and characteristics of the online audience to the brand,… Continue reading Whitevector: Audience Reach – A missing piece in web analytics

Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, has said that all content will be digital within 10 years.Speaking at the Cannes Lions Festival, Ballmer said that traditional media such as print have been slow to adapt to the modern world.“There won’t be newspapers, magazines and TV programs. There won’t be personal, social communications offline and separate. In 10… Continue reading Microsoft CEO: All content to be digital within 10 years

Tim Brooks, managing director of Guardian News & Media, has been confirmed as a panellist at MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar on 16 July.Tickets for the event are available for just £99 for those who book by 6 July. To get your ticket, just enter this discount code: EARLY-8ZUR5 at the MediaTel Group… Continue reading GNM MD confirmed as panellist at ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar

New data from comScore shows that Americans conducted 14.3 billion searches at the five core search engines in May 2009. Nearly two-thirds (65%) of searches were performed on Google, 20% on Yahoo and 8.2% on Microsoft Sites. Though the total number of searches was down 3.8% over April 2009, said comScore, Google’s share of searches… Continue reading 14.3 billion US searches conducted on core search engines in May

Five has launched a website dedicated to television soap operas called Holy Soap, featuring news and gossip about its own and other channel’s soaps.The site is the new official online home of Five’s Australian soaps Neighbours and Home & Away, replacing the two programmes’ previous stand alone sites.It will also contain comprehensive news and gossip… Continue reading Five launches soap website

Guardian.co.uk was the most popular website of the audited national daily newspapers in May 2009, with Telegraph.co.uk enjoying a boost in unique users, according to the latest ABCe data.The Guardian saw its unique user figure fall slightly month on month although it was up by around 9 million year on year, to 27.2 million. In… Continue reading ABCe May 2009: Guardian stays on top

The average US adult has nearly doubled their daily use of the internet as the average US adult spent 2.1 hours per day online in 2006, compared to 3.8 hours in 2008, according to a recent report by The Media Audit. The internet now represents 32.5% of the typical “media day” for all US adults… Continue reading Average US adult doubles daily internet use