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Internet users do not like to be disturbed by advertising while watching VoD content but instead prefer to see ads when shopping online, according to new research from the IAB.The best time to reach out to the majority of consumers with ads is during e-commerce activity, while users are looking for the best deals or… Continue reading IAB: Online advertisers must “respect consumers”

UK consumers believe they are most likely to pay attention to online ads from the early evening onwards, according to a new survey by Lightspeed Research and the IAB. While the early evening was the best time of the day for all age groups, the IAB found that for younger audiences there was likely to… Continue reading UK consumers more likely to pay attention to online ads from early evening onwards

New research from comScore has revealed that 79.8% of the UK’s total internet audience visited a social networking site in December 2008.Of the 282.7 million European internet users aged 15 and over who went online via a home or work computer in December, 211 million visited a social networking site – representing penetration of 74.6%,… Continue reading 79.8% of UK internet audience visited a social network in December

Trinity Mirror has redesigned its 22 ultra-local sites in Teesside in a bid to integrate them with the main newspaper site and is also set to rollout the second phase of its mobile relaunch.The postcode specific sites, which originally launched in October 2007, have been redesigned to make it easier for readers to access news… Continue reading Trinity Mirror redesigns ultra-local sites

Online giant Yahoo! is to allow advertisers to add video, images and custom search boxes to their search ads.The new search advertising platform, Rich Ads in Search, lets advertisers post images and video, create deep links to relevant pages, include search boxes within listings, and display logos, said a report on Brand Republic.Advertisers in the… Continue reading Yahoo! set to launch new search advertising platform

The mobile internet will finally come of age this year and mobile video will take off, according to predictions from the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF). The MEF also predicts that the industry will see greater pricing transparency for consumers, although mobile advertising still will not become mainstream. The MEF’s top ten trends for 2009 list,… Continue reading Top 10 mobile entertainment trends for 2009

BSkyB is set to launch a new unlimited digital music service that will give users access to millions of songs for a monthly fee in a bid to rival Apple’s popular iTunes service.Any broadband user, in addition to Sky’s 2 million broadband subscribers, will be able to access the service through their computers or televisions… Continue reading BSkyB plans to launch new music service

Channel 4 is moving a step closer to a joint venture with BBC Worldwide, as the broadcaster plans to combine its digital channels with some of the BBC’s commercial businesses.The broadcasters are thought to be joining forces to create 4 Worldwide, a joint venture that will comprise Channel 4’s E4, More4 and Film4 digital channels… Continue reading BBC Worldwide and C4 join forces

Online video gross media spend totaled $2.12 billion in 2008, up 36% v 2007, and is forecast to continue double-digit increases through 2010 at a moderating rate, according to a US analytics report from AccuStream iMedia Research. The research report, Online Video Media Spend: 2003 – 2010 calculates multiple ad sales components corresponding to annual… Continue reading Online video media spend to increase

UBS has revised down its ad spending forecast for the year, with the new estimate putting online revenues at 1.4% growth in 2009, down from 10.4%. UBS analyst Matthieu Coppet has also downgraded 2010’s figure, although only slightly, from 13.8% to 11.2%. Globally, UBS expects newspaper ad revenues to fall 11.7% this year, with a… Continue reading UBS downgrades global ad forecast