As BSkyB steps up plans to create ‘Sky Europe’, Raymond Snoddy asks if the deal will really happen – or if it will crash in flames because of the ‘Murdoch factor’.
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Digital advertising is evolving at an alarming rate, writes Microsoft’s Owen Sagness, but so is the behaviour of consumers – so how are brands meant to keep up?
Print is still a hugely effective advertising medium, writes Rufus Olins – and if you want proof of that, don’t look at the numbers alone; ask an advertiser who isn’t chronically anxious about proving their tech credentials.
The plethora of over-the-top on-demand TV businesses has been talked up as a threat to ‘traditional’ TV since the early 1990s, writes David Brennan. But maybe – finally – the threat is beginning to become significant…
After losing its way recently, ZenithOptimedia finally has an idea which could turn things around, writes Dominic Mills – but it will need many more if it really wants to get into different territory.
Apple is building an internal agency with 1,000 people and using them to compete with their long time agency partner TBWA. Can this really shake things up? asks Simon Andrews, founder of Addictive!
Following a successful testing phase, Sky AdSmart will soon roll out to market. Here, the7stars’ Gary Caranay looks at the impact – both good and bad – it will have on television advertising.
From courtroom tweeters securing thousands of pounds from strangers, to bedroom bloggers becoming international experts, something very interesting is stirring in journalism, writes Raymond Snoddy.
Richard Marks of Research The Media looks at the true meaning of the words we use to describe media behaviour and suggests that whilst some definitions need clarifying, others should be banned outright.
In the wake of the disastrous Publicis-Omnicom affair, will the ad industry’s merger eco-system evolve? It’s already under-way, writes Dominic Mills.