Mike Darcey, chief operating officer at BSkyB, took the opportunity of a speaking slot at the ISBA 2011 annual conference today to promote Sky’s content investment and innovation record, and get in a dig or two at the competition.
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Raymond Snoddy on what went wrong: When it comes to relaunches, gentle, gradual, evolutionary change is obviously best. But everyone forgets that. The excitement of the new and shiny takes over. Daybreak managed to put its finger on every mistake it was possible to make and include it in the big plan.
Chris Worrell, european research manager at Specific Media, looks at the value of digital data and the importance of traditional media research – as the two worlds of digital and TV collide with the rise of online video.
Hugo Drayton, CEO of InSkin Media: Facebook highlights the market tendency towards ‘winner takes all’ – a market where it becomes tough, if not impossible, for competitors to build viable businesses.
Fresh from Facebook HQ, Greg Grimmer is impressed by the vision, ambition and pace of the Facebook juggernaut, and by its slogan ‘Fail Harder’ – a statement of belief that is perhaps missing from current UK advertising culture in 2011.
Tacis P. Gavoyannis, SVP business development at Radius Global Market Research, on digital numbers
Simon Andrews, founder of the full service mobile agency addictive!, on learnings from great events (talking of which, Simon is chairing MediaTel’s Come on Mobile… Stand Up and Deliver! conference next Friday).
Mark Iremonger, head of digital and planning at Proximity London, on the ‘next big thing’; a Holy Trinity that frees you from the shackles of keyboard, mouse and PC-working.
Raymond Snoddy remembers many a meeting with the quiet, shy and unassuming media tycoon – “The horns are difficult to see but there is no doubt he is relentless – sometimes ruthless – in pursuit of the one thing he is really interested in, the greater glory of News Corp”
In response to YouGov’s ‘Product Placement underwhelms’ article, John Barnard, chairman NMG Product Placement at Pinewood Studios, says many of the respondent’s comments about noticing product placement all the time are based on seeing brands, not product placements.