Whenever I think of tobacco companies and advertising, I think of cockroaches: however hard the government stamps on their efforts to promote themselves, they keep coming up the drainpipe and inserting themselves into your life, says Dominic Mills.
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13 minutes of every hour online is spent on social networking sites and forums in the UK, and an increasing amount of time is being spent on devices during prime time television periods.
The new BBC iPlayer performance pack reveals the tablet to be the second most popular medium in which people request to watch iPlayer on, hitting over 40 million content requests in March alone.
Though PCs and laptops continue to dominate the home, the increasing need for on-the-go access means that smartphones are becoming the more popular device to access the internet from, and are expected to overtake the traditional PC by the end of 2013.
Over 50% of the population now has a smartphone. Digital ad revenue is over £5.5 billion and more than £500 million of that is on mobile. Facebook has 15 million mobile users every day, and 50% of all internet sessions on mobile are on Facebook or from Facebook links. These are big numbers. So what’s everyone waiting for?, asks Addictive! founder Simon Andrews. It’s time to experiment and start learning.
Following the completion of the switchover to digital terrestrial television last year, 98% of UK households now receive digital TV.
“It’s like porn: hard to describe but you know it when you see it,” said Cameron Yuill, founder and CEO of AdGent Digital, when asked what makes a good video advert. And Yuill is certain that it won’t be long until all online advertising is video, and even has a name for this prediction – ‘Cam’s Law’. Newsline caught up with him to discuss the implications for brands and advertisers.
BBC correspondent Torin Douglas has taken voluntary redundancy from his role as the BBC’s Media Correspondent; he will be leaving at the end of May.
Twitter’s new music service will measure Twitter activity and engagement and then recommend tracks based on who people follow on the social network.
Coming straight from the Cold Feet stable of ‘I can’t believe this is on ITV’, new eight-part drama series Broadchurch proved to be somewhat of a ratings smash for the commercial broadcaster.