Tomorrow will see the launch of Google Play on Google TV in the UK, Germany and France.The service, formally known as the Android Market, will allow users to buy or rent content (limited to films and music) over the internet giant’s smart TV platform.The Android Market initially opened in late 2008 and was rebranded earlier… Continue reading Google Play launches on Google TV in the UK
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Confused.com have produced an infographic that pulls together various data regarding consumer’s second screen habits.The graph highlights that people are more likely to second screen in the US than in the UK – 86% of American tablet owners use their device while watching TV, compared to 78% in the UK. US owners of smartphones also… Continue reading Infographic: Rise of the Second Screen
37% of global mobile media users follow the English Premier League, and it’s even more popular in South Africa and some of the Arab states, than in the UK, according to new research.
The weekend saw yet another insanely popular reality show enter the fray, while another struggled and Coronation Street’s latest drama cementing it’s popularity in the soap world.
When the Savile/Newsnight story first broke, Raymond Snoddy feared for the Director General’s future and asked: “Could it be that the BBC will finally get, rather sooner than expected, what many people thought it should have had all along – its first woman director-general?” Today he sees no reason to change that view.
Jeremy Toeman, CEO of dijit, provided delegates at the 2012 ASI European TV Symposium in Prague, with an entertaining and opinionated series of challenges and bets around TV viewing and particularly social and curation.
“We want to ask for your help and ask you how we can partner. We are eagerly awaiting ideas and will bring our data to the party.”
The overall daily newspaper market was down -8.7% YoY and -1.2% PoP in October, with just one title enjoying a increase in circulation over the year. Independent’s sister title i posted a 44.1% YoY rise during the month (up by more than 93,000 copies) and now has a total circulation of 305,000 copies.Two daily titles… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: October 2012
Simon Andrews, founder of the full service mobile agency addictive!, rounds up this week’s mobile news.
Starcom MediaVest’s head of thought leadership, Steve Smith, outlines the opportunities presented by Smart TVs.
