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  • May 5, 2014

    Global Pay-TV Market Surpasses 900 Million Subs

    The global pay-TV subscriber base increased more than 5 percent last year, bringing the total to 901.1 million worldwide, according to ABI Research. ...
  • May 5, 2014

    Twitter boss defends TV strategy

    Twitter's TV strategy is on the right track and the company will continue to invest in it, the company's chief executive officer has declared in a response to a suggestion that social media does not influence television viewing.In an earnings call,...
  • May 5, 2014

    Why Advertisers Should Care About the White House Report on Big Data and Privacy says GroupM

    The government has put out yet another report on big data and privacy, buzzwords that have scared consumers and dominated press headlines. So is this latest report something advertisers should care about? Adweek asked GroupM Interaction COO John...
  • April 30, 2014

    iPlayer "not the reality of TV consumption"

    A leading industry expert has said that despite claims made by the BBC's director general, Tony Hall, the reality of TV consumption is not online, but in live broadcasting. In plans late last year outlining the future of the BBC, Hall said that the C...
  • April 30, 2014

    Social media's link to TV viewing questioned

    The relationship between social media and TV has come under scrutiny by NBCUniversal's head of research, Alan Wurtzel, who has said that the likes of Twitter and Facebook are not yet game changers able to influence television viewing. ...
  • April 29, 2014

    Facebook’s Mobile Ad Network Is Called “Facebook Audience Network” And Here’s How It Works

    Next week at f8, Facebook will unveil Facebook Audience Network, its mobile ad network that will let developers target both standard banners and custom ad units with Facebook’s vast trove of personal data, according to multiple sources. It could let...
  • April 29, 2014

    Australian television viewing minutes fall as viewers go online

      Australians are apparently spending more time watching conventional television than they did a year ago and are also using internet-connected devices to complement their viewing of television and other video. That is the upbeat conclusion of the t...
  • April 29, 2014

    The track-changes version of Netflix’s vision for the future of TV

    Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is candid about his streaming video company’s strategy and its place in the future of television. A year ago, he laid it all out in a lengthy manifesto touching on Netflix’s competitors, plans for original shows, and...
  • April 29, 2014

    Magna Global Revises U.S. Ad Forecast Upward

    Magna Global is forecasting that U.S. media owners' advertising revenues will grow by 6 percent this year to $168 billion, an increase from its previous forecast of 5.5 percent, thanks to the World Cup, mid-term elections and other non-recurring events...
  • April 24, 2014

    Asia leads programmatic growth

    Asia is expected to register the highest levels of growth in the global programmatic market in 2014 with an increase of 73% and total spend of just over $500m, the latest industry data has forecast.According to Magna Global, the global media unit of IPG...

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