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As Ratings Fall, Networks Take on Ad-Skipping

November 10th, 2008

Are unskippable ads really the answer?

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Article excerpt:  Digital Outlets Like Hulu, Joost and Veoh Obliged to Show Commercials. With DVR penetration knocking on 30%, much of America now views the ability to skip ads on TV as something approaching a birthright.  While they haven’t had much choice in the matter, the broadcast networks say [...]

Feature films coming to YouTube

November 10th, 2008

YouTube has the audience.  Can it finally monetize them?

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Article excerpt:  YouTube will begin offering feature films produced by at least one of the biggest Hollywood movie studios possibly as early as next month, according to an executive with a major entertainment company.  For months, Google, YouTube’s parent company, has been talking to the major [...]

YouTube, Other Sites See Spike in Viewers

October 27th, 2008

What will happen when people watch more video online than off?

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Article excerpt:  YouTube’s audience jumped in September to nearly 82 million unique viewers watching more than 5.3 billion streams, according to the latest figures from Nielsen Online. That’s a huge boost from August, when the site’s 77 million unique visitors checked out more than [...]

Week of 10.13.08 / Top Stories

October 13th, 2008

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Analyst: Half of ’social media campaigns’ will flop
Getting people to talk is not enough of a reason to move into social, says Gartner analyst.

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Study: Young Men Give Nod To Net Over Tube
What does it mean for the future of TV when men choose surfing the web over sex?

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Nielsen Launches Controversial ‘Convergence’ Panel, Tracks Both TV, [...]

Other good articles this past week

October 13th, 2008

Issues of Interest
Facebook, MySpace reign supreme in mobile market
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Study: Online Viewers More Engaged
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imeem, Good to Bring Sports to ‘Wild Frontier’
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Consumers Await on Social Networks
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Digital Marketing News
What’s the Right Amount of Online Advertising?
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Marketing Spending Priorities Shift
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Big Spenders Put Local Online in the Mix
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Digital Commerce News
5 Tips for Getting E-Shoppers to Click on ‘Buy’
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Online Customer Service: [...]

Study: Young Men Give Nod To Net Over Tube

October 13th, 2008

What does it mean for the future of TV when men choose surfing the web over sex?

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Article excerpt:  Nearly 70% of men ages 18 to 34 would rather rather give up TV than the Internet, according to new research commissioned by Web content provider Break Media. And 26% would rather surf the Web than have [...]

Week of 10.06.08/Top 5

October 7th, 2008

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Online Shopping-in the Store
The advanced retailers are making online shopping transparent - because they have to.

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The 25 Most Influential People on the Web
Sometimes the most influential people are just those that make it easier to share.

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Studies: Cause Marketing Increases Sales
As I mentioned last week, people look favorably at companies who make [...]

Other good articles this past week

October 7th, 2008

Issues of Interest
Why Talk When You Can Text?
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How to Manage Your Yelp Reviews
entrepreneur.com

Digital Marketing News
High Online Video Ad Costs Could Drop
clickz
Yahoo pitches Madison Avenue with ‘Mad Men’*
LA Times
Digital Commerce News
It’s time to critique your Web site
DM News
Social Media and Shopping Behavior
emarketer
Web Shoppers Gripe the Old-Fashioned Way
emarketer
Digital News and Trends
The Web at Work: A Mixed Blessing
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Where [...]

More Americans watching video online

October 7th, 2008

3% of American consumers have watched streaming video in the past year. The online video revolution is already upon us.

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Article excerpt: The number of Americans watching video on their computers has doubled over the past year and growing numbers of younger viewers are enjoying movies and TV shows online, according to a [...]

Online TV-Watching Shift Mostly Due to Convenience

June 16th, 2008

Time shifting continues to be the behavior that is driving changes in media consumption.  How far will it go?

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Article excerpt:  Many consumers regularly visit official TV-network websites as well as YouTube, Hulu, Joost and other sites with TV content, both legal and illegal. Males 18 to 24 say they are most likely to visit [...]