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Video ad share continues to rise in Europe

Video continues to be front and centre for most ad buyers and sellers. That is the message from nearly 175 respondents to Adap.tv’s second annual European State of the Video Industry report. With the advent of new data-driven practices—including the rapid adoption of private marketplaces and the growth of programmatic TV—there are new opportunities (and […]

September 10, 2014

Advertisers: Technology drives TV convergence

Videology, the video advertising platform, has published the findings of an independent, commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting entitled, “Cross-Platform Video Advertising Accelerates”. The survey results show

September 10, 2014

Mobile video on LTE surpasses 3G

Citrix has released its Mobile Analytics Report for the second half of 2014. The Mobile Analytics Report provides insight into subscriber behaviour and related factors that determine quality of experience (QoE) for mobile data services. Key findings from the report include: LTE Surpasses 3G Mobile subscribers on LTE networks are 1.5 times more likely to […]

September 3, 2014

US digital media ad revenues to outgrow TV in 2017

Magna Global is forecasting US media owners advertising revenues to grow by 5.1 per cent this year, to $167 billion. This is a decrease from their previous forecast of 6 per cent (April mostly due to a lower estimate for incremental advertising spend generated by non-recurrent Political and Olympic (P&O) ad campaigns this year, and […]

August 27, 2014

TV advertising bounces back

Global TV advertising expenditure will reach $236 billion (€178bn) in 2020, up by 38 per cent – or $64 billion – from 2013 and up by 54 per cent – or $82 billion – on 2010, according to a report from Digital TV Research. TV ad spend is expected to grow by 4 per cent […]

August 20, 2014

BlackArrow audience-based frequency capping

BlackArrow, a provider of TV advertising and data solutions, has announced the latest release of the BlackArrow Advanced Advertising System which provides support for audience-based frequency capping. The industry will now have the ability to manage the number of times an ad is seen by a unique household or device across on-demand platforms and TV […]

August 20, 2014

OTT devices take 24% of ad views

FreeWheel has released its Video Monetization Report for the second quarter 2014. Q2 has marked another quarter of strong growth and evolution in the digital television market, with video views and ad views both up over 28 per cent year-over-year. Not only did the quarter see growth across formats, categories, and platforms, FreeWheel also discovered […]

August 15, 2014

ASA sides with Sky on misleading Virgin ad

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has sided with Sky’s argument that a comparison advert from Virgin Media offered an unfair comparison. The ASA received just one complaint about the Virgin Media regional advert – believed to have come from Sky itself – and decided that the complaint was fair. The advert told Sky customers […]

August 14, 2014

RTL acquires SpotXchange majority stake

Broadcast entertainment group RTL has made what it describes as an early entry into the rapidly growing market for programmatic online video advertising by acquiring a 65 per cent majority stake in Denver-based video advertising monetisation company SpotXchange. In addition to RTL Group’s initial €107 million investment, RTL and SpotXchange’s current shareholders have agreed on […]

July 31, 2014

CSA rejects DTT FTA migration

French broadcast regulator the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) has rejected applications from three channels to migrate from pay-TV channels on France’s digital terrestrial TV platform to become free-to-air . The three channels – LCI, Paris Première and Planète + – had sought to change their funding status under provisions that allow the CSA to […]

July 30, 2014By Colin Mann