The UK’s viewing habits are rapidly changing, with a drop in peak time terrestrial TV viewing and around half of homes now subscribing to TV streaming services such as Netflix. The findings, from UK communications watchdog Ofcom, found that for the first time, young people now spend more than an hour on YouTube each day, […]
Walmart’s Indian unit Flipkart is set to roll out a free video service for all of its 160 million customers this month as the eCommerce company looks for new ways to increase its user base in smaller towns and cities, it said on August 5. “Most consumers’ first touch point with the internet is through […]
eCommerce advertising is continuing to grow, according to the Q2 2019 Digital Advertising Benchmark Report released by Marin Software, a digital marketing software provider. Marin found that there was a 40 per cent increase in ad spend when it came to eCommerce advertising, dominated by Amazon. Many retailers are also looking to Google Shopping to drive revenue, with shopping ads […]
Instagram and Amazon are proving to be serious challengers to the Google–Facebook duopoly, with digital marketers choosing to invest more-and-more in the platforms, according to research from Marin Software. Over 450 B2B and B2C digital marketing professionals were surveyed in the US and the UK and it was found that, though paid search (39 per cent […]
Amazon has inked a deal with the NHS that will see it’s AI-powered voice assistant Alexa be used to offer health advice for patients who can’t easily access information online. The move, which follows on from a push into the healthcare space in the US from the business, has sparked concern among privacy campaigners. Starting in July, devices […]
Total spend on digital advertising will reach $520bn (£409bn) by 2023, rising from $294bn this year, according to new analysis from Juniper Research. This is an average annual growth of 15 per cent over the next five years, driven by the use of AI-based programmatic advertising to deliver highly targeted ads. For the purposes of Juniper’s […]
Automated home devices, such as smart thermostats and smart speakers, are expected to be worth $75bn to the industry by 2025, according to GlobalData. Smart thermostats are becoming more popular among consumers who want control their energy consumption, while smart speakers have been immensely popular since debuting a few years ago. Both Amazon and Google […]
The average American reads about four books a year, which is quite a small number – and one that’s even smaller in Brazil. But, as the literary market gets back on its feet (according to Nielsen Bookscan, sales in 2018 grew about 5% over the previous year), the new bookshelf stars are not the great […]
Amazon have signed an agreement to acquire Sizmek Ad Server and Sizmek Dynamic Creative Optimization (DCO). “Sizmek and Amazon Advertising have many mutual customers, so we know how valued these proven solutions are to their customer base. Sizmek has been searching for a buyer for Sizmek Ad Server and Sizmek DCO, and we are both […]
Alzheimer’s Society, McCann Worldgroup in Europe, and MRM//McCann Frankfurt are launching My Carer, an Alexa Skill, created to help improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of people living with dementia in the UK. Globally dementia is expected to affect 50 million people by 2020. The cost of caring for dementia currently is $818 billion/£627billion. McCann developed the skill together […]