Mr Bean, the buffoonish alien sitcom character played by Rowan Atkinson in the 90s, is the face of a new mobile phone game to attract tourists to London. London & Partners, the mayor of London’s promotional agency, has hired Endemol Shine Group and Pointvoucher to design and market “Play London with Mr Bean”, which uses the […]
Facebook has created five new messaging tags, which enable bots created for its Messenger platform to respond to customer actions in specific ways and send messages outside of the 24-hour window usually allowed for interactions. The new tags enable Messenger bots to provide users with updates about existing appointments, events in computer games or sports they are […]
Online video viewing will rise 20% in 2017, according to Zenith’s Online Video Forecasts 2017, published on July 17. Global consumers will spend an average of 47.4 minutes a day viewing videos online this year, up from 39.6 minutes in 2016. This increase will be driven by a 35% increase in viewing on mobile devices (smartphones […]
Mobile advertising firm Taptica announced on July 17, that it agreed to acquire 57 percent of Adinnovation Inc for up to $5.7 million in cash, the first Israeli acquisition of a Japanese mobile ad company. Following the opening of Taptica’s office in Seoul in 2016, and together with its presence in China, the acquisition is […]
A new study has found that the global programmatic advertising market is estimated to be valued at nearly $US3 billion by 2017 end and is projected to reach close to $US29.8 billion by the end of 2025. The report, conducted by Persistence Market Research, also found that sales revenue for programmatic advertising is expected to […]
The Natural History Museum opens its doors to reveal an awe-inspiring blue whale skeleton as the star of its redeveloped central space, Hintze Hall. As part of the project, audiences are invited to discover more about the whale in both its natural and preserved environments via a new digital experience which is part of a […]
DataXu, a leading provider of programmatic marketing solutions, and Teads, the inventor of outstream video and the No. 1 video advertising marketplace in the world, announced a partnership declaring DataXu as the first DSP in market certified to purchase Teads Studio video units programmatically. Now, DataXu brand and agency customers have access to new video ad formats […]
Facebook is launching display ads in Messenger globally, after tests in Australia and Thailand back in January. As of July 11, businesses will be able to buy Messenger ads as an additional placement option when buying Facebook ads through the Adverts Manager and Power Editor platforms. Initially, only traffic and conversion objectives will be supported, […]
Performics, the performance Marketing agency of Publicis Media, has extended its partnership with global data services provider, Acxiom. This extended partnership in the UK will see the incorporation of the onboarding capabilities of LiveRamp, which will harness its omnichannel identity resolution offering. Over the past 18 months, Performics’ partnership with Acxiom has allowed client teams […]
With KFC and Huawei both celebrating their 30th anniversary in China in 2017, the brands have decided that collaborating for the commemoration is the way to go—and what better way to do this than produce a limited edition, KFC x Huawei 7 Plus smartphone. The gadget, which launched on 7 July, comes in KFC’s signature […]