Sky Sports Introduces Jeff Stelling-inspired Chatbot

Sky Sports Introduces Jeff Stelling-inspired Chatbot

Sky Sports has teamed up with GameOn, a mobile engagement platform for sports fans, to create a chatbot to accompany its popular Soccer Saturday broadcast. The ‘Jeff Bot’, named after the legendary long time host of the Sky’s Gillette Soccer Saturday show Jeff Stelling, is available through Messenger, Slack, Skype and Telegram. It features real-time […]

BWS gives customers real-time mobile rewards using optical recognition

BWS gives customers real-time mobile rewards using optical recognition

Liquor retailer, BWS, has joined forces with mobile marketing company, Shopitize, to launch a new beer campaign rewarding customers in real time for their purchases. The Beer Bank promotion sees consumers receive a $5 digital voucher on their smartphone and in real time every time they purchase a carton of beer. The campaign uses Shopitize’s […]

UK Consumers Using Mobile More Than Ever in Run-up to Christmas

UK Consumers Using Mobile More Than Ever in Run-up to Christmas

In the run-up to Christmas 2016, average mobile traffic has seen an increase of 26 per cent compared to 2015 year-on-year. Since Black Friday, 68 per cent of all online retail traffic has come through mobile and tablets. According to research from Salmon, this mirrors Black Friday – where for the first time mobile overtook […]

IAB: 62% of connected device owners are open to advertising

IAB: 62% of connected device owners are open to advertising

Research from the IAB into the Internet of Things (IoT) claims that 65% of owners of such devices are open to receiving ads on these screens – a statistic that is likely to prove interesting to marketers in the run-up to next month’s Consumer Electronics Show where connected devices are likely to take center stage. […]

Skyhook Joins the AppNexus Marketplace as First Mobile Location Data Provider

Skyhook Joins the AppNexus Marketplace as First Mobile Location Data Provider

Skyhook, one of the world’s leading independent location platform, announced that it has joined the AppNexus marketplace as its first mobile location insights data provider. The integration of Skyhook’s Personas will help to increase the value of publishers’ advertising inventory by ensuring highly accurate location-based behavioral targeting, insights and attribution. Personalization is key to the […]

Nescafé China Promotes ‘Real Connections’ with Smartphone Case & Smart Watch App

Nescafé China Promotes ‘Real Connections’ with Smartphone Case & Smart Watch App

Nescafé China, the world’s leading coffee brand, demonstrated its leadership in innovation with the beta launch of Moodlock, a phone case that, when activated by an app on another person’s smart watch, locks the screen. The brand hopes that this playful, social-by-design innovation, the centrepiece of a wider digital campaign highlighting the brand’s role in […]

Sharethrough Team with Millward Brown to Advance Native Ad Research Tools for the Mobile Era

Sharethrough Team with Millward Brown to Advance Native Ad Research Tools for the Mobile Era

Sharethrough, the industry’s leading native supply side platform, announced a partnership with Kantar Millward Brown, the world’s leading expert in helping clients grow great brands, to create updated research tools allowing brands to better analyze the impact of their native ad campaigns, especially on mobile. Following successful beta tests with several major technology brands, Ford […]

Yieldmo Study Uncovers Consumer Sentiment on the Current State of Mobile Advertising

Yieldmo Study Uncovers Consumer Sentiment on the Current State of Mobile Advertising

Yieldmo, the leading design-driven premium mobile advertising provider, announced the results of an in-depth research study—entitled Answering the Call for Better Mobile Advertising Experiences—aimed at understanding how better-designed mobile ad formats impact consumers, brand advertisers and publishers. The study, which was executed by independent usability research firm Applause, surveyed nearly 400 U.S. consumers on their […]