Faced with diminishing returns from ransomware and cryptojacking, cyber criminals are doubling down on alternative methods, such as formjacking, to make money according to Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), Volume 24. Symantec’s ISTR provides an overview of the threat landscape, including insights into global threat activity, cyber criminal trends, and motivations for attackers. The […]
Research from Teads, the global media platform, and Realeyes has demonstrated the importance of designing creative specifically for the six-second ad format with a strong narrative to create an emotional connection with the viewer. With mobile video advertising increasing 145% in 2018 to $4.2bn1 in spend, it has never been more important for brands to make […]
A record 24 terabytes of data was transferred within the stadium during Super Bowl LIII – an increase of 47 percent from 2018’s NFL championship game and 7x more than Super Bowl XLVIII (in 2014), when Extreme began tracking the data for the NFL’s biggest game. The record-breaking increase in fan engagement was analysed by Extreme […]
There is an epidemic brewing in today’s connected world. Children’s open, unchecked use of the Internet is leading to a shift in young people’s social interactions, often to the detriment of their mental health. Much like global warming, the world may not see the scale of the problem until it is too late. Allowing open […]
We Are Social, the socially-led creative agency, in collaboration with Hootsuite, the world’s leader in social media management, released their Digital in 2019 report, examining social media and digital trends around the world. Delving into data from across more than 230 countries and territories, the 8th annual report finds 367m more people came online globally […]
The explosion of over-the-top (OTT) and user-generated digital video content in the current multi-screen environment is creating strong demand for monetisation technologies among both content owners and advertisers. The targetability, personalisation capabilities, and interactivity offered by online video advertising solutions are expected to drive the $30 billion market toward $120 billion by 2023. Frost & […]
Forget product availability or price point, it’s poor website usability that is losing valuable trade for eCommerce businesses. According to new research by full-service e-commerce agency PushON, a quarter of business customers would shun a company that had poor website usability, choosing to shop elsewhere. Of the 500 UK business decision makers that were surveyed, 25% said a website’s […]
Mobiquity Technologies, announced AdCop, the advertising industry’s first transparent ad fraud reporting system to be made available free to brands and marketers as a beta testing program independent from Advangelists. Originally designed as a proprietary Advangelists platform feature, AdCop monitors for programmatic fraud post bid impression. If AdCop suspects fraud, the Advangelists platform renders a blank […]
According to a new report into Traditional TV, Online Video and Streaming from marketing technology firm, AudienceProject, 57% of consumers would cancel their Netflix subscription if the company were to add commercials into its streaming service. When asked whether they would stop watching Netflix content featuring ads even if the subscription price was lowered, 42% of […]
With the growing penetration of mobile phones across the world and the steady decline in the cost of accessing the Internet, companies are fast realising the importance of investing in digital advertising. London-based media and digital marketing communications company Dentsu Aegis Network’s latest advertising spend forecast, which analysed data from 59 markets, suggests that global growth […]
