Netflix added 1.42m streaming subscribers in the US and 3.53m elsewhere in the first quarter of 2017, slightly shy of the 1.5m (US) and 3.7m (rest of the world) it had previously told analysts it expected to add. Even so, the company is on track to reach 100m subscribers by the end of Q2. It […]
Despite the negative press around programmatic advertising following the YouTube ad controversy, programmatic isn’t going anywhere. In its latest forecast, eMarketer estimates nearly four of every five US digital display dollars will transact programmatically in 2017, totaling $32.56 billion. By the end of the forecast period, that share will rise to 84.0%, leaving little doubt […]
YouTube’s answer to a live TV streaming service is available for download in the US and will start streaming on April 6, 2017. YouTube TV joins other offerings, including DirecTV Now, PlayStation VUE and Sling TV, that provide livestreaming and on-demand TV programs. The service will available in the New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco […]
Web-based real estate brokerage platform Apto has launched an iOS mobile app that integrates with its desktop platform – in a bid to simplify brokers’ workflows and improve efficiency. The Apto Mobile app includes task management features, the ability to update and create property records, take pictures of properties to add to records, and view […]
MillerCoors and the IPG Media Lab, announced the launch of Miller Lite On-Demand, a revolutionary suite of connected home services that modernize the beer shopping experience. The newly launched services include a voice-activated Amazon Alexa skill and a custom AWS IoT Button. Both will restock your fridge with Miller Lite within the hour. These capabilities […]
Offering its first estimate of the size of the native advertising market, eMarketer said spending on native digital display ads will make up more than half of all digital display ad spending in the US in 2017. The new forecast estimates that US native digital display ad spend will grow 36.2% this year to reach […]
Six in 10 US mobile marketers will increase their mobile app budget this year and 69% will spend more on mobile websites. However, apps will still be a bigger business focus overall, according to February 2017 data from Adobe. Nearly four in 10 marketers said they will keep their mobile app budget the same, while […]
ADYOULIKE, Europe’s largest artificial-intelligence-driven native advertising platform, marks its official US launch with the debut of a new server-to-server (S2S) header bidding solution. The first to incorporate IBM Watson artificial intelligence-powered semantic targeting, the new solution assures native ads are placed with the maximum contextual relevance available. The development of the S2S solution is a […]
Fast food chain McDonald’s has been slow to embrace mobile ordering but from March 2017, the burger specialists will begin testing its own app in the US in order to iron out the type of kinks experienced by the likes of Starbucks. Digital ordering is the holy grail of restaurant chains but few have mastered the technology […]
Music streaming service Pandora has introduced its first ever on-demand service, as it finally provides an answer to the services offered by the likes of Spotify, Apple and Amazon. The new Pandora Premium service will cost $9.99 (£8.23) a month and enable users to experience Pandora’s radio service, while also being able to search for […]