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Amazon Video Ambitions
The New York Times and other media are reporting that Amazon is set to launch an online video service that will feature advertising in order to make it available for free to consumers. The reports suggest the new service would be de-coupled from the existing $99 Prime Instant Video offering, which doesn’t include advertising. It is already being dubbed a ‘Netflix killer’.
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Mindshare |
2014 |
Fast Take On: Programmatic Media Buying
Programmatic has made headlines in the past year, becoming a prominent buzzword among agencies and clients. But what is it exactly? Programmatic media buying, known as programmatic, is an automated method of buying digital advertising in which supply and demand partners make decisions on a per-impression basis and adhere to business rules as provided by the operators of each platform.
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MEC |
2014 |
Yahoo and Firefox
Mozilla’s popular Internet browser Firefox announced that it is transitioning to Yahoo as its default search engine over incumbent Google. The move marks yet another deal by Firefox with alternatives to Google, including new search engine partnerships with Yandex in Russia and Baidu in China.
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Mindshare |
2014 |
Facebook at Work
The Financial Times ‘broke’ a story last week that Facebook is working on a new service called “Facebook at Work” – a potential LinkedIn killer that would allow you to create a work orientated social profile on the platform.
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Mindshare |
2014 |
Yahoo! Acquires BrightRoll
Yahoo has acquired BrightRoll, a programmatic video advertising platform for a reported $640m. The deal will combine Yahoo’s premium desktop and mobile video advertising inventory with BrightRoll’s programmatic video platform and publisher relationships. BrightRoll has net revenues expected to exceed $100 million this year.
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Mindshare |
2014 |
The Future is Already Here
The recent record-breaking IPO of Hangzhou-headquartered Alibaba marked a seismic shift taking place in the evolution of the internet and digital business. Alibaba, already the undisputed king of e-commerce, handling more sales than Amazon and eBay combined is now the world’s fifth most valuable tech company, valued at over $200 billion. With money comes deep pockets for innovation.
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SYZYGY |
2014 |
Where are we Going for Lunch Today?
Marcia Esteves, Chief Digital Officer Grey Brazil, on the challenge of making your agency fit for purpose in the digital era.
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Grey Brazil |
2014 |
Fast Take On: Social Commerce
In this ‘Fast Take’ we explore Social Commerce, one of the fastest growing areas of Social Marketing. We explore what brands, commerce and technology partners are doing in this space and look at how Social Commerce will evolve in the coming years.
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MEC |
2014 |
Single’s Day obliterates sales records
Single’s Day may not be well known to Western audiences, but is a juggernaut in China. As final numbers still trickle in, Alibaba reports that this year’s Single’s Day sales were a mind- bending $9.3 billion, or a 63% increase over last year.
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MEC |
2014 |
Snapchat Advertising
Last week Snapchat, the mobile app enabling users to send each other pictures and videos that disappear after a few seconds, launched its advertising service with Universal Picture’s latest horror flick, Ouija. The popular app, which famously rebuffed a $3 billion acquisition offer from Facebook last year, claims over 100 million monthly active users who send over 700 million Snaps and view over 1 billion Stories per day.
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Mindshare |
2014 |
aisle 411: Reach Shoppers When They're Ready To Buy Indoors
Founded in April of 2008 in St. Louis Missouri, aisle411 is a venture backed technology company which is building the Product Location Database for Brands and Retailers to provide new consumer engagement opportunities.
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Mindshare |
2014 |
Ello, privacy in social beta
A recent outrage by some users alerted by Facebook's real name policy, several cloud hacks and Google and other tech companies being pointed as having a business model that profits on user data, generated a window of opportunity for the public's awareness of a new social media platform model, the "anti-data" and "pro-privacy" social network: enter Ello.
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Mindshare |
2014 |
FAST TAKE News Brief - WWDC 2014
Apple’s 2014 Worldwide Developer Conference introduced several new functions, features and products of interest to marketers, including the new iPhone 6, Apple Pay and the Apple Watch.
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MEC |
2014 |
The Uberfication Of Everything
Valued at over $18bn, Uber’s app-enabled taxi service has put disruptive ‘convenience tech’ on the map and spawned a myriad of Uber-style businesses. But what makes Uber tick?
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SYZYGY |
2014 |
MEC @ Advertising Week 2014
Advertising Week, the ultimate gathering of the world’s marketing and communications leaders, features over 250 events showcasing the industry’s best and brightest talent.
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MEC |
2014 |
Facebook Atlas Re-launch
Facebook has re-launched Atlas, the ad serving technology it bought from Microsoft last February for a rumored $100m. Atlas has been widely viewed as a “has-been” in the ad serving wars. However, as part of the new re-launch, Facebook are making some bold claims for not only Atlas but also regarding digital advertising in general.
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Mindshare |
2014 |
Facebook Video
Video ads went live in the Facebook newsfeed on April 2014, giving each brand a maximum of three 15 second creative executions per buy, limited to a single brand per buy, not across a portfolio.
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Mindshare |
2014 |
Web Summit
Web Summit is only four years old, but has already grown from 400 people to 20,000 during that time and is now being spoken about as ‘the SXSW of Europe’.
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Mindshare |
2014 |
eBay Mobile Ads
eBay will reintroduce ads within its smartphone apps during Q4 2014 and tablet apps in early 2015. This comes after the introduction of mobile ads and their subsequent quick dismissal back in 2012, due to the belief that customers found them distracting.
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Mindshare |
2014 |
India Digital Playbook
To help brands, Group M Interaction India has launched the India Digital Playbook that seeks to guide brand advertisers on the fast evolving digital media space in India.
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GroupM Interaction India |
2014 |
iPhone 6, Apple Pay & Apple Watch Launch
From its base in Cupertino, California, Apple launched 2 new devices – iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus; Apple Pay – its unique mobile wallet solution and the highly anticipated Apple Watch.
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Mindshare |
2014 |
Facebook Bandwidth Targeting
Facebook’s new bandwidth targeting mobile ad technology is intended to increase revenue in emerging markets, strengthen its commitment to advertisers around the visibility of ads and create a best in class example of adaptive marketing.
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Mindshare |
2014 |
Adwords make 'Close Variant' matching mandatory
On August 14th 2014, Google announced that in late September 2014 they will be removing the ‘close variant’ matching behaviour targeting option from within AdWords accounts, so that it will now be enabled automatically on all keywords an advertiser wants to appear against.
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MEC |
2014 |
Amazon Acquires Twitch
Amazon continues to explore ways to grow its digital portfolio with its acquisition of Twitch – the world’s leading streaming video platform and community for gamers.
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Mindshare |
2014 |
Over-the-Top Video Programming
In this Fast Take we will discuss video programming services delivered directly to the consumer via the internet – without a traditional bundled video subscription (like cable TV).
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MEC |
2014 |