Shazam gears up to monetize mobile “second screen” viewing
Shazam – the song recognition app that is used by 100 million people per month – is making an even stronger push to link TV...
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Meet ScoopWhoop, BuzzFeed’s fast-growing Indian clone
It is testament to Buzzfeed’s success that it has spawned a serious of knockoffs abroad. In India, there’s ScoopWhoop, Buzzfeed’s clone that churns out headline...
Data pick of the day: Mobile screen time leads the way for Australians
People, now-a-days, can hardly imagine surviving a day without their mobile phones, tablets and laptops. These devices form an integral part of our daily lives....
Top 5 Programmatic Trends
The IAB Europe recently published a white paper exploring pan-European programmatic trading trends in a bid to harmonise understanding in the ad tech space as well as...
Smaato Raises USD 25 Million for Global Mobile RTB ad-exchange and SSP Platform
Smaato has raised USD 25 million in Series E funding to fuel growth, operations and development of its next-generation platform focused on self-serve automation. Singapore...
Phive Rivers’s digital mandate bagged by Percept’s Allied Media in India
Phive Rivers, a premium fashion brand for bags, which recently awarded their brand business to Hakuhodo Percept, has also signed up with Allied Media as...
What FB’s Buy Now means to ecommerce & marketers
Facebook plans to introduce a Buy Now button to its brand pages and news feeds. The news follows Twitter’s acquisition of CardSpring, an ecommerce platform...
Branded Content by BuzzFeed Giving Brands an Awful Lot of Bang for their Buck
Have you see BuzzFeed’s “Dear Kitten”? You probably have, since this specific bit of brilliant branded content that they created has nearly 15 million views...
Confessions of a magazine editor: ‘An impossible job’
Being a magazine editor isn’t the glamorous gig it once was. Long martini lunches with fellow wags and expensive photo shoots have given way to frantic...
RTL Buys 65% of SpotXchange For $144 Million, As Big Media Players Look To Shore Up Programmatic Video Tech
There is a feeding frenzy going on in the online video tech space at the moment – with big media business looking to shore up...
Opcom to buy 40% stake in Unigel UK for US$3.67mil
Fibre optics cable manufacturer Opcom Holdings Bhd plans to buy a 40% stake in Unigel (UK) Ltd, a producer of thixotropic gel, for US$3.67 million...
Horizon Media, Largest US Indie Agency, Hits Reset Button On Programmatic
Horizon Media, the largest standalone media agency in the US with some $4.5 billion in ad spend across 100 clients, has not been a major...
Dentsu Aegis acquires Indian OOH agency Milestone Brandcom
Dentsu Aegis Network is augmenting its out-of-home capabilities in India with the acquisition of Milestone Brandcom. Milestone Brandcom combined with Posterscope, Dentsu Aegis Network’s global...
Digital excellence translates to higher revenue for marketers
Digital excellence can be closely linked to revenue growth and other business success metrics. It has become evident over the years that marketers that have...
Embarking on digital first strategy Businessworld appoints Havas Media
BWIBusinessworld, India’s largest and most respected business magazine known for its incisive writing and independent opinions, has set out on digital first route. One key...
