Millennials Like Their Entertainment Options On Demand
Americans aged 18-34 are more likely than their older counterparts to prefer a range of entertainment types on-demand, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Stitcher. For...
View ArticleRetailers Weigh in on the Digital Channels That Best Drive Store Traffic –...
Some retailers aren’t sold on the concept of digital channels being the primary driver of future growth, at the expense of stores. But most do see the value of digital channels in driving traffic to...
View ArticleNetflix + YouTube = Half of North American Peak Downstream Traffic
Netflix isn’t the only video service eating up North American bandwidth, although it is the largest, according to [download page] Sandvine’s “Global Internet Phenomena Report 1H 2013.” The report...
View ArticleTop 10 Broadcast TV Engagement, Week of Apr 29-May 5, 2013
Source: Rentrak. Content in Rentrak updates is produced and/or compiled by Rentrak Corporation and its TV Essentials data collection and analytical service. The “Stickiness” Index is the average...
View ArticleTop 10 Cable TV Engagement, Week of Apr 29-May 5, 2013
Source: Rentrak. Content in Rentrak updates is produced and/or compiled by Rentrak Corporation and its TV Essentials data collection and analytical service. The “Stickiness” Index is the average...
View Article3 in 4 SMB Employees Say They Check Email Outside of Work Hours
Email is still very much an ingrained activity among SMB employees, to the extent that 74% check work email outside of standard work hours, with most of those doing so at least several times a day,...
View ArticleUK Marketers Upping the Digital Ante
A global shift in marketing budgets from traditional to digital media has been well documented of late, and new survey results from Martini Media suggest that UK marketers are hopping aboard the...
View ArticleTablet Impressions Growing Quicker Than Smartphones
The volume of smartphone impressions on the Millennial Media platform is increasing, but not as quickly as impressions from non-phone connected devices, represented primarily by tablets, according to...
View Article7 in 10 Americans Say Radio is Part of Their Daily Routine
While a recent survey found a majority believing that in 5 years, Americans will primarily listen to streaming radio versus traditional AM/FM radio, another study, this time from Clear Channel Media...
View ArticleAmericans to Spend $4.6 Billion on Graduation Gifts This Year
Graduation season is here, and Americans will shell out $4.6 billion to reward high school and college seniors, per results from a survey conducted for the NRF by BIGinsight. Gift-givers will spend...
View Article3 in 10 Consumers Cut Spending, Say It’s Their New Normal
Fewer Americans are cutting their spending when compared to prior years, but most of those who are say that this is their “new normal,” according to survey results from Gallup. Overall, 73% of...
View ArticleAmericans Slightly More Discerning Than Others With Their Online Sharing
Americans may not be as keen to share personal and other content online as citizens in other countries, suggests a survey from Ipsos OTX. The study asked respondents to identify how much they share...
View ArticleGot Questions For Brands on Twitter? Expect A Response 38% of the Time
Socialbakers has released its latest “Socially Devoted” figures for Q1, and the results are a mixed bag. On the one hand, the average response rate grew 6% points quarter-over-quarter to 38%, after...
View ArticleRadio Revenues Flat in Q1
Americans might be listening to more radio, but radio’s advertising revenues aren’t going anywhere, at least for the time being. In Q1, total expenditures were flat, at $3.5 billion, according to [pdf]...
View ArticleAd Engagement Relatively Strong For Made-for-Web Video Content
Made-for-web content performs just as well as repurposed TV content when it comes to ad engagement, according to research from Tremor Video. The study, named “Upfront, NewFront, Nupfront,” compared ad...
View ArticleShoppers Favor Customized In-Store Experiences
Two-thirds of Americans prefer to shop in a store rather than online, details Synqera in results from an online survey administered in April. That supports prior research from Ipsos, which similarly...
View ArticleTop Digital Performers More Confident About Future Success
Executives at large companies (more than $500 million in revenues) who rate themselves highly in terms of their capability to use data analytics, deploy applications, and operate APIs are more likely...
View ArticleTwitter’s Users Find Its Ads Moderately Effective
Twitter says its Promoted Tweets are working, but Twitter users may hold slightly less positive attitudes towards ads on the platform: just 1 in 10 find Twitter ads such as Promoted Tweets to be “very...
View ArticleBranded Content Marketing Becoming A Higher Priority, With Budgets In Tow
70% of brands and 77% of agencies have employed branded content marketing for advertising purposes in the past year, and about two-thirds of each group say that branded content marketing has become...
View ArticleData-Driven Marketers Report Uptick in Q1 Spending, Revenues
Data-driven marketing spending is on the rise, according to respondents to the Direct Marketing Association’s Quarterly Business Review covering Q1 2013. 38.7% of respondents indicated that their...
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