13 Million US Households Not Ready for Digital Transition
More than 13 million households with television sets that can receive only analog broadcasts are still unprepared for the transition to all-digital broadcasting, scheduled for February 18, 2009, the...
View ArticleMobile Music Grows along with Music Phone Adoption
Nearly 11% of mobile subscribers in the US and Western Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK) listen to music on their mobile device, with the proportion of listeners ranging from 5.7% (in the...
View ArticleConsumers and Merchants: User Reviews a Must for Retail Websites
Online customer reviews are profitable for retailers and help build a sense of community for online shoppers, 82% of whom consider such reviews better than researching a product in-store with a sales...
View ArticleSponsored Link Ad Impressions by Industry – January 2008
Note: Nielsen Online’s AdRelevance service uses a proprietary methodology for estimating online advertising expenditures and takes into account only image-based technologies and advertising sold per...
View Article14MM UK Households Have High-Speed Internet Connection
The UK had another breakout year for internet consumption in 2007, with some 36.8 million Britons having gone online, according to eMarketer, which forecasts that number to reach 42.8 million in 2012 –...
View ArticleDVR Use Moves Prime Time to Late Evening, Increases TV Viewing
As digital video recorder (DVR) use has increased, so has time spent watching television – both throughout the day and during prime time – according to The Nielsen Company. (more…)
View ArticleTop 50 US Web Rankings Issued for January, Tax and Politics Sites Surge
Yahoo Sites again edged out Google Sites among US web properties with 138 million visitors vs. nearly 135 million, as traffic to the tax, politics, career, real estate and travel category sites also...
View ArticleUpcoming Academy Awards: Fewer Viewers, Higher Ad Rates, Less Clutter
Television audience numbers have declined over the past decade as viewing choices expand and the audience splinters – and the upcoming Academy Awards reflects that trend, with current audience levels...
View ArticleE-Commerce Sales in ’07 Up 19% vs. ’06, Q4 Sales Up 4.6% from Q3
US retail e-commerce sales in 2007 were up 19.0% from 2006, whereas total retail sales were up 4.0% in the same period, according to the most-recent estimates from the Census Bureau of the Department...
View ArticleTop Brands – Ranked by Customer Loyalty and Engagement
Consumer connectivity and control, a changing media environment, and a wide variety of seemingly undifferentiated brands have caused an important shift in “drivers” (motivators) of consumer loyalty and...
View Articlead:tech Survey: Best and Worst Online Tactics, Budget Plans for 2008
Behavioral targeting, search engine optimization (SEO), and direct email using house lists are the best-performing tactics in online marketing, according to MarketingSherpa‘s annual survey of ad:tech...
View ArticleTop 10 Network TV Show Websites – Week Ended 02-16-08
Highlights: American Idol overtook Deal or No Deal to become the most-visited TV show website for the week, and Jericho entered the top 10 for the first time, at No. 6. Note: Rankings are based on...
View ArticleBusinesses Find Case for Social Responsibility
Companies are viewing corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a growth opportunity rather than a regulatory-compliance or philanthropic issue, with 68% of firms surveyed focused on generating revenue...
View ArticleInternet Opportunity Knocks as Newspaper Website Audiences Grow
US newspaper website audience coverage has grown 14% – from 6.4% for the 12 months ended Sept. 2005, to 7.3% for the 12 months ended March 2007 – and that online audience growth is mitigating print...
View ArticleMarketers: TV Advertising Less Effective Than Two Years Ago
Most marketers say television advertising has become less effective in the past two years, but many are interested in exploring new ad formats and forms of video commercials, according to the...
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