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The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) today released the “What Works and Why: IAB MIXX Awards 2015 Insights Report,” providing analysis from the awards’ elite panel of industry judges on select Gold-winning campaigns that captivated audiences and delivered meaningful results for brands.

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) has announced the appointment of Mark Lopez to the position of executive vice president and general manager, Univision Digital, effective May 1st, 2015. He will be based in Miami and report to Isaac Lee, president of News and Digital for UCI and CEO of Fusion.

Multichannel pay TV subscriptions have plenty of benefits over relying solely on an over-the-top (OTT) device, and according to Adobe Digital Index research released in March 2015, TV Everywhere adoption continued to rise last year. TV Everywhere penetration among pay TV subscribers in the US in Q4 2014 was nearly double that in the same quarter the year prior, at 12.5%, vs. 6.5% in Q4 2013. Adobe estimated this would reach 18% by the end of 2015.

Banner ads failed to meet the needs of the sophisticated marketer.  So when native advertising came along — a technology that brought the prospect of higher engagement without resorting to shenanigans — marketers jumped at the opportunity.

The much-anticipated shift toward mobile will occur this year in the two largest digital advertising categories: search and display. For the first time, US advertisers will spend more in these areas to reach consumers on mobile devices than desktop computers, according to a new eMarketer report, “The State of US Digital Advertising 2015: Mobile Trumps Desktop, People Trump Devices.”

We are living in a world of 24/7 connectivity. We access content on our own terms, and we like it that way. Across the globe, more than three quarters (76%) of respondents in a Nielsen online survey of digital attitudes and behaviors say they enjoy the freedom of being connected anywhere, anytime. While this flexibility can be a benefit to us, it represents a huge challenge for brands and content providers vying for our attention.

As the senior vice president of global strategy at cross-device services firm Tapad, Nick Jordan oversees product decisions and works with advertisers and publishers on broader initiatives. Jordan spoke with eMarketer’s Lauren Fisher about the close relationship between cross-device attribution and device identification and about the future of advanced attribution practices.

The report, available to the public as a complimentary download, provides a year in review of the major shifts in digital consumer behavior that occurred in various online sectors, including mobile, social media, video, advertising, search and e-commerce. Furthermore, it examines what insights can be gathered from these trends and what that means looking forward to the year ahead.

What are your top five irritants in digital advertising today?

This solution guide is for marketing leaders who are struggling to close the growing gap between consumer media consumption patterns and CMO know-how.

Univision Communications Inc. has launched a mobile and tablet game app for Nuestra Belleza Latina (Our Latin Beauty) featuring this season’s contestants. Nuestra Belleza Latina Casino is Univision’s first licensed mobile game app for a show.

ConneXion Research released information pertaining to Hispanic Consumers, specifically, Latina and Latino Millennials in the U.S. “The Latina Millennial Mindset”.

After viewability and fraud, what’s the biggest issue in digital metrics today? Now, I know what you’re thinking: “There are other issues in digital metrics?” Humor me for a few hundred words.

As the first generation of digital natives, teens have grown up in an increasingly visual world, and retailers have to keep up with them when it comes to visual marketing. Sharalyn Orr, executive director at Frank N. Magid Associates, spoke with eMarketer’s Lisa Barron about how critical visuals can be in capturing the teen market.

As the U.S. economy perseveres from recession to potential resurgence, consumers continue to power a growth in subscription-based video on-demand (SVOD) services. And who knows, maybe the extra money lining viewers’ pockets is actually helping fuel the steady consumer adoption of these services.

Trust issues are a key reason for pharma’s low ranking. When researching a disease, 66-and-older respondents had little trust in pharma company-sponsored sites.

Videology found U.S. marketers are embracing more sophisticated methods of targeting and execution compared to a year ago.

PodcastOne announced that radio personality Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo will join the podcast network’s all-star roster

Charo Henriquez has been named Executive Editor of peopleenespanol.com, reporting to PEOPLE en Español Editor-in-Chief Armando Correa.

Postmodernism in architecture was a movement made possible by a generation of designers who had grown up with modern architecture — and who playfully, confidently and knowingly designed for a world that had moved past modernism.  They felt free, empowered and looked back on modern architecture with scorn: How could people have been so limited, so unimaginative and so constricted to act that way?  One day, advertising will enter a similar era. The “postdigital age” will herald a time when the concept and word “digital” will move into the background, where agencies and titles remove that moniker, where conversations switch from the pipes to the content.