Digital

TV “impressions” are 100% of the screen for 30 seconds.

I promised you 10 words for why TV dollars won’t go online, and there they are.

Disruptive technologies provide an opportunity in 2014 to reshape organizations, change business models and transform industries according to Deloitte’s 5th Annual Tech Trends Report.

Terra announced that Latin music Superstar Juanes will give the first on-stage performance of his new album “Loco de Amor” (Crazy from Love) in a world-wide digitally streamed concert taking place the day after the album’s release.

Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks digital subscribers have next-day access to their favorite Univision content via UVideos, Univision’s bilingual digital video network, on iOS and Android devices at no additional cost.

Based on Current Population Survey statistics from July 2012, the Computer and Internet Access in the United States infographic provides household and individual level analysis of computer use and Internet access, as well as a profile of individual smartphone usage.

impreMedia announced the launch of Flashpik.com, a celebrity photo-based website for the U.S. Hispanic millennial market.  

Advertising technology companies as a category are bad at marketing. Instead of creating customers, we too often create confusion in the marketplace.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and its Traffic of Good Intent Task Force have issued the final version of “Best Practices – Traffic Fraud: Reducing Risk to Exposure,” after a 36-day public comment period that ended on January 10. The document explains and analyzes robotic traffic, or “bots,” and other forms of online traffic fraud that can derail marketers’ campaigns by producing illegitimate impressions and skewing audience data. It then gives concrete recommendations that publishers, networks and buyers can use to mitigate these risks.

Terra launches “Terra Live Music Home Sessions” with the all-new 2014 Honda Civic Coupe. Building upon the success of “Terra Live Music”, Terra launches a new program to connect brands with consumers nationally and locally, on and offline.

The cookie has proved to be an effective and efficient solution to many problems, but with the evolution of the internet and new technologies, an over-reliance on the cookie has led to a variety of issues for industry stakeholders and consumers.

As the global economy continues to recover, a majority of companies intend to pursue growth opportunities outside their own industry sectors as digital technologies help create new higher growth markets, according to new research by Accenture.

The old refrain “content is king” is as true as ever. B2B advertisers are increasingly developing their own video content as marketing tools. Online video can inform prospective clients, create thought leadership and even drive leads. However, there are many pitfalls associated with creating B2B content. Here are five tips on how to better manage your custom video content efforts.

MiTú announced that it has closed a content licensing agreement with AOL across all of its digital platforms

Thirty-four million Americans are planning to purchase a vehicle in the next six months and a new report, “Digital Influence on Auto Intenders,” from Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and Prosper Insights finds that these consumers are almost twice as likely to be swayed by auto-focused digital marketing than the general population (21% vs. 12%). Moreover, automotive shoppers are 71 percent more likely to be influenced by digital advertising across multiple retail categories than the average consumer.

History sometimes repeats itself.

So those with longer memories may start to see parallels between the rapidly growing content amplification space, led by content marketing distribution platforms like Outbrain and Taboola, and the rise of the search engine marketing industry in the early 2000’s. Will the CAA (content amplification agency) be the new SEM agency?

While investments are unquestionably rising across the board, each industry is adopting digital at its own pace as it rises to meet its own unique challenges and opportunities. Some industries—such as retail and financial services—are early adopters in their use of digital tactics as part of integrated, multichannel campaigns. Others—such as healthcare and pharma—are further behind on the adoption curve.

What goals and challenges are top-of-mind for marketers as they’re planning for 2014? Mobile marketing and measuring ROI are two big ones, according to this week’s infographic.

Ryan Partnership released the results of its Digital Shopping Tool Impact Study 2013. The study found that shoppers rank tools depending of their ability to influence their shopping behavior and satisfy their shopper needs.

As chief analytics officer of data management platform (DMP) [x+1], Leon Zemel oversees a host of client-facing marketing practices including campaign management, optimization and business intelligence. Zemel spoke with eMarketer’s Lauren Fisher about marketers’ frustrations with cross-channel attribution and shared insights into the benefits and limitations of taking either a top-down or bottom-up approach to attribution.