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Televisa Publishing + Digital, a division of Grupo Televisa announced the release of the Vive Vanidades Technology Guide iPad application, sponsored by Ford Fusion 2013.

Volume one of The SoDA Report 2013, SoDA’s biannual trends publication, which showcases content from some of the most influential thinkers in the digital marketing world, has been released. This edition explores the topic of Perceptions and features various point of views concerning the issues, challenges and opportunities shaping the future of the digital marketing industry in the year ahead.

Over 108 million Americans see a video display each month, according to this 2013 study of the medium by Arbitron and Scarborough. Points of View examines Scarborough data to set universe estimates for digital place-based video by benchmarking the size and profile of total viewers and viewers for 10 distinct formats across the United States.

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As marketers deal with an increasingly fractured media landscape, they will continue to shift their focus away from traditional media to digital channels, according to a poll of US marketing professionals conducted by Inavero for staffing firm Aquent and the American Marketing Association (AMA).

comScore, Inc. released the 2013 U.S. Digital Future in Focus report. This annual report examines how the prevailing trends in social media, search, online video, digital advertising, mobile and e-commerce are defining the current digital marketplace and what these trends mean for the year ahead.

Men don’t like to shop, but they like to buy. According to a new eMarketer report, “Groomed for Growth: Digital Strategies Reach Men in the Personal Care Aisle,” this presents a challenge for personal care marketers as they target men beyond the basics of body wash, shampoo and shave cream.

Innovid released its Interactive Video Advertising Benchmarks: Q4 2012. The Benchmark provides advertisers with the only comparative report in the industry to assess the performance of video and help plan the most impactful media allocation. Overall, marketers running simple pre-roll campaigns saw an average 1.21% Engagement rate and 69.59% Completion rate on average.

According to The NPD Group while traditional pay TV operators and broadcast networks still dominate the consumer television landscape, new options are emerging, from subscription video on demand (SVOD), to electronic sell-through (EST), to free TV streaming. While SVOD drives the most online TV streams by far, the incidence of consumers who used SVOD and free streaming in 2012 was relatively equal. According to NPD’s “Free Streaming TV” report, 12 percent of U.S. TV watchers reported streaming TV shows for free during the prior three months, compared to 14 percent who watched a TV show via SVOD.

As a source for news and entertainment, television reigns supreme—for now. An online survey of over 2,000 US adults carried out for Belkin by Harris Interactive found that men and women of every age group expected TV to be their primary source for both news and entertainment in 2013. This was more true of women than men, and of older people than younger people.

Being Latino announced it has launched viral video production and distribution service, DigiBunch.

Nearly 60 percent of U.S. consumers still prefer to watch their favorite shows and video programming on their TVs, but they also want their smart phones and tablets by their side so they can be online and multitask, according to the KPMG International 2013 Digital Debate survey, which polled more than 1,000 consumers in the U.S. and 9,000 globally

Content marketing, targeting and personalization, and mobile optimization stand out as the top three priorities for marketers in 2013, according to this week’s infographic, which is based on a new survey by Adobe and eConsultancy. By The Team | Yahoo! Advertising Solutions