Although email remains the dominant form of electronic communication, it faces significant challenges from real-time communications, such as instant messaging, and from parasites, including viruses and spam, that threaten the health of the email host. In a newly published study, IDC predicts that nearly 84 billion emails, more than 33 billion of which will be spam messages, will be sent daily worldwide in 2006.
Media
Univision’s ‘Contra Viento y Marea’ Clinches #1 Spot Beating Out ABC, CBS, NBC & Fox.
Univision Communications Inc. announced that during its first week of measurement by Nielsen’s national television ratings service, the Nielsen Television Index (NTI), the Univision Network’s hit novela “Contra Viento y Marea” (Against All Odds) won the 8:00 to 9:00 pm time period among the coveted Adult 18-34 demographic, among all U.S. audiences whether Hispanic or non-Hispanic.
Telemundo Closes 2005 Strong.
Based on the ratings results provided by Nielsen Media Research for their National Hispanic television Index (NHTI), Telemundo delivered outstanding results in fourth quarter ’05 Monday through Friday (M-F) primetime, due largely to an impressive December ’05 performance.
Televisa & Intel To Deliver Premium Content To Hispanic Media Audience.
Intel Corporation and Grupo Televisa, S.A. announced a joint effort to provide consumers, for the first time, with a wide choice of on-demand, Internet-delivered Televisa content through Intel Viiv technology-based PCs.
Dramatic Growth In Cable TV Ad Dollars Spent By Alcohol Companies.
In a study released by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at Georgetown University found that alcohol companies significantly increased their advertising activity on cable television. More importantly, the number of cable network alcohol ads that were more likely to be seen by underage youth than adults on a per capita basis rose 97% from 2001 to 2004.
