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The current state of the media universe is much like that of the cosmos, and as the force of the galaxy is contemplated much in current times, the proliferation of devices and the abundance of media choices are also pondered.

Millward Brown released its annual Digital and Media Predictions for the year ahead. For the eighth consecutive year the company is providing marketers with a clear guide on navigating the challenges and opportunities of the next 12 months.  One prediction in the 2016 report identifies the opportunity for marketers to develop clearer consumer journey maps, from awareness to purchase, in order to better integrate sales and media touchpoints.

Most US ad and marketing professionals are using data-driven marketing, according to July 2015 research, especially to maintain databases about their customers and targets.

comScore, Inc. and Pretarget released results of an online advertising study which found that ad viewability and hover time are more strongly correlated with conversions (defined as purchases and requests for information) than clicks or total impressions.

The Telemundo Station Group announced that José Alberto Suárez has been named President and General Manager of Telemundo 60 San Antonio / KVDA.

As company boards enter 2016, many should resolve to better support and encourage their company CMOs in implementing change agendas that target a more customer-centric business mindset and tackle digital disruption head-on in the year ahead.

Every Monday morning across America, retail executives file into conference rooms to review weekend sales performance across channels. They study mountains of numbers from physical and online checkouts, mobile sites, e-commerce analytics, and information taken from store intercepts and online customer surveys.

In 2016, digital display ad spending will eclipse search ad spending in the US for the first time. Combined, the categories of video, sponsorships, rich media and “banners and other” will account for the largest share of digital ad spending: 47.9%, worth $32.17 billion.

If you are a digital marketer, your first thought may be surprise that so many people in a highly educated and tech-savvy metro area still get the “dead tree” version of the Globe.

Entravision Communications Corporation announced that it has appointed Marta Salazar to the position of Political Outreach Director of Entravision.

As we pointed out last week on the first installment of this listicle (check it out here: https://hispanicad.com/agency/business/10-reasons-why-we-latinos-are-original-millennials ), all those behavioral insights and personality traits attributed to Millennials were true about us Latinos way before the Millennial epithet was even coined.  By Gonzalo López Martí / LMMIAMI.COM

UniMás Network announced that its new, unauthorized series “Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán: El Varón de la Droga” (Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán: The Drug Baron) will premiere in the Fall of 2016.

Univision Deportes announced that it has acquired from UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) the exclusive U.S. Spanish-language broadcast rights to all UEFA national team competitions from 2018 to 2022. 

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (the “Company” or “SBS”) (NASDAQ: SBSA) announced the completion of its station  exchange in Puerto Rico.

At first mention of the internet of things (IoT) for healthcare, Fitbits, Jawbones and smart watches probably come to mind. These devices have received a strong dose of media hype, but they are just the tip of the iceberg in a growing infrastructure that is bringing meaningful connectivity to the business of health.

Duncan Southgate, our Global Brand Director for all things Digital at Millward Brown, thinks I spend far too much time dissing digital advertising. In a recent email to me he wrote, “I don’t see us writing articles about how TV ads suck.” OK, Duncan, let’s see where that comment takes us.

Aside from the excitement at year-end, on-demand audio and video streaming continued to gain in popularity in 2015, posting growth rates of 83% and 102%, respectively.

If there’s one thing all Millennials have in common, it’s an immersion in the digital world. If they weren’t fully born in the digital age, they spent formative years and entered early adulthood in a rapidly changing environment of phones, computers and devices that connect them to each other and the world.

The top trend for business growth in 2016 is “Welcome to the Age of Peer Power,” according to Bill Lee, Founder of the Center for Customer Engagement.

Trends and innovation are also moving at breakneck speed, powered by an engaged, sophisticated, curious global consumer.