Below find articles of interest to us this week…. Enjoy!
- Kangaroo gets Killed
- Its on everyone’s mind — is AOL selling Bebo? Techcrunch said yes, AOL says no (though they seem to have written off the aquisition). Meanwhile, AOLs ad-revenue takes a nosedive.
- An excellent Online Video industry overview by The Economist. Moral is, learn from the bittersweet enormity of YouTube, the successes of Hulu, and the faults of Joost. Advertising supported streaming is primary, and make people download videos for a premium
- While on topic: Why pirates love Hulu - best quality, fewer commercials
- Most social brands of 2008 posted by Adage: The iPhone, CNN and Apple topped the charts. See who else made it. Did any of the finalists surprise you? (see more detailed results here )
- Germany totals 536k IPTV subs at end-2008, according to the German Association for IT, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM). Deutsche Telekom accounts for the majority of German IPTV subscribers, reporting over 500,000 subscribers for its ‘T-Home Entertain’ service at the end of 2008.
- Brits watch more TV than ever, announces Thinbox. British viewers reportedly watch on average 26 hours of TV per week last year. This can be attributed to recession forcing people to stay at home, cold winter weather, and chart topping shows such as the X Factor. Thinkbox said the growth of viewing had also fuelled record numbers of TV ads being watched last year. The study also found that 78% of online TV viewing is focused on catching up with shows missed on traditional television. Thinkbox confirms a signifcant increase in online VoD viewing, thanks to services such as Virgin Media, the BBC iPlayer and Channel 4VoD. Download the study here
- AlJazeera grows its audience due to coverage of Conflict in Gaza. How do their online activities engage the growing audience? Read an interview of our friend Mohamed Nanabhay (Head of New Media for Aljazeera) to find out how
- Unilever Uses Faux-Flash Technology for Ads on iPhone
- We got a kick out of this wiki-styled entry in HowStuffWorks: read up on How The Internet Works. Check your basic knowledge!
- Davos, Switzerland: We love it when the digital medium is used for the greater good. Kofi Annan launches online platform for Young Leaders, bringing together 1,500 25-year-olds from across the world Join the movement!
- To top off our list, lets take a trip in our Multimedia Time Machine. Here’s a video flagged up to us by Techcrunch, showing the birth of internet news. Priceless! Makes you wonder how far news publishing has come, and reinforces how important it is that Publishers react to the everchanging digital world in order to survive.
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September 7th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
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