Despite years of big growth and even bigger hype, the network-delivered rental and sale of videos continued to represent only a small portion of the U.S. home video entertainment market in 2010, as consumers flocked to buy and rent Blu-ray discs, according to Screen Digest, now part of IHS.
More than a third (34%) of eTailers do not ‘welcome’ or ‘thank’ customers when they actively subscribe to email communications, meaning many are not engaging customers when they are most captive, incentivising them to shop, according to new research.
BT has been accused of undermining one of the founding principles of the internet – that of “net neutrality” – by creating a two-tier system which would allow content providers on its network to charge for a faster video delivery service. Under BT’s new Content Connect feature, ISPs can charge content owners for a premium … [Read more…]
This week saw a sudden drop in email to 2008 levels, after an expected surge in bogus email over the Christmas period failed to materialise. Ryan Deutsch, StrongMail’s VP Strategic Services, explains the need for marketers to send personalised material across all channels, to ensure that marketing messages don’t trigger spam filters.
Brian McBride, managing director of Amazon’s UK business, is quitting to undergo treatment for prostate cancer.
Online retailer Amazon is reportedly set to make an offer for Lovefilm in a deal that could value the movie rental site at around £200m.
Brands want to own the SERP (Search Engine Results Page) through integrated search, but how can they achieve this with increasingly search savvy competition? Nick Beck, Managing Director of Tug, offers some creative tips to help get the most out of integrated search campaigns.
Video sharing site YouTube is in talks to buy US web video producer Next New Networks, according to US reports.
Yahoo! has announced the loss of 600 jobs, representing 4% of its workforce, as the internet media giant looks to boost its revenue as it looks to compete with the likes of Google and Facebook.
TV catch-up services ITV Player and Channel 4’s 4oD have joined existing service BBC iPlayer on the PS3 console.