When I first heard about second screen companion app Squawka, I could barely contain my excitement. As a football (ahem, soccer) enthusiast, I've always been keen on the stat side of the game, and Squawka looks set to be a stat monkey's dream. I sat down with the CEO & Co-Founder, Sanjit…
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Mobile ads have been a hot topic of discussion in the ad tech space for a while now, but with little consensus on how they should be monetized. Banner ads are simply not getting the job done, causing the industry to rethink their approach to mobile and find creative ways…
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TV Everywhere- the ability to watch any televised program at any time on any device- isn’t a matter of ‘if’ anymore but rather a question of 'when' once you consider the evolving viewing habits of US consumers and the changing dynamics of the pay television business. The ‘when’ for TV Everywhere becoming a mainstream…
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Perhaps only the speed of light rivals people's ability to buy the latest gadget with a screen and use it to connect with the world digitally.Consumers didn't know they needed phones that could connect to the Internet, but now 51.3% of the total UK mobile audience use a smartphone as…
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I have to admit I was surprised when I ventured over to USAToday.com following its massive redesign. You never quite know what to expect when you give a redesigned site a cold visit – I'm still haunted by my first time on the rebranded TechCrunch site (logo still gives me…
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Mobile Marketing Live opens for business on 1 October at the Business Design Centre in London. The event encompasses an exhibition, conference, training and networking. In the conference, delegates will hear from Google, talking about the three big trends in mobile: social, local and commerce; Ford, talking about turning the car…
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The past two weeks’ Olympic triumphs and tragedies have driven home to me the importance of publishers’ need to use technology to monetize dramatic spikes in traffic. Ok, you wonder how I can make the leap from sports spectaculars to advertising inventory monetization.London 2012 is an amazing – actually a…
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The world is glued to the Summer Olympics action in London, gazing in wonder as competitors put the human body and spirit to the test. Of course, while these athletes have poured hellacious amounts of blood, sweat and tears into training for this moment – but could they meet the…
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When I first heard about second screen companion app Squawka I could barely contain my excitement. As a football (ahem soccer) enthusiast I've always been keen on the stat side of the game and Squawka looks set to be a stat monkey's dream. I sat down with the CEO & co-founder to…
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Interviewing Ernesto Schmitt of Zeebox for the previous Screen Grab, I was struck by what he said about media buying becoming more complicated, because of the need to identify the multiple user journeys on the second screen. What made me pause was not the idea of multiple user journeys themselves,…
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