Hard work makes art In Seattle last week I had the opportunity to meet a minor hero of mine: Jon Rimmerman, founder of Garagiste Wine. Jon's business is nothing short of amazing, but the main reason I wanted to meet him is simply because of his writing. Jon's offers (which, by the way,…
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I’ll share a guilty pleasure that few people outside digital advertising will understand: with the release of every new cutting-edge gadget, I can't wait to see the amazing advertising that is certain to follow. You readers know what I’m talking about: remember the True Blood ad on the iPhone, complete with…
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easeltv specialises in building apps for connected TVs, with clients including broadcasters, pay-TV operators, content producers and major consumer brands. I spoke to AdMonsters Screens speaker Bill Scott, COO of easeltv, and asked him to explain the company’s proposition.BS: Our differentiator is that our apps feel much more like a TV…
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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, Sanjit…
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You might have read yesterday that Facebook is set to make a lot of money in mobile. The company is further along when it comes to monetizing mobile than it was believed, and this boosted confidence in Facebook stock (which rose to close at $19.88 yesterday). With all the…
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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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Media buying is about information superiority. Superior information allows parties of a bilateral transaction to quantify the value of the asset being bought and sold.Consider the television upfronts taking place in coming weeks — they are all about information superiority. Unfortunately, value is based on the amount of increase (or…
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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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The momentum behind multi-screen media is building. Consumers who interact with at least two screens at a time have now reached a majority, and that is seen by many as a tipping point for digital media strategy to shift accordingly. Advertisers are showing increased interest in executing campaigns across screens.Now,…
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There can be a tendency to confuse "standards" with over-simplification in advertising and media. Companies in the IAB Digital Video Committee (in which my company, OneScreen, participates) come together to create standards that reasonably accommodate the industry’s current needs based on their respective business and technical requirements. With standards adoption…
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