Two thirds of the world’s digital display advertising (67%) will be traded programmatically by 2019, up from 59% in 2017, according to Zenith’s Programmatic Marketing Forecasts, published on November 20. The value of advertising sold programmatically will rise from US$57.5bn in 2017 to US$84.9bn in 2019, growing at an average rate of 21% a year. […]
Neuroscience research released demonstrates how full motion digital out of home (DOOH) campaigns are 2.5 times more impactful than content on static displays, delivering a powerful emotional experience comparable to that of television advertising. The research, conducted by Neuro-Insight for Ocean Outdoor, used brain imaging to explore the neurological impact of digital out of home […]
Since adding 360 videos to News Feeds in June 2016, Facebook has spent 2017 significantly invested in the format. It enabling 360 live-streaming and then added that functionality within its apps, and even boosted the back end with automatic image correction. But the social network isn’t stopping its immersive push at flat imagery. Facebook’s Oculus recently announced it has started testing VR experiences […]
Alia Bhatt is the latest celebrity to invest in a startup after acquiring a minority stake in a fashion-tech startup StyleCracker, which offers personalised fashion boxes curated by celebrity stylists to its consumers. Bhatt has invested an undisclosed sum into the company, along with a consortium of investors, as part of Pre-Series A funding, according […]
London hotel, The Berkeley, teams up with production company, Armoury, to redefine drinking with an immersive new cocktail experience, Out Of The Blue. ‘Out Of The Blue’ is an immersive experience within a secret space in The Berkeley in Knightsbridge. Guests will enter a 360-degree projection environment where specially-designed film and molecular scents combine […]
Amazon announced today an output agreement with AMC Studios through which Amazon Prime Video will have first window rights to select new AMC series in 28 territories as well as second run rights in many other countries all around the world. Prime Video members in key territories like Australia, Germany, Italy, India, and Japan will […]
Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd announcecd it would invest $2.87 billion for a major stake in China’s top hypermart operator, Sun Art Retail Group Ltd, part of a wider push into offline retail. As part of an alliance with Auchan Retail S.A. and Ruentex Group, Alibaba would buy the stake from Ruentex while Auchan Retail […]
Southeast Asia-based aCommerce, a startup that helps brands get into e-commerce and digital media in the fast-growing region, has pulled in $65 million in new funding led by Emerald Media, an Asian firm backed by global investor KKR. The Series B deal takes Bangkok-based aCommerce to $94 million raised to date. Existing backers Blue Sky, […]
Volvo Cars and AKQA have launched the first Facebook in-app car configurator built at scale, using the Facebook Canvas API. The project came to life after AKQA worked with Facebook on the proposition and feasibility study of the technology, before pitching the idea to Volvo Car USA. Potential buyers and Volvo fans can use the configurator to create […]
Goodby Silverstein & Partners (GS&P) convinced Time Inc.’s monthly magazine Food & Wine, to change their name to ‘Food & Milk’, as part of an inventive execution for “got milk?”. It marks the first time Food & Wine has changed their name from Food & Wine to a brand on a cover wrap. The goal of the placement is to get Californians to rethink how food and milk […]