Mobile internet advertising is set to become the third-largest advertising medium behind television and desktop internet, overtaking newspapers in 2016. A Zenith Optimedia study claims mobile advertising will overshadow newspapers as early as next year, becoming the “driving force behind the growth of the entire advertising market”. Mobile will account for 12.4 per cent of […]
German giant Bauer Media has announced a shake-up of its senior management team with a trio of promotions across its advertising, media and digital arms. The first of these will see Abby Carvosso promoted to group managing director of Bauer Advertising, a role which will see her tasked with aligning commercial and content imperatives of […]
The BBC is planning a significant expansion of the BBC World Service to take it further in Russia and North Korea. The expansion plans could see the corporation launch a satellite TV service for Russian speakers or release content on YouTube or Russian equivalent Rutube as well as daily radio news programme for North Korea. […]
Google has unveiled its biggest update in 16 years with the introduction of a new dynamic, animated logo which will react to users written and verbal search requests. The new look ditches the old serif typeface which Google has used since 1999 in favour of its own sans-serif creation. The changes will see the letters […]
Hearst Magazines is set to release a new look for Cosmopolitan magazine from September 2. The refresh is the first tangible results of a marketing and distribution strategy for a suite of titles including Good Housekeeping, ELLE and Harper’s Bazaar. The new look is being overseen by Cosmopolitan UK editor Farrah Storr and is available […]
The digital world has evolved fast, but the catalogue remains an integral part of clothing brand Boden’s identity. And so the brand enlisted BBH London to update the catalogue for the modern digital age, communicating the product range in a new way that would attract the customers of the future. BBH’s brief was simple: Modernise […]
Amazon is reported to be testing a fast food delivery service which, if brought to the UK, could prove problematic to the unencumbered growth of services like Just Eat and Hungry House. Amazon has been trialling a takeaway delivery in the US as it looks to take a share of the burgeoning market established by […]
BT Sport has swept up the rights to the next Ashes series from under the nose of rival Sky. As competition between the Pay TV rivals intensifies, BT is primed to broadcast the Ashes from Australia for the first time, vastly upping its cricket output and diversifying its appeal beyond its strong football programming. On […]
The latest report in We Are Social’s series of studies into Digital, Social & Mobile use around the world shows that the pace of digital adoption in China shows few signs of slowing. Internet in China The research shows that roughly 100,000 people in China started using the internet every day over the past year […]
NASA is embracing the smartwatch revolution by opening a free for all design competition in which the public are invited to create an app for Samsung Gear 2 wearing astronauts on the International Space Station. Hosted via Freelancer.com the initiative will offer the creator of the best app a cash prize of $1,500 with the […]