Fujitsu launches new global online campaign showing how data is transforming people’s lives

[KGVID]https://marcommnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Fujitsu_Graded_Master-720p_HD_MPEG_4_converted.mp4[/KGVID] Fujitsu has launched a new global online film targeting business customers showing how it harnesses data to digitally transform people’s lives and businesses. The film, created by mcgarrybowen and Found Studio, aims to reinforce Fujitsu’s position as a world leader in the processing, storage and analysis of Big Data and bring to life the […]

James Kirkham: Snapchat is now the dominant platform for reportage whether that be funny or chaotic it is always relevant

Once again, the disruption of sports media is paving the way to the changing face of cultural communications. On Tuesday night, West Ham United fans got over excited and ended up throwing bottles at the Manchester United team bus as it arrived at Upton Park. Idiotic and predictable, but not a huge news story. However, […]

Mobile video consumption surges with APAC leading the charge

Mobile video consumption surges with APAC leading the charge

Mobile phones and tablets now account for 46 per cent of all viewing globally, according to a report from Telstra-owned premium video specialists Ooyala, up from 34 per cent in 2014. A large part of this is being led by certain APAC markets, according to the report, with five out of 15 APAC countries outperforming […]

Rediffusion Y&R creates #FlagoffChange this Republic Day in India

Rediffusion Y&R creates #FlagoffChange this Republic Day in India

[KGVID width=”600″ height=”338″]https://marcommnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Republic-Day-Film-English-Subtitle_Low.mp4[/KGVID] On the eve of Republic day in India, Rediffusion Y&R and its Brand Partner Videocon, urged fellow Indians to flag off change. Done via a digital film, its objective revolves around: “Teach them, Change Them.” The film set up is in an office, where an old man (teacher) asks a clerk on the progress […]

Mobile Video Ad Spend has Almost Tripled in 2015

Mobile Video Ad Spend has Almost Tripled in 2015

Mobile video is more popular than ever, with a study from AppLovin and AppsFlyer showing that use of the format has grown 190 per cent in the first three quarters of 2015, and shows up to 40 per cent higher user retention than non-video formats. The figures back up a Business Insider Intelligence report from […]

Google tells brands to spend 24% of TV ad budgets on YouTube

Google tells brands to spend 24% of TV ad budgets on YouTube

Brands’ cost-per-reach is optimised when 24 per cent of a TV advertising budget is allocated to YouTube, said Eileen Naughton, Google’s managing director of UK and Ireland operations, at the Brandcast event on October 13. The Brandcast event, held at the Battersea Evolution and attended by representatives from around 900 companies and agencies, was aimed […]

Twitter Expands Pre-roll Video Ads

Twitter Expands Pre-roll Video Ads

Twitter’s new CEO Jack Dorsey was among the presenters at an event recently in New York, which saw the social network roll out a new series of video ad features for publishers and marketers, expanding the company’s Amplify ad program considerably. Publishers who post videos on Twitter will now be able to more effectively monetise […]

Sky launches free YouTube channel as part of entertainment push

Sky launches free YouTube channel as part of entertainment push

BSkyB is launching a YouTube channel that will broadcast whole episodes from some of its most high-profile series, as part of the company’s biggest ever push for its entertainment programming. When it launches on Saturday 1 February, the Sky First Episodes channel will host episodes from ‘Moone Boy’ starring Chris O’Dowd, ‘The Tunnel’ (the adapted […]