The simple joy of advertising…

In the last few weeks I feel like I have been inundated with the same repetitive message, it’s followed me when I check email, it’s followed me when I’m reading the trade press online, it’s even followed me when I’m reading my social media updates in trap one (c’mon on…we all do it – don’t we?)

Thankfully it isn’t re-targeting, cookie harvesting, trading desks versus networks, attribution models, VPAID definitions, or any of the above, it is simply – people debating the merits of good and bad advertising, and it’s great to see. It has to be a good thing to take the odd five minutes here and there to remind yourself of some of the great creativity our industry delivers, either via intelligent placement or simple, great messaging. Read more »

The future is here blah blah blah…

What a start to the year it’s been for IPTV, scarcely out of the news each week since January moved in and the numbers are looking good. Once we moved past BARB’s attempt in January to tell us that online viewing had plateaued, (viewing on PC/Laptop only grew 3% YOY was the headline, buried in the copy was the news that users switched to accessing content through set-top boxes, mobiles and tablets instead) then the numbers started rolling in. C4 banked stellar numbers on 4oD in November, BBC iPlayer recorded half a million hours of viewing on Boxing Day and then posted 4.3m visits on 2nd January – its record day to date. Read more »

Decisions, decisions. Why shouldn’t we have the same choices in our online advertising as we do in other areas of our lives?

My wife is actually an excellent shopper – quick, to the point and she rarely involves me. Of course, this is shopping from my perspective only. Doubtless she shares the same viewpoint, plus I know plenty of men who are more than happy to devote an entire afternoon to shopping with their partner.

Data – the new oil?

Data, the new oil apparently, at the very least that small, four letter word generates a lot of press coverage.

What is more difficult, fighting to get content on IPTVs or a seat on a train?

It’s 6.35pm and as my, short on carriages, and over-crowded train pulls out of Waterloo, I’m left wondering whether people prefer for life to be easy, or just not too difficult. The difference? Well, I would argue that we all want an easier life, but it needs some challenges otherwise we get bored. As long as people don’t go out of their way to create difficulty, then we should be happy most of the time.

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