A study done for the IAB finds UK smartphone penetration and the roll-out of various 4G networks has seen not only mobile budgets undergo a step change from 1.7 million pounds in the first half of 2012 to 23 million pound in the first half of 2013, but digital advertising budgets increasing to a record 3.04 billion poounds in the first six months of 2013, a year-on-year increase of 17.5% Overall, the report found that UK Web users now spend an average of one in every 12 waking minutes each day online.

BuzzFeed, maker of listicles and a  trend spotter and trend maker, is expanding its video presence, and making a big splash about it in Los Angeles.

Danny Zappin,former CEO of YouTube network Maker Studios, has bought a controlling interest in NewMediaRockstars, a two-year-old site dedicated to news about YouTube and the rest of the Web video world.

Samsung has a new set-top box that could square off against Roku and Apple TV.  The Samsung Smart Media Player includes “more than 100 Smart TV Apps” for watching online video streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, VUDU and YouTube, and a way to get cable content without the big monthly fees. So it says.

WPVI, the ABC station in Philadelphia will soon offer Virtual View — an augmented reality experience that will make its debut at the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade. Viewers need to download the app Junaio, which will enable a kind of on-screen 3D element.

Walter White is gone and so is "Breaking Bad" but an Albuquerque charity is staging a funeral for him, and it will be shown in all of its sorrowful glory on YouTube.

Marvel may be looking to extend its reach into TV programming in a significant way — and streaming video services could be the beneficiaries. The company is said to be putting together a package of programs to shop to Netflix, Amazon or cable.

Vox Media, which runs The Verge, SB Nation and Polygon has raised $34 million in funding with plans to add an additional $6 million to close the round at $40 million, it has told the SEC. It plans to use a lot of the money to expand its video operations. 

On a conference call with analysts, Intel's CFO said that the decline in the PC business seems to be bottoming out in the U.S. and Europe and that corporate buying increased in Q3 .

The rise of streaming and Video on Demand  is allowing independent filmmakers to skip the studio distribution process and tap directly into new audiences on their computers, smartphones and television sets.