- Internet Giant J2 Global Acquires Kickbox, Email Deliverability Firm
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Kickbox joins a group of brands owned by J2 Global, a media giant that projects 2020 revenue of around $1.4 billion. ...
- Consumers Age 65 And Older Are Attracted To Non-Brand Terms
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Microsoft provides data and details how marketers can successfully connect with consumers who are age 65 and older. ...
- Verizon 5G 360-Degree Camera To Perform At Indianapolis 500
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, August 21, 2020
5G changes the way broadcasters and content producers create events, enabling them to produce them from anywhere with more unique camera angles and control the view from a smartphone wi ...
- ViacomCBS Exploring Sale Of CNET To Red Ventures
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, August 19, 2020
The price being discussed with Red Ventures, a digital-media holding company, is $500 million, report WSJ sources. ...
- Internet Brands Inks Deal With AnyClip To Match Online Video With Content
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, August 17, 2020
Internet Brands will announce a video technology deal Monday with AnyClip to use its Luminous video technology. ...
- The 'Real Money' Behind Pirate IPTV Services: $1 Billion+
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, August 7, 2020
According to a study released Thursday by the Digital Citizens Alliance and technology firm NAGRA, about 9 million fixed U.S. broadband subscribers currently subscribe to at least one of 3,5 ...
- Amazon Gains FCC Approval To Launch Internet Satellites
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 31, 2020
In a move that will turn Amazon into an internet satellite provider, the FCC has approved the company's Project Kuiper. It will allow the tech company to operate 3,236 satelli ...
- Charter Sees 3% Q2 Revenue Growth With Broadband, Mobile Higher, Local Ad Sales Sink 37%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 31, 2020
Charter Communications reversed its declining video subscriber loss with a net 102,000 increase in subscribers during the Q2 period. ...
- Virgin Email Outage Reported; Company Denies Widespread Problems
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Some UK users are still complaining that their broadband is down. Virgin reportedly confirms a technical issue. ...
- Digital Quality Of Life Study Reveals How Countries Rank On Internet Quality, Security, Affordability
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, July 28, 2020
During the first month of lockdown, people in 49 of 85 countries experienced slower mobile internet speeds and people in 44 countries experienced slower broadband speeds, a study released Tuesd ...
- Let's Put An End To Doomscrolling!
Media Insider, Cory Treffiletti - Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Doomscrolling describes the near-endless phone scroll of reading news feeds and diving into content that relates to the day's topical news. ...
- Time's Up For Internet, Wireless Providers' 'Keep Connected' Pledge During Crisis
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Pledge meant those companies would not discontinue service or charge late fees for cell phone customers unable to pay because of new economic hardships. ...
- Free TV, Movie Content Targeted For Cyber Crimes
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
McAfee identified the riskiest entertainment content in two top-ten lists -- one for TV shows and another for movies -- after analyzing web results for searches of the entertainment titl ...
- T-Mobile Recovering From Monday Outage
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Complaints spiked on Monday afternoon, and the company said it was working on the issue. ...
- WPP, SuperAwesome Form Global Partnership Focused On Engaging Responsibly With Kids Online
MAD, Steve McClellan - Thursday, May 28, 2020
The agreement gives WPP agencies and clients access to the SuperAwesome team, which develops secure children's technology, as well as its engagement platform and array of tools. ...
- Bill Would Prohibit Internet Disconnections During COVID-19 Pandemic
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Internet and phone providers would be prohibited from terminating service to consumers until at least 6 months after the end of the pandemic, under legislation proposed by Sens. Jeff Merkle ...
- Daytime Kids Viewing In Top 25 Markets Soars Nearly 300%, Big Gains In Internet, Gaming
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 30, 2020
Daytime broadcast TV viewership for kids and teens has soared 200% to 300% on average in the top U.S markets in the last month and a half. There have al ...
- GoDaddy Steps Into Domain Registries, Acquires Neustar
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, April 29, 2020
GoDaddy earlier this month acquired one of the largest domain name registrars in the world. Neustar is a privately held business that operates a variety of domain name extensions. T ...
- Businesses Can Manage, Update Online Directories For Free As States Reopen
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Uberall has released a free service that brings real-time location data and listings management to business owners across directories and local search platforms such as Google, Apple Maps, Facebook, a ...
- Divided FCC Issues Upbeat Report On Broadband
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 27, 2020
Broadband is being deployed on a "reasonable and timely basis," even though 18 million Americans lack access to wireline service, a divided FCC says. ...
- People Still Search For Local Businesses, Phone Calls On Rise
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 17, 2020
Marketers shouldn't assume local searches have tanked. Data released Friday shows local impressions fell only 10% between mid-January and mid-March, according to Uberall. ...
- Why Web Freedom Won't Be The Same After COVID-19
Media Insider, Steven Rosenbaum - Monday, April 13, 2020
"I do not want the government to be the ones to decide what should or shouldn't be posted online," said one participant in panel about platform legislation. ...
- Charter To Up Minimum Wage To $20 Over Two Years, Starting With 'Frontline' Workers
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, April 7, 2020
The cable operator says the pandemic accelerated implementation of a wage hike already under discussion. ...
- Internet Speeds Lag Just When Time Becomes Of The Essence
Research Intelligencer, Rob Williams - Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Households that use multiple devices at the same time are more likely to report slower connection speeds -- likely the effect of several people working from home, attending online class ...
- Comcast: Peak Network Use Surged 32% In March, VOD Up 25% YoY
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Linear video consumption increased by four hours during March, to 64 hours per week, and gaming downloads are up by 50%, and 80% during new releases. ...
- Consumers Fear Tech Outages During COVID-19 Outbreak: Pew Study
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Most have used email to communicate during the crisis, but only a few have tried to reach doctors. ...
- Internet Speeds Drop In New York, Austin
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Monday, March 30, 2020
Internet speeds are slowing to some degree in 88 cities, according to a new analysis by Broadbandnow. Of 200 cities analyzed, 44% experienced some degree of network degradation over t ...
- Internet Showing Strain, Despite Streamers' Bit-Throttling Moves
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, March 27, 2020
Download speeds rose as broadband speeds declined last week in some parts of the U.S. and Europe, reported "The New York Times." And while Netflix didn't explain the cause, so ...
- 'WWD' Finds Success With Webinar Strategy During Pandemic
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Each episode features industry experts who focus on themes like what to do with an overabundance of supply to what's going on in the fashion industry worldwide. ...
- Virgin Media Down, 'The Independent' Reports
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Yesterday, "The Independent" was reporting on the mobile phone networks having issues as Britain worked from home, today it's Virgin Media's turn to go down as demand soars. ...
