Made for Advertising in connected television apps waste budgets in a trend that continues to rise.
Experts say TikTok could use several loopholes, but losing the appeal would mean removal of the app from online stores or fines. Influencers may not want to risk fines, and payment processors and
banks would pull their support.
While conventional local TV, radio and newspaper news outlets still rank highest, social media, search engines, and newcomer locally focused apps (Nextdoor, Ring) are increasingly becoming go-tos.
Thirty-eight percent of respondents say their opening smart TV home screens -- with streaming apps -- are the first thing they see when turning on their TV sets.
Meta will open a small pilot program allowing academic researchers to access Instagram data for up to six months to learn more about how the social platform affects the well-being of teens and young
adults, reports "The Atlantic." Meta announced this week that it is looking for proposals focused on specific research areas around this topic.
The top three streamers in share of time spent viewing are YouTube, Netflix and Hulu, with YouTube TV at 8% share and Amazon Prime Video at 6%. The top premium streaming platform in household reach is
Netflix with a 64% share followed by YouTube at 57%, Hulu, 41%; Prime Video 34%; Max, 29%; Peacock, 23%; Disney+, 22%; and Paramount+, 21%.
Some $1.4 billion was lost to mobile in-app ad fraud, per Pixalate's estimates, but data shows budgets were also impacted in other media.
Consumers - especially young consumers - want streaming "bundles" to be more than just TV-video programming, according to a new study from Hub Entertainment Research.
Frustration over the process of content discovery is an ongoing problem. A new report finds 51% of viewers experience difficulties when searching for content.
Email is one of the top websites or apps now being utilized, Meltwater reports.
LinkedIn is looking to provide its users with simple, puzzle-based experiences similar to the wildly popular 'New York Times' games like Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections.
Well, that's what my analysis of the IAB's just-released study shows: Americans would pay $163.50 per month vs. the $13.48 the U.S. ad industry currently pays to reach them.
The study examines the value consumers would want in exchange for not having free access to the internet, websites and apps - with compensation for giving up the convenience averaging $37,619 - and
what it would be worth if they had to start paying for the content they now use for free. The data shows consumers would pay on average $164 per month to continue using currently free websites and
apps.
Prices of LinkedIn ads -- which are sold by auction and set by market demand -- have increased as much as 30% over the past year, one exec told the "Financial Times." Some marketers have reported
premium LinkedIn campaigns costing $300 per 1,000 impressions vs. the same caliber of ad costing between $10 and $15 on Meta, with some media buyers reporting an ROI as high as 20%. Meta and Google
still control a much higher percentage of the ad market, with LinkedIn covering about 1.5% of digital ad spending in the U.S., while Meta and Google cover 21% and 27%, respectively.
Misogyny is a common theme of real-world violence seen by teens on social media.
Most of the world pressures new moms to feel nothing but bliss. This online platform welcomes the complex reality.
Pixalate releases its Q2 vMVPD traffic analysis and CTV developers reports.
When you have as affable and trustworthy owner/spokesperson as Ryan Reynolds onboarding new customers, how do you ensure that the rest of their experience follows through on that brand promise? Stay
honest, explains Mint Mobile's loyalty maven. Mint Mobile's Sr Brand Marketing Manager - Lifecycle, Wyndie Mills, will explain how the company uses extreme transparency with customers - not only
sharing with them details of their data usage but even suggesting when they could save with less expensive plans. She will explore how they build this trusting relationship across multiple, channels,
from email to app alerts to SMS to map the candor of the message against the intimacy of the medium.
Despite pushback from its biggest market for TikTok Shop, the social media platform is testing a new in-app wallet that could help simplify users' purchases through a centralized payments tracking
platform that includes a currency native to TikTok.
Recovery during challenging economic times is a difficult process and risk can explode in directions marketers could not imagine, even with progressive technologies like machine learning and AI.
TikTok users may begin to see links to Google results in the app. In a screenshot shared by an app researcher on X, TikTok's search results page included a link inviting the user to search Google for
the same inquiry.
Adoption of cloud gaming is growing, and Netflix's no-fee approach and targeting of casual gamers is a wise approach, a researcher reports.
With 75% of growth in video hours on CTV devices from smaller platforms, YouTube is the only one of the top six platforms that has grown share with a leading 28% of total video hours vs. 24% a year
ago.
A study of 1,769 users revealed that among all streamers, 65% of subscribers have hopped around to some extent.
"Convenience, loyalty programs, and strategic mobile app implementation emerge as key growth drivers for the QSR industry," according to InMobi.
Non-traditional TV usage of smart TV continues to evolve, with consumers using their modern TV sets for other media functions, Hub Entertainment Research says.
Time spent with an app per month is directly correlated with how long users keep an app -- and advertising can help increase time spent, according to a new report.
Discord came in second to TikTok in terms of LGBTQ people of color feeling the safest and most secure, followed by Instagram and YouTube.
More than half of sports fans said streaming provides a better viewing experience of games than cable or broadcast TV.
Snapchat is testing a new way for users to play around with AI creation through a feature the company is calling "Dreams" -- using generative AI technology to deliver otherworldly scenes instead of
written answers.