Digital Media MBA » research http://www.digitalmediamba.com connecting the Digital Media MBA community with jobs, events, and news Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:53:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Updated: In-App Purchases To Overtake Sales From Paid Apps By 2013 http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/tYOxEjZxSfY/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/tYOxEjZxSfY/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:07:17 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=1b060dcfe9e27fbcd4a4339da44ae3a7 The consumer draw of free apps over paid apps has been well-documented, and so has the rise of in-app payments as a route to making money from those free apps. New research out today predicts that in-app purchases will, in fact, become the most dominant way that app developers will make money in years ahead.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/17/updated-in-app-purchases-to-overtake-sales-from-paid-apps-by-2013/feed/ 0 France Telecom’s Orange Looks To 3D And Xbox For New TV Bells And Whistles http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/grLIiIPo3nc/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/grLIiIPo3nc/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:07:56 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=ce4ba0a47d899475cdf3b48ee8eb7fab With the growth of over-the-top services that let users access the video they want over the internet (and often, for free), those companies offering pay-TV have to look for more bells and whistles to keep fickle consumers interested in their services. The latest offerings in this area come from France Telecom’s Orange, which has signed deals with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) to offer Orange TV via the Xbox platform, and France’s answer to Google’s YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG), Dailymotion, for an online 3D channel.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2011/12/16/france-telecoms-orange-looks-to-3d-and-xbox-for-new-tv-bells-and-whistles/feed/ 0 Zenith: Display Proves Resilient In ’11, Looks Robust In ’12 http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/Axjxt49jXw8/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/Axjxt49jXw8/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:26:37 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=6b624dcd791af9af249bae82e245b393 The “quadrennial” events of the Olympics, the national U.S. political races, thew European Football Championship, along with the recovery of the Japanese economy, will help prop up ad spending in 2012 against the global financial pressures next year, says Publicis Groupe media shop ZenithOptimedia. Like a rising tide that lifts all boats, the flow of marketers’ money next year will also make its way online, which has already risen by healthy amounts since coming out of the downturn early last year.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2011/12/05/zenith-display-proves-resilient-in-11-looks-robust-in-12/feed/ 0 Aussie Court Gives Samsung Galaxy Tab The All-Clear But Is It Too Late? http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/5ZGSLZaBoL4/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/5ZGSLZaBoL4/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:14:04 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=8fac620a43814d69fa011b2c88df8cc0 A reversal of fortunes, of sorts, for Samsung in its ongoing case against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in Australia: today, an appeals court unanimously decided that it can go ahead with sales of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, possibly as soon as Friday. But even with sales getting the all-clear, some analysts seem to have already written off the device as an also-ran.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2011/11/30/aussie-court-gives-samsung-galaxy-tab-the-all-clear-but-is-it-too-late/feed/ 0 The Morning Lowdown 11-30-11 http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/Hce-ypMj5wU/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/Hce-ypMj5wU/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:18:59 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=cff46e48d5720ac81c0b73b552ef26be Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:

»  FTC Announces 20 Year Privacy Deal With Facebook, Asks To Be ‘Liked’ (paidContent)

»  Bets on Spotify’s news - radio: (Strategy Eye) / enhanced API (WSJ). We are at the announcement later… (paidContentUK’s Robert Andrews)

»  Comparing The New Aggregators, Part 2 (paidContent)

»  Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Bidders Come in at $16.50 to $17.50, With Plan to Keep Jerry Yang (AllThingsD)

»  Gannett’s First-quarter furloughs just announced; unpaid time off will be fifth big round since ‘09 (Jim Hopkins’ GannettBlog)

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2011/11/30/the-morning-lowdown-11-30-11/feed/ 0 HTC Led Q3 U.S. Smartphone Sales, Nokia To Wait Until 2012 To Challenge It http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/FGc-fA-4pFc/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/FGc-fA-4pFc/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:20:34 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=38f2eb1e02d3556a40ac9f94f25441c3 Figures out from Canalys tracking smartphone shipments worldwide in Q3 have once again demonstrated that the flood of Android handsets on the market is making Google’s mobile OS the smartphone platform leader for the moment, with a 57 percent share of the market.

In the U.S., where the rising Android tide is even higher at 70 percent, HTC is at the very the top in terms of smartphone shipments, just ahead of another Android OEM, Samsung, which nevertheless ranked as the biggest smartphone vendor worldwide. Does that Android dominance leave room for more challengers? Nokia (NYSE: NOK) certainly hopes that 2012 won’t be too late to try.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2011/11/02/htc-led-q3-u-s-smartphone-sales-nokia-to-wait-until-2012-to-challenge-it/feed/ 0 The Morning Lowdown 10-20-11 http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/A7dstcz5Lc4/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/A7dstcz5Lc4/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:44:41 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=5b8e8505f1a7092ce2aa4ce7b3571dfe Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:

»  MSN U.S. Head Scott Moore to Depart Portal (AllThingsD)

»  Why Rupert Murdoch Should Announce A New Direction For News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) (Guardian/paidContent)

»  News Corp’s Bête Noire Watson Plans To Address Shareholder Meeting (Guardian/paidContent)

»  Federated Media Partners with Automattic to Provide Exclusive Representation for WordPress.com Publishers (Release)

»  Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Whores Out Users With False Privacy Claims (SEO Book)

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2011/10/20/the-morning-lowdown-10-20-11/feed/ 0 Nielsen: Nearly Half Of Americans Are Watching Online Video http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/cNHs1vLjMGU/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/cNHs1vLjMGU/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:14:27 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=fd03aa319e3149eec1ab636599545833 One of the reasons online video is the fastest growing ad segment is because nearly half of all Americans are watching some form of streaming, according to Nielsen’s Cross-Platform report. But online video is still a long way off from attracting half of marketers’ advertising dollars.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2011/10/20/nielsen-nearly-half-of-americans-are-watching-online-video/feed/ 0 Television and the Internet: a presentation from CBS research http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2009/09/28/television-and-the-internet-a-presentation-from-cbs-research/ http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2009/09/28/television-and-the-internet-a-presentation-from-cbs-research/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:34:38 +0000 jeremy http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?p=12948 Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2009/09/28/television-and-the-internet-a-presentation-from-cbs-research/feed/ 0 Greystripe Report with Mobile Consumer, iPhone Insights http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2009/05/11/greystripe-report-with-mobile-consumer-iphone-insights/ http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2009/05/11/greystripe-report-with-mobile-consumer-iphone-insights/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 16:32:29 +0000 jeremy http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?p=12482 Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2009/05/11/greystripe-report-with-mobile-consumer-iphone-insights/feed/ 0