Executive Views

Embrace Unique Emerging Markets With Mobile: Medialets’ Glassberg

BARCELONA — Much of the unconnected world is coming on to the internet, skipping land...

By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Native Must Make Mobile Ads Relevant: Facebook’s Arnstein
By Robert Andrews  
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WPP’s Sorrell Vows To ‘Up Tempo’ On Viewability Demands
By Robert Andrews  
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Mobile Consumers Want Quick, Visual Content: Facebook’s Dugan
By Robert Andrews  
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Algorithmic Marketing To Virtual Personal Assistants Will Change Game: PHD’s Cooper
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Amazon Caves To Apple’s ‘Appstore’ Pressure In Germany
By Robert Andrews  
UK Re-Jigs Mobile Content Payments Regulation
Company strategy
UK Re-Jigs Mobile Content Payments Regulation
By Robert Andrews  
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Market indicators
Most Mobile Games Revenue Is Now In-App
By Robert Andrews  
China Has 100 Million Mobile App Users And Apple Wants More
Market indicators
China Has 100 Million Mobile App Users And Apple Wants More
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Hacking Loopholes Remain, Consumers Deserve Better
By Robert Andrews  
USA – Techonology – Google Introduces T-Mobile G1
Company strategy
T-Mobile UK Changes Its Outlook On Unlimited Data
By Robert Andrews  
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Interviews
Interview: Rhapsody Hopes To Hit Profit This Year, May Seek Investment
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Listen Up, Shazam; Hundreds Of Rivals Are About To Bloom
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views

‘Programmatic Creative’ Astounding On Mobile: Opera Mediaworks’ Griffin

The growth in “programmatic”, super-scientific targeting and trading of online ads ha...

By Robert Andrews  
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Ditch Last-Click Attribution On Mobile: Google’s Carrington
By Robert Andrews  
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Facebook Page Redesign Chases ‘Frictionless’ Commerce: Harris
By Robert Andrews  
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Facebook’s Harris On The Collision Of Performance And Brand Advertising
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Advertisers Lagging Consumers On Mobile: IPG’s Johnson
By Robert Andrews  
The Guardian Has Made About £250k From iPhone Subscribers
Company strategy
The Guardian Has Made About £250k From iPhone Subscribers
By Robert Andrews  
In Brief: Antique Books, Tesco Digital, Culture Fund & More
Company strategy
In Brief: Antique Books, Tesco Digital, Culture Fund & More
By Robert Andrews  
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Interviews
Interview: Financial Times’ Grimshaw: ‘App Stores Are Not A Panacea’
By Robert Andrews  
T-Mobile Has Invested In App Maker 6Wunderkinder
Funding analysis
T-Mobile Has Invested In App Maker 6Wunderkinder
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
ITV Viewers Grumble At First Paid Content Roll-Out
By Robert Andrews  
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Market indicators
Most Android Apps Are Hardly Downloaded At All
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
BBC News App Finally Hits Android Market
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Brightcove Now Wants To Be A Multi-Platform Apps Suite
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views

iBeacons Can Enable Precise Mobile Marketing: MEC’s Pasqua

AUSTIN — If you think you haven’t seen much evidence of location beacons’ use in a ma...

By Robert Andrews  
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Screen Size Not The Only Mobile Responsive Variable: Adaptive’s Lynch
By Robert Andrews  
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Gaming Is The New Cinema: AdColony’s Barash
By Robert Andrews  
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Mexicans Embracing Mobile Video in Big Numbers: Azteca’s De Cervantes
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
The New York Times has Moved to HTML5 Player, Here’s Why
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
CNN Brings Its Mobile App To Android
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
BSkyB Will Do Clickable Mobile Video Ads
By Robert Andrews  
Cricket’s World Cup Was Huge For Mobile Media
Company strategy
Cricket’s World Cup Was Huge For Mobile Media
By Robert Andrews  
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Earnings analysis
Shazam’s Contradiction: Wildly Popular, Still Unprofitable
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Virgin Media Picks Motricity For Mobile TV, Services
By Robert Andrews  
TV Shows May Take Paid Votes Via Facebook Credits
Company strategy
TV Shows May Take Paid Votes Via Facebook Credits
By Robert Andrews  
London’s Underground Will Get WiFi, Not GSM
Company strategy
London’s Underground Will Get WiFi, Not GSM
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
A&N Fancies Free Amongst Paid Mobile Line-Up
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views

Mobiles Are Now Subscribers’ TVs & DVRs: Comcast’s Strauss

In the age of smart glass everywhere, what’s the difference between a TV and a phone ...

By Robert Andrews  
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Bigger iPhone Will Unleash Small Video: ZenithOptimedia’s De Cruz
By Robert Andrews  
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The Weather Channel Forecasts Mobile Engagement
By Robert Andrews  
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Nexage, Acquired By Millennial, Thinks Big On Mobile
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Ad Groups Look To Reimagine TV On Mobile Screens
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
T-Mobile, Orange Spin Global Tech Co-Op Out Of UK Merger
By Robert Andrews  
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Market indicators
The Decline Of The Dongle: Phones And Tablets Are Winning Out
By Robert Andrews  
Confirmed: iPlayer App Coming To iPad, Android This Week
Company strategy
Confirmed: iPlayer App Coming To iPad, Android This Week
By Robert Andrews  
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M&A analysis
French Telcos Form M-Commerce JV Buyster To Rival Le PayPal
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
BBC’s iPlayer App Finally Nearing Release
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Slide Deck: Lagardere’s Tablet Publishing Strategy And Apple Talks
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
How News Corp Plans To Profit From Mobile Audio Subscriptions In India
By Robert Andrews  
Running The Numbers: Mobile Newspaper Subscriptions
Company strategy
Running The Numbers: Mobile Newspaper Subscriptions
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views

Mobile Ad Spend Lags Device Usage: SMG’s Easterbrook

LONDON — UK consumers are spending insane amounts of time on their phones. So why are...

By Robert Andrews  
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The Guardian to Relaunch Its Mobile App, Here’s Why
By Robert Andrews  
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Time.com Sees A Fifth Of Video Views From Mobile Web
By Robert Andrews  
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Nigerian News Consumers Jump Straight To Mobile First
By Robert Andrews  
Analyst Views
Mobile Is Killing Consoles’ TV Dreams: Author Lovell
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Broadcasters Line Up New Mobile Apps For TV Brands
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Bad Robot? Android Is Limiting Publishers’ Payment Prospects
By Robert Andrews  
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M&A analysis
Chip Firm Imagination Buying HelloSoft To Bolster Mobile Multimedia
By Robert Andrews  
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Insights
UK TV Viewers Allowed To Vote In Shows Via Mobile App
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Nokia Takes Control Of Symbian; Foundation Stepping Back
By Robert Andrews  
Guardian Flips iPhone App To Subscription Model, Except In U.S.
Company strategy
Guardian Flips iPhone App To Subscription Model, Except In U.S.
By Robert Andrews  
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Funding analysis
Updated: Struggling Symbian Gets A €22 Million Injection From Europe
By Robert Andrews  
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Earnings analysis
Nokia’s New Broom: Symbian/MeeGo Harmony, 1,800 Jobs Cut
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views

AOL Set To Launch Mobile Native Ad Unit

BARCELONA — AOL will soon launch a native advertising unit aimed specifically at mobi...

By Robert Andrews  
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Factual Enables Marketing Through ‘Anticipatory Computing’
By Robert Andrews  
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Apps Are Best For Mobile Marketing: Mindshare’s Johnston
By Robert Andrews  
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Messaging Could Light Up Mobile Monetization: InMobi’s Yu
By Robert Andrews  
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Tablets Aren’t Mobiles: Collective CEO Apprendi
By Robert Andrews  
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Industry moves
Where Now For Vodafone’s Internet Strategy, As Knook Leaves?
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Nokia, AT&T Putting Up $10 Million To Encourage Ovi Developers
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
UPDATE: How Embarrassing: Nokia’s N8 Fightback Delayed
By Robert Andrews  
Another Nokia exec out: UK head jumps to Pace as president
Company strategy
Another Nokia exec out: UK head jumps to Pace as president
By Robert Andrews  
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Industry moves
Another Nokia Exec Out: UK Head Jumps To Pace As President
By Robert Andrews  
‘Nokia is back – and we’re not sorry that we’re not Apple’ declares exec
Company strategy
‘Nokia is back – and we’re not sorry that we’re not Apple’ declares exec
By Robert Andrews  
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Conference reports
Nokia’s Fightback Does Not Start Here
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
‘Nokia Is Back’ And Ballsy; ‘We’re Not Sorry We’re Not Apple’
By Robert Andrews  
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InMobi’s Sarofian: Digital Marketing In ‘The Era Of You’

Mobile media are intensely personal. So how do marketers configured for an age of dem...

By Robert Andrews  
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Time Inc To Launch Mobile Video Content Channel
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Dailymotion To Crack Mobile Programmatic In Next Few Weeks
By Robert Andrews  
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Weather Company’s Hadley: “Location Is The New Cookie”
By Robert Andrews  
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Vimeo Fast-Forwards Mobile Video Updates
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Not All Android Tablets Will Get Android Market
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Shazam Unlocks TV Shows, Converts Buyers To Subscribers
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Google’s Schmidt: Autonomous, Fast Search Is ‘Our New Definition’
By Robert Andrews  
Nokia’s Ovi Gets An Odd Exclusive On X Factor Mobile App
Company strategy
Nokia’s Ovi Gets An Odd Exclusive On X Factor Mobile App
By Robert Andrews  
Vodafone Claims Live Mobile Soccer Rights It Doesn’t Own
Company strategy
Vodafone Claims Live Mobile Soccer Rights It Doesn’t Own
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Virgin Launches A Mobile Music Store, But The Big One Is M.I.A.
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Nokia Re-Booting Comes With Music Under Ovi Brand
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Soccer’s Premier League Gets ESPN Mobile Apps, U.S. Web Streams
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views

Mobile Ad Net InMobi Considering Its Video Options

CANNES — InMobi has been known as a big name in mobile advertising for most of its fi...

By Robert Andrews  
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Adobe Finds Tablets Racing Ahead For Retailers
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
All-singing devices are eating up MP3 player sales
By Robert Andrews  
Interviews
Interview: Google expands mobile mag products amid web threat
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Sony puts animated .gif creation in more hands with mobile app
By Robert Andrews  
News Corp. Confirms It’s Trying To Sell Fox Mobile Group
M&A analysis
News Corp. Confirms It’s Trying To Sell Fox Mobile Group
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Lonely Planet Tries Augmented Reality In Search For ‘Relevant Ubiquity’
By Robert Andrews  
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Industry moves
HTC Beefs Up C-Suite, Execs For Expected Growth
By Robert Andrews  
Mobile Content Bits: Ovi Browser, Autosport App, Pocket TV On C4
Company strategy
Mobile Content Bits: Ovi Browser, Autosport App, Pocket TV On C4
By Robert Andrews  
O2 UK Improves In Telefonica’s Year-To-Date
Company strategy
O2 UK Improves In Telefonica’s Year-To-Date
By Robert Andrews  
Broadband Content Bits: E! Online, 888Sport.com Mobile, Shazam On Orange
Company strategy
Broadband Content Bits: E! Online, 888Sport.com Mobile, Shazam On Orange
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
BBC Allowed To Release Mobile Apps In UK
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Nokia CEO’s Hairshirt: We’ve Suffered Pain, But Symbian^3’s Our Antidote
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis

Yelp buys Europe’s Qype for $50 million to globalize its local reviews

Against the threat from Google’s own local listings, Yelp is beefing up through acqui...

By Robert Andrews  
Conference reports
Mobile boom means big challenges for Vevo’s global roll-out
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Movie streaming comes as part of UK’s pricey first 4G network
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
Telcos’ digital services could earn little yet still be valuable
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Google, Yahoo see contrasting fortunes in South Korea
By Robert Andrews  
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Conference reports
paidContent Mobile: BBC.com’s Miranda Cresswell On Profiting From Auntie
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Vodafone Gives Away Its $30 Million Wayfinder As Open Source
By Robert Andrews  
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