tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:01:23 +0000AdverteasementTerry McBrideOriginal ThoughtTELEVISIONfiRMAndrew Newton OakvilleBROADCAST SEO INCEVREWHEREEye of the stormNettwerk Vancouver CanadaTurntable Hits0021407823GAppleBookmarks in lifeCopyright ParadigmDavid BowmanFairmont Hotels ResortsFineTuneJames Everett EtobicokeJune 27 2007Mike Wixson KleinburgNapsterNebuAdOlympicsOntarioPopa RoachSEOSkinny PuppyTariq Pirbhai MississaugaWORLD ECONOMIC FORUMdotBoomemifacthoggworks studiointerlocutioningiphoneless sophisticated audiencesmappingplatformrant puppetssteve jobstcpiptvसुर्फस कंप्यूटिंग"Business LEADers, companies and the hot marketplaces they serve;"http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)Blogger339125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-8827463511490167447Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:15:00 +00002013-09-23T11:15:04.473-04:00 Microsoft to Develop More TV Programs as It Readies Xbox One By Takashi Amano & Grace Huang - Sep 17, 2013 10:29 PM ET 10 COMMENTS Q Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said it will expand its TV programming beyond the show based on its best-selling “Halo” game as it tries to position the new Xbox One console as a portal for games, videos and music. Phil http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2013/09/dear-bloomberg-and-microsoft-give-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-8617260654477889463Mon, 13 May 2013 23:32:00 +00002013-05-13T19:32:44.938-04:00This summer Fox will begin testing technology that can update or swap ads that people see when they watch shows on demand, the network's President of Sales Toby Byrne told buyers today. The goal is to have the service ready for next year. "A consumer can watch Fox on any device wherever they are, and your ad can be there too," he said at the network's upfront presentation at Newhttp://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2013/05/fox-execs-embrace-dynamic-ad-insertion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-6867222887094591907Fri, 10 May 2013 18:40:00 +00002013-05-10T14:40:09.913-04:00John McCain introduces TV Consumer Freedom Act By Steve Donohue Lobbying groups representing big and small cable operators offered conflicting views on the Television Consumer Freedom Act proposed by Sen. John McCain (R.- Ariz.) Thursday.   The National Cable Television Association, whose biggest member is Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA), called the bill a "lose-lose proposition." But the http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2013/05/this-isnt-going-to-end-well-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-4729939282395037174Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:08:00 +00002012-06-08T12:09:16.884-04:00Arcade Fire's Win Butler and David Byrne to Discuss Byrne's New Book at POP Montreal Pitchfork  about 23 hours ago vote forvote against140 On September 22, during the POP Montrealfestival, David Byrne and Arcade Fire's Win Butler will come together to discuss Byrne's forthcoming book "How Music Works" (asArcadeFireTube points out). The http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-music-works-by-david-byrne.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-389077371329956169Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:55:00 +00002013-05-10T14:49:54.934-04:00http://m.adage.com/article?articleSection=news&articleSectionName=News&articleid=http%3A%2F%2Fadage.com%2Farticle%3Farticle_id%3D228641 http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2011/07/pepsis-future-is-bright.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-7312434477874804019Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:18:00 +00002011-06-20T12:18:49.317-04:00Posted at TechCrunch: 20 Jun 2011 08:27 AM PDT The Internet carries nearly 160 times more traffic than voice networks in North America, yet many of the regulations and inter-carrier traffic fees are based on the quickly receding era when voice networks ruled. Google calls this the "Tail Wagging The Dog" in a letter to the FCC (embedded below) urging them not to impose antiquated per-minute voicehttp://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2011/06/google-to-fcc-stop-letting-voice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-3072454748371129754Sat, 21 May 2011 02:08:00 +00002011-05-20T22:08:51.017-04:00Move Over RTBs, the Hot Term of 2011 Is the AMPBy: Kathryn Koegel Published at AdAge: April 04, 2011THE FORWARD 'I': The Advertising Option IconADVERTISING OPTION ICON: A cute little "i" that can be put on adcreative so consumers can find out how the data collected about themis being used, and set various preferences. It's administered byEvidon and a consortium of trade http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2011/05/as-online-audience-buying-turns-into.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-8694328514194570923Sun, 01 May 2011 17:09:00 +00002011-05-01T13:10:20.823-04:00Posted at TechCrunch: 30 Apr 2011 12:05 PM PDTEver heard of Dropship? It's an open-source project that "enablesarbitrary, anonymous transfers of files between Dropbox accounts."Dropbox hopes you haven't; they tried to squelch it this week, andeven accidentally reported that it was subject to a DMCA takedownnotice, with predictably futile results. I'm mostly sympathetic: I&#http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2011/05/cloud-has-us-all-in-fog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-6183642597251676814Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:28:00 +00002011-04-29T15:29:21.320-04:00Published on 27 Apr 2011The frontman of a group described as Scotland's best band ever has hitout at the generation who no longer pay for music.Stuart Murdoch, the Ayrshire-born lead singer of Belle and Sebastian,said sales have dropped so low they no longer finance the recording ofnew material.His attack was backed by two other top Scots musicians – Alex Kapranosfrom Franz Ferdinand and http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2011/04/who-will-pay-bands-to-make-music-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-3721283993518675232Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:22:00 +00002011-04-11T16:23:34.126-04:00From 'Modern Family' to 'NCIS,' Each Show's Ads Have A Most-Watched MomentBy: Brian Steinberg Published: April 11, 2011 at AdAgeWhat if each and every show on TV, be it "Modern Family," "Survivor"or "Biggest Loser," had a "sweet spot" for advertisers -- a particularmoment where commercials running in the program were more effectiveand http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2011/04/finding-sweet-spot-for-ads-in-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-4445843648480328859Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:28:00 +00002011-03-17T10:29:26.722-04:00http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/last-year-was-a-good-year-for-ad-spending-report-finds/http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2011/03/ad-spending-improved-in-2010-nytimescom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-976538809617732227Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:50:00 +00002011-03-10T08:50:45.136-05:00CP&B Now Using the Research to Develop Tablet Ad FormatsBy: Nat Ives Published: March 09, 2011Readers have more trouble focusing on magazines' iPad editions thanpublishers initially predicted, according to the latest study in agrowing effort to figure out tablet computers."We thought that of course there's a lot of activity going on on aniPad, when there's so many things you http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2011/03/magazines-ipad-editions-struggle-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-7627001968280186997Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:00:00 +00002011-01-24T15:01:27.147-05:00Posted at TechCrunch.A New York City co-working space called General Assemb.ly has beenlending its desks to highly regarded startups and serial entrepreneursfor several months now, including: Postling, Art.sy, SeatGeek; and theco-founders of Etsy and Vimeo respectively, Chris Maguire and ZachKlein.This weekend, the company replaced their single web page with afull-fledged site. Today, the companyhttp://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2011/01/general-assembly-scores-200000-grant-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-384625841815842962Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:31:00 +00002011-01-05T15:32:07.664-05:00 NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Hoping to prime demand for 3-D TVs, Sony has sponsored a 3-D video version of Sports Illustrated's new Swimsuit Issue for consumers to rent or buy starting Feb. 15 through Sony's PlayStation 3 and Bravia web-enabled, 3D-compatible TVs and Blu-ray players. The half-hour "Swimsuit in 3-D" video, some of which Sony plans to show off in its booth at CES http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2011/01/fwd-sonys-viewpiont-on-3d.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-4245467456922973513Sat, 18 Dec 2010 12:33:00 +00002010-12-18T07:34:10.114-05:00 December 16, 2010 |  1:51 pm Flipboard, the social magazine app for the iPad, seems to be having a flipping good run. Last week, the famously design-conscious Apple Inc. named Flipboard its App of the Year. Then Wednesday, Chief Executive Mike McCue joined Twitter's board of directors. On Thursday, Flipboard released its first major update, allowing users to ''magazine-ify&http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2010/12/flipboards-mike-mccue-web-format-has.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-3898517826726459985Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:11:00 +00002010-12-18T06:11:44.713-05:00 Google: We'll find info before you know you need it By Natasha Lomas, 10 December 2010 15:39 Google is working on a service that finds information before a user has even started looking for it. Forget Google Instant, this is about pre-emptively pushing data at users before they know they need it, said Marissa Mayer, Google's VP of geographic and local services, who was speaking http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2010/12/google-is-seeking-search-without-search.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-3844749792065846737Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:08:00 +00002010-12-18T06:09:40.822-05:00 Rivals Say Google Plays Favorites By AMIR EFRATI Google Inc. increasingly is promoting some of its own content over that of rival websites when users perform an online search, prompting competing sites to cry foul. The Internet giant is displaying links to its own services—such as local-business information or its Google Health service—above the links to other, non-Googlehttp://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2010/12/search-giant-displays-its-own-health.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-3234566674387072844Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:00:00 +00002010-12-03T10:01:01.170-05:00 OMD Delivers Marketers Like Pepsi and Infiniti for Test of iPad Social News Reader by Michael Learmonth  Published at AdAge: December 01, 2010 NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Flipboard, an iPad app that turns shared links on the web into a beautiful digital magazine, is out to prove it's got a business model too -- for content publishers and for itself. Flipboard has been applauded http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2010/12/publishers-pile-into-flipboard-for-ad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-1418083133378241859Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:28:00 +00002010-10-10T11:28:45.751-04:00CNN has been researching how news articles are shared through socialmedia, identifying different motivations for sharing and the increasedbenefit for advertisers who feature on recommended news pages.The delightfully named 'Pownar' research (which might sound like oneof Batman's weapons, but actually stands for 'power of news andrecommendation') was conducted over two months http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2010/10/cnns-research-says-27-of-us-share-87-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-3179157316733083649Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:02:00 +00002010-09-06T12:02:57.743-04:00 NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Before BP could stem the oil gusher at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, it unleashed $100 million in ad spending, largely on network TV, to stem the damage to its image. But it also started spending heavily where it had never spent much before: buying ads in Google's search results. How much did BP spend on search? In two months, BP went from spending very littlehttp://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-big-brands-are-spending-on-google.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-8423939837843196962Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:43:00 +00002010-08-21T14:44:25.763-04:00 Silicon Valley's vitality depends on a constant influx of bright people who challenge its inhabitants to work harder and think smarter. And, as I noted in my last post, America's economy depends on startups to create jobs and innovation. Skilled immigrants have provided both. So, given the miserable state of the economy, we should be laying out the welcome mat for the world's best and brightesthttp://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2010/08/reinventing-silicon-valley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-5965324150356917111Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:15:00 +00002010-07-28T14:15:49.198-04:00 Forrester: Why Most Marketers Should Forgo Foursquare Report Finds That Only 4% of Online Adults Use Location-Based Services by Kunur Patel  Published: July 26, 2010 NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Marketers, hold off on Foursquare -- for now. That's the verdict of Forrester Research on location-based start-ups, which, despite their reputation as the hot new media, are still too small for http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2010/07/hm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-4042105771992400723Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:13:00 +00002010-07-28T14:14:00.991-04:00 July 26, 2010 -By Mike Shields NBCU has created its answer to an online ad network—though one comprised solely of its owned-and-operated sites.  Called Universal Audience Platform (UAP), the group, which will have its own logo and staff, will be headed by Nick Johnson, svp, NBCU Digital Media Sales. He will report to Peter Naylor, evp, NBCU Digital Media Sales. The UAP group will sell http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2010/07/nbcu-creates-its-own-ad-network.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-5684390348491035379Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:08:00 +00002010-07-28T13:08:58.070-04:00 Study: Most Brands Still Irrelevant on Twitter Marketers Are Certainly Tweeting, but Users Are Barely Listening by Michael Learmonth Published: July 27, 2010 NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Attention brands: Twitter users aren't talking to you or about you. In fact, they barely know you exist. That's one of the conclusions of a six-month analysis of the service's ubiquitous http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2010/07/tweets-94-are-personal-in-nature.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876449.post-2393689786594532270Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:51:00 +00002010-07-28T12:51:48.168-04:00Analysis: Are Musicians Losing the Incentive to Create?  July 26, 2010 By Glenn PeoplesThe last decade's drop in music sales is correlated to a drop in the number of professional musicians in the U.S., according to some number crunching by the RIAA, possibly meaning that musicians are motivated by expected earnings from recorded music. The trade group took issue with a recent study that http://andrew-newton.blogspot.com/2010/07/less-choice-of-music-less-sales.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (andrew newton)