Thursday 21 November 2013

Media PM - SB.TV, BT Sport, PPA, LastGraph, digital switchover

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21st November 2013
Youth voice SB.TV plots growth beyond YouTube  
Youth voice SB.TV plots growth beyond YouTube
Jamal Edwards, the founder of the online youth video broadcaster, says his expansion plans are about more than money.
 
For an ancient medium, mags don't feel past it  
For an ancient medium, mags don't feel past it
In a week when the trade body for the magazine business, the PPA, celebrates its centenary, Campaign asks three leading lights for their views on the medium's past, present and future.
 
Is BT Sport's Uefa contract win a big deal?  
Is BT Sport's Uefa contract win a big deal?
When news broke of BT Sport's three-year deal to broadcast the Uefa Champions League and Europa League, there were predictable cries from pundits that the young network had "outplayed" its rivals Sky and ITV, and that the "whistle had blown" on the battle over sports rights.
 
The open, interconnected web has sadly turned into  a corporate battleground  
The open, interconnected web has sadly turned into a corporate battleground
Something important died last week. It was a little service called LastGraph, which took data about your music-listening habits from Last.fm and made it into all sorts of pretty and interesting graphs.
 
Govt urged to resolve digital switchover row  
Govt urged to resolve digital switchover row
Radio stations seek a speedy resolution as they argue their cases for and against turning off analogue. By David Benady.
 
Publicis buys Walker Media for £35 million  
Publicis buys Walker Media for £35 million
Publicis Groupe is set to buy a majority stake in Walker Media from its parent M&C Saatchi and will sit it alongside ZenithOptimedia as a new agency network.
 
Campaign Media Awards offer welcome recognition for ambitious masochists  
Campaign Media Awards offer welcome recognition for ambitious masochists
It was in October 2009 when I answered the phone to Daren Rubins. The conversation started pleasantly enough, but soon descended. MEC had just been awarded Media Week's Agency of the Year, and the then managing director of PHD, raw with ambition and green with envy, wanted answers.
 
Bob Dylan's 1965 hit 'Like a Rolling Stone' gets interactive  
Bob Dylan's 1965 hit 'Like a Rolling Stone' gets interactive
A TV chef, a radio DJ, a newscaster, a hip hop artist, and reality TV stars are among the characters shown singing: "How does it feel / To be on your own / With no direction home / Like a complete unknown / Like a rolling stone."
 
Edwards plays the long, start-up game at Beyond  
Edwards plays the long, start-up game at Beyond
The head of Manning Gottlieb OMD's start-up division admits it would not exist without goodwill and resolve. By Louise Ridley.
 
Innovative C4 hoping its diversity can make up the numbers for advertisers  
Innovative C4 hoping its diversity can make up the numbers for advertisers
Am I the only person in the world who doesn't find Alan Carr funny? Apparently so. I've asked around and everyone seems to love him. So it was only me who found the last hour of Channel 4's upfronts event last week excruciatingly painful.
 
Are there privacy concerns around Amscreen tech?  
Are there privacy concerns around Amscreen tech?
The OptimEyes technology rolling out at Tesco petrol stations is a long way from Minority Report, Mark Banham finds.
 
We can learn more from social media managers than how to sell snake oil  
We can learn more from social media managers than how to sell snake oil
 
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Twitter IPO should be welcomed by the ad industry  
Twitter IPO should be welcomed by the ad industry
The long-awaited floatation of Twitter should be a positive step for the advertising industry.
 
News Corp's drawbridge mentality locks in value, but there's another way  
News Corp's drawbridge mentality locks in value, but there's another way
News Corp's move to eliminate third party ad networks is understandable, but other publishers can extract more value by simply reducing the number of ads that run on their sites, says Guy Cookson, co-founder of native ad provider Respond.
 
The Muppets and biscuit tins - a snapshot of the Royal Baby story  
The Muppets and biscuit tins - a snapshot of the Royal Baby story
The recent Royal christening capped off what is likely to be the last spike of activity around the Royal Baby - and with it the final opportunity for brands to use the royals to plant themselves firmly in front of a captivated, patriotic audience and further up our timelines.
 
The definitive lowdown on Facebook's Q3 performance  
The definitive lowdown on Facebook's Q3 performance
Ron Schott, head of Spring Creek at IPG Mediabrands gets behind the numbers of Facebook's Q3 earnings this week.
 
The viewability of digital ads  at a glance  
The viewability of digital ads at a glance
Executives at Infectious Media, the real time advertising specialists, have created an infographic they believe captures the issues surrounding digital advertising today.
 
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