BizReport : January 23, 2008 Archive

January 23, 2008 Archive

Trends & Ideas | January 23, 2008

Major game title ad-supported, free-to-play

In-game advertising gained momentum in 2007, and Electronic Arts have jumped on the bandwagon with the announcement of a major game title to be distributed as a free-to-play, ad-supported online game later this year. >>

Advertising | January 23, 2008

Alacra launches a content ad-network

A new ad network is in town, or on the Internet, promising blogs and content sites another way to monetize their content. Alacra, a business solutions organization, launched their Premium Content Advertising Network (PCAN) this week. >>

Trends & Ideas | January 23, 2008

Audience for video sharing sites nearly doubles

Over the last year the audience for video sharing websites has doubled according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Researchers found that 48% of adults said they had visited a video sharing site in December 2007. >>

Research | January 23, 2008

Study: Women choose the Net for health information

Health information is big business, especially for women. According to a recent comScore study, 60% of women said they preferred getting health information from the Internet. Comparatively only about 51% chose to get information from friends or family members. >>

Advertising | January 23, 2008

In-stream ads remain unpopular with consumers

Marketers may have to rethink how they integrate advertising messages in online video, as yet another survey finds that online video consumers really do not like watching in-stream advertising. >>