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Will Radio Survive The Media Meltdown?

by Sonal Gandhi, November 12, 2009

The amount of time that US adults spend listening to radio has been on the decline. The trend is especially marked among young adults, who have taken to other audio platforms at a much greater rate. But radio as a format continues to be popular even as . . .

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The Forrester Wave™: US Online Video Platforms, Q4 2009

Brightcove And Ooyala Lead A Maturing Market

by Bobby Tulsiani, November 6, 2009

In Forrester's 37-criteria evaluation of online video platform vendors, Brightcove and Ooyala lead the pack with their end-to-end product offerings that target organizations of all sizes. VMIX and Kaltura follow closely behind with comprehensive offerings . . .

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Online Retailers' Adoption Of Online Video Content Is Ahead Of Consumers' Preferences

by Patti Freeman Evans, November 5, 2009

Sixty-eight percent of the top 50 Internet retailers use video content on their Web sites, compared with 18% in 2008. Online retailers are committed to making product videos central to their merchandising and marketing strategies because of the positive . . .

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Who Will Pay For Online Content?

Integrate Social Media To Attract European Online Movie Buyers

by Nick Thomas, November 4, 2009

Despite widespread gloom, it appears that European Internet users are willing to pay for certain kinds of online content, including music, movies, and eBooks, although none of these markets is anywhere near maturity. Understanding how and where current . . .

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Three Steps To Measuring Social Media Marketing

A Measurement Framework Based On Objectives, Not Technologies

by Nate Elliott, October 29, 2009

Interactive marketers know they're not good at measuring the effectiveness of social media: On average, they rate their own efforts to measure social initiatives at only 4.5 out of 10. Marketers fail because they focus on the metrics that are most easily . . .

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Online Video Ad Creative

Digital Studios, Crowdsourcing Vendors, And Video Contests Offer Marketers New Sources Of Creative Content

by Nate Elliott, October 28, 2009

As interactive marketers' use of online video advertising grows, more of them face the challenge of finding video ad creative. For many interactive marketers, this means simply repurposing TV spots; however, television creative isn't always appropriate . . .

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What US Consumers Want From Local Search

by Abe Garon, Sarah Rotman Epps, October 14, 2009

Despite all the bells and whistles that are increasingly available to them, consumers conducting online searches for local businesses want the basics. They eschew fancier features like videos and click-to-callback in favor of low-tech but high-value information: . . .

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European Paid Content And Online Activity Forecast, 2009 To 2014

Two-Thirds Of European Internet Users Will Be Watching Online Video By 2014

by Nick Thomas, October 8, 2009

Western European Internet users have embraced the Web as a place to read news, play games, listen to music, and, especially, watch video. Consumption of all these will continue to rise, but most users of most content will not pay for it directly. Monetization . . .

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Rich Search Ads: Too Early For Most Advertisers

by Neil Strother, September 30, 2009

Some search marketers are experimenting with new ad formats — what Forrester calls rich search ads — that can include product images, promotional videos, and interactive forms. But search engines have limited access to trials of rich search ads to a few . . .

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Creating Value From "How-To" Videos

Use "Content As Marketing" To Engage Online Audiences

by Nick Thomas, September 11, 2009

We are all media companies now. One effect of the digitization of content is that the barriers to entry have come down: While the creation and distribution of content used to be the preserve of specialized companies with deep pockets and expertise, in . . .

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Poor Content Could Cost Travel eBusiness Money

Hotels Are Particularly Vulnerable Due To Inadequate Online Content

by Henry H. Harteveldt, Elizabeth Stark, September 8, 2009

Online travel content is in true need of a makeover. What written and visual content there is on travel sites — in particular, hotel supplier Web sites — is generic, poorly organized, and confusing. Travelers have had enough: Just half of US online leisure . . .

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Technographics® Survey Highlights: Media Consumption In Asia Pacific  (422 KB PPT)

by Olesia Klevchuk, September 1, 2009

This highlight deck summarizes the key findings related to media from Forrester’s Asia-Pacific Technographics Survey, Q2 2009. This is the first survey highlight in a series from the Asia-Pacific Technographics Survey, Q2 2009.

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The Best Practices In Online Video Across Industries

by Bobby Tulsiani, July 24, 2009

Today, 71% of the US online audience watches video on the Internet, and the number of streams consumed should more than double by 2013. An explosion of video content from users, professional studios, and marketers is driving this growth. In this second . . .

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Technographics® Insight: Media Downloading Behavior In Europe  (552 KB PPT)

by Joost van Kruijsdijk, July 16, 2009

This Technographics Insight focuses on the usage of file sharing software and legal music downloading services. It also looks at how the usage overlaps, and which countries and age groups lead in the usage of file sharing and legal music downloading.

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Video Contest Checklist

How To Choose The Right Premise, Prize, And Promotion For Your Contest

by Nate Elliott, July 7, 2009

User-generated video contests help marketers listen to and energize users and provide them an inexpensive source of promotional video content. But contests can require significant time and money and don't always succeed. Interactive marketers who plan . . .

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User-Generated Video Contests

Best Practices For Driving More Entries And Creating Viral Impact

by Nate Elliott, July 7, 2009

Many interactive marketers — encouraged by a string of high-profile user-generated video contests — are beginning to run online video contests of their own. These contests help marketers listen to and energize young users and can even assist with traditional . . .

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Less Is More In CE Design

by Nathan Safran, July 2, 2009

Consumer electronics (CE) design has long followed an upward technology curve as firms respond to consumer expectations for "more" — more features, more horsepower, more of everything. While consumers still expect their devices to become faster and more . . .

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How To Reinvent The TV Industry

A New Business Model For New Times

by Bobby Tulsiani, June 16, 2009

What's the TV industry to do when it looks into the future and sees a business with lower margins, smaller audiences, and its brands being destroyed? Forrester models the revenue potential for each of the new online TV windows and analyzes how the current . . .

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How Consumers Get Online Video To The TV

The Convenience Quotient Reveals The TV-Connected PC Is The One To Watch

by James L. McQuivey, Ph.D., June 8, 2009

Online video has finally come to the living room. Forrester estimates that nearly 9 million homes in the US watch at least some online video on a TV set in a typical month. Why they do so is obvious: They get more control over when they watch their favorite . . .

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Cisco Advances Further Into The Living Room

It Sets Its Sights On Consumer Video With The Acquisition Of Pure Digital

by Nathan Safran, June 5, 2009

While many wondered aloud at the strange bedfellows that Pure Digital Technologies — a straightforward, non-networking, consumer devices brand — and enterprise powerhouse Cisco Systems make, the recent acquisition demonstrates Cisco's intention to escalate . . .

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Technographics® Insight: Internet Usage And Online Activities Across Asia Pacific Markets  (318 KB PPT)

by Reineke Reitsma, May 18, 2009

This Technographics Insight takes a look at Internet uptake in Asia Pacific markets. It examines Internet adoption across countries, the profile on online consumers, and their activities online.

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The Year Of The Internet-Connected TV

TV Manufacturers Must Be Ready For Change In The Living Room

by Nathan Safran, May 14, 2009

In 2008, we watched as streaming media made its way into the home via such diverse connected devices as set-top boxes, games consoles, DVRs, and Blu-ray players. 2009 has brought us the news we all knew was coming: The TV is going to be connected to the . . .

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Competing With Hulu

The Battle To Be The Internet TV Destination

by Bobby Tulsiani, May 11, 2009

In just one year since its public launch, Hulu has climbed to the top of the video site rankings and is becoming one of the Internet's premier brands. However, numerous competitors are lining up to challenge the young company in a battle to control the . . .

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Market Overview: Digital eCommerce Solutions

The Landscape Of Digital eCommerce Solutions Continues To Evolve

by Brian K. Walker, May 5, 2009

Digital products have become a ubiquitous part of the modern lifestyle as consumers buy and download software and digital media of all types to consume — on their PCs, mobile phones, handheld devices, and increasingly on their TVs. To meet this demand . . .

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As Seen In The Inbox

Assessing Video Email Opportunities

by David Daniels, May 4, 2009

Video in email represents new revenue opportunities and click-through optimization for email marketers. A July 2008 JupiterResearch/ClickZ survey of 286 email marketing executives found that 17% of the respondents were planning on using video in email . . .