Coalition for Better Ads Releases Initial Better Ads Standards for Desktop and Mobile Web in North America and Europe

Media Announcement: The Coalition for Better Ads today released initial Better Ads Standards for desktop and mobile web that reflect consumer advertising preferences in North American and European markets. The initial Better Ads Standards are based on comprehensive research in which consumers comparatively ranked different ad experiences presented to them while they read online articles….

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Estimates Peg Digital Mobile Television to Reach Two-Thirds of US Homes by 2012

Mobile Digital Television is expanding at an exponential rate and will likely reach two-thirds of U.S. households by early 2012. According to the Open Mobile Video Coalition of America’s (OMVC) broadcasters, myriad TV broadcast stations are presently working overtime to install new transmission equipment that will allow live, local TV signals to reach viewers wherever…

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Local Content Key To Mobile DTV Success

Today the broadcast and newspaper company Media General announced its first launch of  mobile digital television, at the station WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio–a town that sees itself as so sophisticated, its main shopping center is called not a mall but a “Fashion Place.” Mobile DTV’s move into the (somewhat well-off) heartland comes after a report indicating…

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Mobile Video Ready For Closeup

At the Future Of Television West conference in Hollywood this week, there wasn’t nearly as much discussion about mobile video as I’d hoped. Maybe that’s because traditional stalwarts are finding it hard enough dealing with online distribution. If video on the Internet seems new and scary, then they probably can’t even wrap their heads around…

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Must-See Mobile TV–Maybe

Mobile TV is one step closer to standardization in the United States–and mobile video marketing could one day become de riguer. The Advanced Television Systems Committee approved a proposed specification, Mobile DTV, as a candidate to become the mobile video standard. The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), which supports Mobile DTV, said this means the…

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Short Codes are Not a Scam

Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Jared Reitzin, the CEO of mobileStorm, a Communication Service Provider (CSP) that provides digital marketing services including SMS, as well as mobile applications and secure communication technology for healthcare organizations. I must admit. I got a lot of flak from colleagues for using the word “scam” in my…

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