Overall US Advertising Expenditure has grown slowly over the past three years, from a total of $ 151 Bn in 2005 to $158.6 Bn in 2007. Over the same period, US Online Advertising has grown more rapidly from $12.5 Bn to $ 19.6 Bn. Online Advertising,...
07 January 2008
Microsoft's offer to acquire Yahoo for a price tag of $42 bn is the latest of several attempts by the software giant to play catch-up in the Internet space. Microsoft has been a strong and consistent performer over the last ten years, with consistent...
04 February 2008
Yahoo may be under pressure as its profits fall and Google dominates the search market- but it's web-sites still attract more user traffic than anybody else globally.
21 January 2008
Orkut, which is now owned by Google, remains the dominant social network in India despite the entry of at least a dozen new home-grown players in this space. The overall picture, however, is far from clear. Web traffic data suggests that Facebook and...
26 February 2008
Vuze, a high-resolution IPTV platform company, with an installed base of around 15 million client downloads has secured $20 million in its C round of funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with existing investors Redpoint...
28 December 2007
Spark Ventures plc and Beringea have invested in a US$8 million series A funding round for Isango! Limited, a London-based global online travel business focused on experience-led holidays and activities.
14 April 2008
London-based interactive agency Channel7Media has bought New York City-based video production company IndelibleTV, to help build out online video capabilities for its clients. IndelibleTV's client list includes AOL, ABC and Virgin Media.
17 April 2008
Eqal, the new name of the production company behind the pioneering online video series Lonelygirl15, has received $5 million in funding from various investors to develop more shows beyond its first franchise and KateModern in UK.
21 April 2008
Sony BMG has become the second record label to join Nokia's Comes With Music pre-bundled music service. Comes With Music announced the first deal with Universal in December 2007, and is expected to be availble on some Nokia handsets from the second...
23 April 2008
Adify the white-label online ad network, has been acquired by Cox Enterprises, for about $300 million, in an all-cash deal. Adify which was founded in 2005, had raised a total of $27 million in development funding and made about $7 million in revenues...
01 May 2008