The Digiday Video Awards honors overall excellence and breakthrough achievement in video media, marketing and advertising and is presented by Digiday, a media company and community for digital media, marketing and advertising industry professionals.. continue reading...
Published by Rogers Media, Marketing Mag is Canada’s version to Ad Age. It is read by marketing, advertising and PR professionals, investors consult it for emerging trends. As such, I was delighted that Alicia Androich reached out to us a month ago asking us to be profiled in their Sept 12 issue (should be on newsstands next week). It will be part of a “digital tree” in the magazine, here’s the teaser/sneak peek (then a few thoughts on the whole “no respect” theme): continue reading...
WatchMojo turned 5 last month. Check out the press release with the usual amount of “propaganda” touting the latest progress: 225,000,000 all time click-to-play views and a helluva strong Q4. Pretty nice way to finish the year, and a great way to set up 2011, the year where online video is definitely going to become huge. continue reading...
One of the largest media companies in Canada, Canwest (one of our many distribution partners) is in bankruptcy protection. They own a variety of cable channels as well as newspapers.
I was curious to see what exactly was causing Canwest’s malaise. Not surprisingly as with most media companies, it had something to do with them over-extending themselves. Also not surprisingly, somehow, someway, US investment bank Goldman Sachs, had the upper hand. First the details, then my thoughts: continue reading...
Mind you, we’re also one of the largest online video producers - period. But, I digress.
Canada’s users are considerably advanced when it comes to web habits. continue reading...
News from Canada:
Canada’s lost close to 71,000 jobs last month - the worst single month drop in a quarter century - in a clear indication the U.S. recession is beginning to wreck havoc on manufacturers and workers in central Canada. continue reading...
A tale of one country and its banking system, yet two stories:
- Canada rated world’s soundest bank system. continue reading...
