(MarketingVOX) Search firm Webaroo has launched a service allowing offline searches of the internet on laptops or mobile devices, reports VNUnet. The application works by downloading sections of the internet to Webaroo’s servers and creating “web packs” that are then downloaded to the user’s device;…
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Webaroo Offers Internet Search – Offline
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About.com Syndicates Web Video to TV
(MarketingVOX) The New York Times’s About.com will syndicate video content on Expo TV, an on-demand TV and broadband network for product demonstrations and reviews, reports ClickZ. About.com video clips will become part of Expo TV’s “expert buying guide” TV programming, including categories such as …
PayPal Mobile Payments Auger Marketing, Media Possibilities
(MarketingVOX) As anticipated, late last week PayPal officially launched a mobile payment system that will likely open up all manner of possibilities for marketers and media, reports ClickZ. Bravo TV, for one, is already using the service to sell merchandise related to programming.
PayPal Mobile’s…
MySpace Hires Security Officer to Ease Parents’ Fears
(MarketingVOX) Recent concerns surrounding MySpace have resulted in Fox Interactive Media’s hiring of former Justice Department prosecutor Hemanshu (Hemu) Nigam as chief security officer in an effort to ease parents’ concerns, reports CNET. Nigam, who as a prosecutor specialized in child…
Page Six Scandal to Impact Entire Gossip Industry
(MediaBuyerPlanner) If proven true, the impact of the latest scandal dealing with The New York Post’s Page Six would reach beyond the parties involved and hit the ever-growing world of gossip news, writes Editor & Publisher. Page Six contributor Jared Paul Stern allegedly solicited bribes topping …
Horror of Horrors: Comcast, Sony Plan Online Horror Network
(MarketingVOX) Comcast and Sony plan to offer an on-demand cable, internet and wireless network featuring horror films, reports Reuters. The launch will be on Halloween and will showcase films from among the thousand-plus horror titles in the Sony and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer libraries. Sony and…
Shows for Handhelds, PCs Nominated for New Emmy Award
(MarketingVOX) Shows about a hot female detective, a 40-something single guy ordering a steak sandwich and Madonna as a college professor have been nominated for a new Emmy – the first to be awarded by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding original programming for…
Nielsen to Resume Ratings in New Orleans Next Feb.
(MediaBuyerPlanner) Nielsen Media Research will resume ratings in New Orleans – the 43rd largest TV market before Hurricane Katrina hit and devastated the area in August 2005 – in February 2007, according to Broadcasting & Cable. Nielsen will use 300 households for a set-top meter and diary system,…
Goodmail CEO: CertifiedEmail Not Meant to Decrease Spam
(MediaBuyerPlanner) Goodmail CEO Richard Gingras told advocacy groups and legislators at a California Senate committee hearing last week that its fee-based CertifiedEmail program – which Yahoo and AOL are implementing – is about authentication, not reducing spam, DM News reports.
“The purpose is t…
Kate & Calvin Reunite for Upcoming Ad Campaign
(MediaBuyerPlanner) Supermodel Kate Moss has signed a reported $900,000 deal to star in an upcoming ad campaign launching this fall for Calvin Klein – the designers who first launched Moss’s career 14 years ago – writes E! Online. Moss will represent the high-fashion brand on billboards and in…
