MediaBuyerPlanner: BzzAgent, a word of mouth marketing agency, is launching a total of five new buzz campaigns in Canada, according to the company. David Balter, found of BzzAgent, said he expects the Canadian network to grow quickly, as the U.S. network is growing at about 4,000 members per week….
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BzzAgent Launches WOM Campaigns in Canada
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CW Upfront: Strong Programming to Sell Network
MediaBuyerPlanner: With four months to go until The CW launches in September, the new network has met its goal of reaching 90 percent of the U.S., and is set to unveil its official logo and schedule during upfront presentations beginning May 18, Digital Producer writes.
While CW affiliates prepare…
Electronic Measurement Evaluation Team Asks Vendors for More Specifics
MediaBuyerPlanner: In closed-door meetings late last month, the Clear Channel cross-industry evaluation team shared the specific things that each of the three vendors still in contention to provide a next-generation electronic ratings systems must do to meet the 24-member team’s requirements. That…
FCC Pushes a la Carte Pay TV Selection
MediaBuyerPlanner: At yesterday’s forum titled “Parental Power: TV Indecency, the FCC, and the Media’s Response,” sponsored by the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., the Federal Communications Commission pressed for selecting pay television channels a la carte, writes MediaWeek.
Due to her extens…
B-to-B Marketers More Keen on Co-op Databases
MediaBuyerPlanner: In recent years, private prospecting databases have become less popular among business-to-business marketers, which have begun to follow the consumer catalogers’ trend of using co-operative databases, according to Ralph Drybrough, CEO of list services firm MeritDirect, during hi…
USA Programming Continues Successful Combo at Upfront
MediaBuyerPlanner: During upfront presentations this week, USA Network continued utilizing its successful combination of ordinary characters and extraordinary situations throughout its programming, writes Media Life.
Upcoming USA additions include the July debut of the hour-long drama Psych, which…
‘Time’ Wins National Magazine Award for General Excellence; No Big Sweeps this Year
MediaBuyerPlanner: Unlike previous years, when top magazines such as the New Yorker swept the American Society of Magazine Editors’ National Magazine Awards, no publication won more than two prizes this year, AdAge writes. Two awards were awarded to Time magazine (one for general excellence with c…
ICANN Rejects ‘.xxx’ Domain
MarketingVOX: The Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers has officially rejected “.xxx” as a suffix for adult-only websites, reports Bloomberg. The vote was 9 to 5, and the directors, led by internet pioneer Vinton Cerf, said details would be provided later this week.
ICM Registry, set up t…
Scripps’s ‘Shop At Home Network’ for Sale
MarketingVOX: E.W. Scripps has put up for sale its web and TV retailing unit – the Shop At Home Network, reports Internet Retailer. Scripps began looking at alternatives for Shop At Home Network after the unit posted a net loss of $28 million in 2005 – including a $10.4 million loss in the fourth …
NYT Expands, Revamps Print and Online Auto Sections
MarketingVOX: The New York Times has announced the expansion of its print and online car sections. The Automobiles section that appears in the Sunday Times will be enhanced, and relaunched on May 14 with the addition of three half-pages of new editorial content, reports MediaBuyerPlanner.
On May 1…
