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Passengers on the 9 foreign airlines that carry Boeing’s in-flight internet service will now be able to watch live TV on their laptops through Connexion, AP reports (via Yahoo). The TV channels available are BBC World, CNBC, Eurosportnews, and either EuroNews or MSNBC. The TV service will not cost passengers any extra.
Airlines currently carrying Connexion’s service are Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Japan Airlines, Singapore Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Cina Airlines, Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, and El Al Israel Airlines. Austrian Airlines and Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways will also soon launch the service.
Though off-air online and experiential advertising grew modestly as a part of the overall radio revenue pie, and election-related political ads increased in Q3, total radio ad revenues were down 9% to $4.97 billion for Q3 and down 10% for…
Publicis has acquired full-service agency W&K Communications, continuing its Asia expansion that began several years ago.
W&K will be pulled under the umbrella of Publicis’s Burnett agency network, and will be renamed Leo Burnett Beijing Advertising, writes Adweek.
Other recent Publicis…
Everyday with Rachael Ray magazine has created :30 spots for two advertisers who have made 3- to 4-page commitments in the magazine, to run on the CBS Outernet network.
The spots will be shown on CBS Outernet’s supermarket TVs, writes Mediaweek. In a…
It’s official: with a full 28 days of data, ABC can claim to be the top network in terms of adults 18-49, its fourth November win in the demo. CBS can also claim a victory, winning in households and total…
Editors at Gawker, Gizmodo and Jezebel blogs are facing the ax. Gawker editor Sheila McClear has been let go, as has an editorial assistant at Jezebel, while Gawker weekend editor Alex Carnevale’s monthly contract was not renewed, writes FishbowlNY.
Gizmodo lost…
Top American non-luxury auto brands received higher ratings and less negative comments from online consumers than competing Japanese brands, according to an analysis of consumer opinions collected from automotive review websites by Biz360, MarketingCharts reports.
The research, which aggregated a year’s…
