FCC Rules Against Comcast in Net Neutrality Case
Interfering with high-bandwidth peer-to-peer traffic is unlawful, concluded the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in a precedent-setting case against Comcast.
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Interfering with high-bandwidth peer-to-peer traffic is unlawful, concluded the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in a precedent-setting case against Comcast.
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American Apparel ranked as the top advertiser using online display ads among apparel retailers in the United States, with 483 million ads delivered during April, according to a study based on data from the comScore Ad Metrix service - MarketingCharts reports.
Proctor & Gamble’s fourth-quarter profit rose more than analysts had estimated. The company’s net income jumped 33 percent in the quarter through June to $3.02 billion or 92 cents a share, beating average analyst estimates by 2 cents.
Radio One, a radio group with more than 50 radio stations in 16 urban markets, reported that net revenue in the second quarter was approximately $83.4 million, an increase of 1 percent from the same period in 2007.
NBC may have thousands of hours of Summer Olympics coverage, but ESPN has its own world championship event - the Harrah’s Entertainment World Series of Poker - and, like NBC, the network is announcing more significant coverage of the event than ever.
The online behavior, attitudes and interests of people from all walks of life are blending together online, cutting across generations and traditional demographics and giving rise to a new online group called “Generation Virtual” (Generation V), according to research by Gartner, which coined the term (via MarketingCharts).
Playgirl magazine is putting an end to its print publication and shifting to the web.
Fresh off launching its updated AOL Video site — and amidst speculation that Time Warner may dismantle the company and sell it bit by bit — AOL has launched a new mobile advertising service on Third Screen Media, the mobile ad arm of its Platform-A service.
Broadcast TV will surpass newspapers in terms of ad revenue for the first time in history this year, predicts Veronis Suhler Stevenson. Newspapers took in $51.5 billion in ad revenue last year, compared with $48 billion for broadcast TV. This year, TV will jump to $51 billion, while newspapers are expected to slip to less than $47 billion.
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Auto makers could reduce their ad spending by as much as $3 billion this year, leaving auto ad spending down $15 billion from its high of $24 billion in 2004, according to Sanford Bernstein & Co.
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Everyday consumer spending is taking a beating, with some 56% of 3,359 online shoppers surveyed April 29 to May 23 indicating that they are cutting back because of the weak economy and growing inflation, according to PriceGrabber.com’s Consumer Behavior Report, writes MarketingCharts.
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