Top 10 countries for video use: Asia Pacific

Vietnam has the highest proportion of online video viewers across the Asia Pacific region, but China dominates the market in terms of sheer numbers of viewers, according to new research. The study, from comScore, coincides with the introduction of its Video Matrix...

Indian online retailer Flipkart gets $150m funding boost

South African media giant Naspers is said to be investing $150 million (Rs 834 crores) in online retailer Flipkart, a deal which would secure the company’s finances for the next three years. Nasper and Iconiq Capital are the new investors in Flipkart, with the former...

Baidu targets travel sector with international deals

Chinese search engine Baidu has inked a deal with Edinburgh-based flight search company Skyscanner, posing a challenge to Google’s advantage in the lucrative online travel sector. The move will give Baidu users flight information presented with results from...

In India 1 in 4 online minutes spent on social media

Google Sites, Facebook and Yahoo! Sites lead as top sestinations in India, while social media is booming, according to new research. The study, from comScore, looked at the top online sites and activities in India from its comScore MMX service. The report found that...

Mobile advertising forecast data – market to triple

The latest mobile advertising forecast data suggests the big boom is yet to come, with the market trippling in side within the next 4 years, Yankee group are forecasting more than $11 billion being invested by brands just in mobile media space, before considering the...

Asia Pacific ad spend growth in 2012

Television is the only media that decreased in ad spend in the Asia-Pacific region. Cinema ad spend showed the most growth with a 27.1% increase from the previous year. View larger image

Baidu staff arrested for ‘deleting negative forum comments’

Chinese search giant Baidu has become embroiled in a bribing scandal, with four of its employees suspected of accepting payments to delete posts on the company’s forum. Baidu has already fired the four staff members involved – of which three have now been...

Middle East and Africa ad spend growth in 2012

The Middle East and Africa showed the most significant growth for all regions. Outdoor ad spend saw the biggest gain in the region with a 45.3% increase, the biggest increase of any ad spend in all regions analysed. View larger image

Baidu Q2 profits grow 70% as search ad sales soar

Baidu the Chinese search giant has posted net profits of 2.77bn yuan ($436m) for Q2, up from 1.63bn yuan in the same period last year. Revenues were up 60% and reached 5.46bn yuan ($858.8m). Margins were also up as revenue per online marketing customer grew 34.8% to...

Digital Intelligence special report: Latin America digital marketing

Across Latin America, the growth of online marketing continues to be rapid as brands unlock a smarter communications mix. This briefing gives a snapshot of market growth across Latin America. In digital training programmes we explain how to read the landscape,...

Facebook rolls out App Centre to 8 countries

Facebook has launched its App Center in 8 countries, as the social network looks to boost its much scrutinised mobile business. The social network has rolled out the service in United States, Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and the United...