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2012 Trends to Watch: Marketing

As customers increasingly embrace multichannel interactions, marketers will collaborate more across formerly siloed teams to ensure a consistent customer experience regardless of communication, device, or touchpoint. 2011 was a year of collaboration in marketing. Marketers worked more closely with their sales counterparts, partnered with IT to harness new technologies for customer engagement, and even joined forces across marketing silos to improve the multichannel customer experience.

Why Marketers May Finally Get on the Mobile Advertising Boat

While print media represents only 8% of consumer time spent, it accounts for 27% of marketers’ media spending. Mobile media, on the other hand, represents 8% of consume time, yet only .5% of marketers’ media spending. Why the disparity? I believe there are three reasons: 1) Mobile advertising has yet to show scalable reach that has a demonstrable ROI. The reach of print advertising is clearly known, and the way consumers interact with print ads has been well researched for decades.

Mobile Advertising and Marketing – 5th Edition: Mobile advertising to grow 15.2%

There are close to 6 billion active mobile subscriptions across the globe, which can be compared with about 2 billion Internet users. This underpins the vast potential of the mobile channel for advertising and marketing, being highly important for brands seeking to engage in communication with present and potential customers. Berg Insight estimates that the total value of the global mobile marketing and advertising market was € 2.61 billion in 2010, having experienced healthy growth throughout the financial crisis and the following recuperation. Growing at a compound annual growth rate of 36.9 percent, the market is forecasted to be worth € 17.2 billion in 2016 – corresponding to 15.2 percent of the total digital advertising market. Mobile advertising is at the same time predicted to account for 3.8 percent of the total global ad spend for all media.

US mobile ad expenditure more than doubles to $2.1 billion in 2011, Google dominates, according to IDC

According to estimates by IDC, US $2.1 billion was spent on mobile advertising in the US in 2011. That’s more than double the expenditure in 2010. The split between mobile search and mobile display advertising spend is roughly 70:30. This is part of the reason that IDC attributes a massive 70 percent market share to Google (IDC describes Google as a “near monopoly” in search), but IDC believes Google is the market leader in display advertising in the US also. No other rival mobile ad network has more than 5 percent market share. Number two to six are Millennial Media, Apple, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Jumptap. All other networks have less than 1 percent share of the US market.

Trends for 2012: Asia-Pacific

India’s mobile market will take its first steps toward long-overdue consolidation. The market is much too crowded, with 17 mobile licensees, leading to extreme price competition and erosion of margins. The regulator’s intention to reduce SMS interconnection and roaming charges might be the final catalyst driving consolidation. Pyramid Research has found that large and small markets alike tend toward a three-to-four nationwide operator competitive environment. We expect initial consolidation to take place between 3G and non-3G license holders or for operators to seek alliances to achieve nationwide coverage.

Emotional Connections Key to 2011’s Best-Liked TV Ads

The best-liked new TV ads of 2011 reflected the value of traditional ad elements such as strong creative, simple and engaging messaging, and a solid emotional connection, according to December 2011 analysis from Nielsen. The most-liked ad, with a “likeability” index of 231, was a Super Bowl spot for Volkswagen’s Passat, in which a boy dressed as Darth Vader believes he used “the force” to turn on a car. The index score of 231 means that among viewers, Volkswagen’s ad proved to be 131% better-liked than the average new commercial during the January 1 – November 30 period.

Branding Time: Are Marketers Missing the Moment?

Do you know where your customers are? Data, networks, and content are becoming more and more intertwined. As the number of screens people have in their lives continues to grow, and new platforms and services ask people to take new actions in their daily lives, there are heightened demands on all of us. It seems that life in the networked world is, in many ways, far more complex than what many futurists — assuming that technology would simplify things for us — had imagined for the year 2011.

How data will impact 2012 for brands, merchants

The recognition of the value of data and its role in driving effectiveness. We are beginning to see increasing moves to bring offline data into the online arena, as this type of data is trusted and has long been the backbone of delivering traditional offline marketing campaigns. This move towards amalgamation is especially evident from the larger brands, who want to use these same audience definitions to deliver their online activity. For them it gives them the confidence they are reaching exactly the same audience on and offline, fostering real multi-channel marketing.

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IAB urges advertisers to be more creative on mobile

The IAB has urged advertisers to be more creative in their approach to mobile advertising and shed the “one size fits all” approach for more integrated strategies. The IAB says that mobile should now be considered as a separated medium rather than an add on to digital and predicts that marketing and advertising spend on mobile devices will be worth £1bn in the UK by 2015, reaching £4.3bn (€5bn) in Western Europe.

Reaching the Right Audience—Ad Targeting Trends

The webinar addresses these key questions: What ad targeting methods are most effective? How can marketers best blend audience and content targeting? How can marketers best use data to identify the right audience? How does testing and measuring improve relevancy?

In mobile, rich media pushing clicks

Mobile may be pushing an increasing amount of online traffic, but new data from Jumptap indicates that rich media, specifically, is pushing mobile clicks. Their research, conducted in September, found that the use of rich media in mobile campaigns increased click-thrus for Retail, Restaurant, Electronics and Auto categories.

Mobile Internet access grows sharply

More than 50% of South Africans polled in a recent survey say that they access the Internet daily from their cellphones and more than 57% engaged in some form of banking or financial activity using mobile phones according to a report published by Fin24, based on an article from the South African Press Association (Sapa). Sapa says that the survey was conducted by the Mobile Entertainment Forum and polled about 8 000 people in nine countries. Of the South Africans questioned, 89% reported using their cellphones to research or purchase a product.

Mobile Ad Effectiveness Helps Drive Investment

Whether or not the “year of mobile” ever comes—or has already passed—mobile ad spending is on the rise, largely due to the increasing smartphone and mobile web populations. Mobile display ad effectiveness is another factor driving marketer investment. Studies from InsightExpress, MediaMind(formerly Eyeblaster), and, as of Q3 2011, Dynamic Logic, have all demonstrated mobile display advertising to be more effective than online display advertising.

3 design principles for the mobile Web

With more than 5.3 billion mobile users worldwide and consumers spending an average of 9.8 hours on their mobile devices every week, it is no wonder that mobile campaigns are becoming ever more crucial for brands and advertisers. The mobile applications market is forecast to earn $25 billion in revenue by 2015, from around $6.8 billion in 2010. Apps are undoubtedly a great way to engage audiences, whether by educating, entertaining or informing.

Live TV Shows Command Ad Spot Premiums

TV shows that viewers tend to watch live, rather than play back days later, command a premium for marketers, according to survey results released in October 2011 by Advertising Age. Results from the survey, which measures the costs of running a 30-second commercial in prime time, indicate that NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” now challenges Fox’s “American Idol” as the most expensive program for advertisers.

What marketers really want from mobile advertising

Earlier this year, eMarketer published research stating that only one-third of marketers ran mobile ad campaigns in 2010, going up to 50 percent in 2011. However, most are running mobile ads sporadically or do not tie them to a larger marketing campaign.

Mobile Growth Stats & Mobile Web Tips to Start Marketing

Did you know that the U.S. now has more wireless customer connections than people? There are currently estimated to be 327.6 million active wireless customer connections in the U.S. The nation’s population is estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau to be roughly 312 million. This means that today there are now more active broadband tablets, cell phones, and mobile devices than people in this country.

Baidu Profit Rises 80% as China Search-Engine Ad Sales Surge

Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) — Baidu Inc., China’s biggest Internet company by market value, said third-quarter profit rose 80 percent, beating analysts’ estimates, as revenue from search- engine advertising surged. Net income attributable to Baidu climbed to 1.88 billion yuan ($296 million), or 5.38 yuan per American depositary receipt, compared with 1.05 billion yuan, or 3 yuan, a year earlier, Baidu said yesterday. That exceeded the 1.85 billion yuan average of eight analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

Fox channel’s The Killing goes interactive with TMS

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The Killing’s TV interactive campaign invites all APAC fanatics to vote in real time, participate in an exciting competition, and get a chance of winning a Smartphone.

TheTMSway has entered into a partnership with Fox channel to make its suspense TV series “The Killing” real time interactive. The company provides a TMS code “FOX 2010” integrated into The Killing TV spot promo wherein viewers can enter in their phone (going to www.TMSsearch.com) to instantly access to the optimized and localized version of the show’s mobile interactive site.  The site enables Asian fanatics to interact, vote, watch previews of the series every week, and get a view of exclusive trailers, such as the Spielberg’s upcoming series (Terra Nova).

The voting functionality, provided by TMS, enables Asian audiences to participate to a poll question of who, among the characters, is the prime suspect in the killing of Rosie Larsen. Every week, the mobile site reveals the pulse of the Asia-Pacific audiences. TheTMSway has also integrated social tools in the mobile site to enable sharing or recommendation to friends via email, Facebook, and Twitter.

Providing this service to FOX, TMS enables the channel to access unto the real time high value metrics and data which provide a better understanding of the viewer community and give opportunity for the channel advertiser to access to a new generation of Interactive TV spots that leverage a localized and personalized conversation with viewers.

Entertainment is filled with excitement as Fox Channel will give Blackberry Torch 9800 Smartphone for the ten (10) lucky winners. The competition applies to audiences in the south Asian countries within the scope and broadcast coverage of Fox channel: Philippines, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Maldives.

TheTMSway (www.thetmsway.com) is the provider of TMS, a post SMS Telco-free  short code system that takes brands and all forms of media unto an exciting interactive ‘touch point’, enabling consumers to immediately interact with an offer or content and share it with friends.

The Killing TMS promo is running on FOXSEA (and FOX PHI). The campaign runs until November 2, 2011.

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Mobile advertising will generate $1.2B in 2011: study

A new study from eMarketer predicts mobile advertising will generate $1.23 billion in the United States this year. The forecast also expects mobile advertising in the U.S. to reach $4.4 billion by 2015. The growth comes as mobile advertising gains steam as an effective way to target consumers thanks to the growth in smartphone and tablet ownership.

Numbers Forecast Booming Mobile Ad Future

The message at the Borrell Associates Local Mobile Advertising Conference in Chicago was a simple matter of proliferation: Ubiquitous mobile users pair up with growing local advertising dollars spent, close to 20% of that headed online. Media analyst Gordon Borrell projected that by 2015 up to two-thirds of local advertising will be served up on mobile.

Cross-media measurement is Holy Grail of mobile: IAB

In order for brands and retailers to allocate more of their marketing budgets to mobile, measurement and reliable methodologies to understand audience behavior and ad effectiveness must be put into place, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau. According to the “State of Mobile Measurement,” study released by IAB, fragmentation, unclear standards and technology problems have held mobile from reaching its full potential. In order to get up to par, marketers have to create common measurement standards in mobile.

Smartphones, Mobile Internet Set Stage for Increased Mobile Ad Spend

By the end of this year, eMarketer estimates, 38% of US mobile users will have a smartphone and 41% will use the mobile internet at least once each month. These developments mean an increase in the opportunity for mobile advertising—and an increase in spending. eMarketer forecasts that advertisers will spend nearly $1.23 billion on mobile advertising this year in the US, up from $743 million last year and set to reach almost $4.4 billion by 2015. This includes spending on display ads (such as banners, rich media and video), search and messaging-based advertising, and covers ads viewed on both mobile phones and tablets.

How mobile advertising, content and commerce is changing Brazil

Emerging markets have experienced strong economical growth in the past several years, and four of the top five mobile markets are emerging markets: 1. China, 2. India, 3. U.S., 4. Russia, 5. Brazil. According to Anatel, the Brazilian regulatory agency that oversees wireless carriers, Brazil leads in terms of Latin American mobile penetration: Brazil 92 percent, Colombia 88 percent, Chile 75 percent, Argentina 72 percent and Mexico 63 percent.

Adidas campaign points to effectiveness of multiscreen advertising

Sportswear brand adidas ran a video-centric ad campaign across online, mobile and tablet devices. Carat is adidas’ agency of record. Carat tapped Google to extend the brand’s message to digital. “We partnered with Nielsen to measure the incremental impact of multiscreen advertising,” said Johanna Werther and Ben Chung, both part of the Google Mobile Ads Marketing team at Google, Mountain View, CA, in a blog post.

Global Web Ad Spend to Rise 33% by ‘13

Global internet advertising expenditures will rise about 33% between 2011 and 2013, according to [pdf] an October 2011 forecast from Zenith Optimedia. Internet ad spend is expected to total about $72.5 billion USD this year and reach $96.4 billion in 2013. Total global ad spend, forecast at $460.3 billion for 2011, is expected to grow about 11% to about $510.6 billion in 2013.

Apple’s mobile market share climbs in September

Apple’s iOS once again dominated the mobile OS market share picture in September, according to new data from Net Applications. The enterprise application maker and web monitoring company found that iOS accounted for 54.65 percent of mobile market share, up from just over 53 percent in August. The numbers mean that Apple’s iOS devices (including the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad) together make up more than half of all web use originating from mobile devices.

Mobile media needs ‘solid metrics’, says IAB

Cookies are unreliable; server logs are stymied; the ecosystem is fragmented and privacy concerns loom large – none of which changes the fact that mobile advertising needs a standardised set of measurements, according to a new IAB paper.

Mobile taking up increasing portion of consumers’ down time

Ad agencies that are designing digital marketing campaigns may reach more consumers if they include a mobile aspect to the mix, findings from a new survey suggest. CA Technologies commissioned a study that found due to the prevalence of mobile devices, users of smartphones and tablet computers are taking the usual “dead time” – the equivalent of about five and a half weeks – and using it more productively.

China Set for Explosive Ad Growth

While the US will still maintain a comfortable lead in ad spending in 2013, number three China’s spending will surge in the next two years,according to [pdf] an October 2011 forecast from Zenith Optimedia. China, expected to spend $26.1 billion USD on major media advertising this year, will increase that figure almost 49% to $38.5 billion in 2013. By comparison, the US will increase ad spend about 9%, from $151.7 billion this year to $166 billion in 2013. Number two Japan will also maintain its position, growing ad spend 3% from $46.1 billion to $47.6 billion.

Social Network Ad Revenues to Reach $10 Billion Worldwide in 2013

Worldwide social network ad revenues will reach $5.54 billion this year, eMarketer estimates, with just under half that amount, $2.74 billion, coming from the US market. Revenue growth is solidly in the double digits in the US, but even more rapid growth elsewhere will mean spending outside the country will account for a slightly greater share each year. By 2013, non-US revenues will make up 51.9% of the total, which will hit nearly $10 billion worldwide. In the US, social networks will make $4.81 billion from ads that year.

Advertising Execs: Mobile advertisers need to embrace better creative approaches

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An interesting topic on the efficiency of mobile in the advertising scene became a hot discussion among advertising executives during the Mobile Media Summit hosted by Advertising Week.

Executives concurred in a panel discussion that mobile advertisers needed to embrace into creativity in marketing via small screens. Executives believed that mobile should manifest an experience that engenders consumers to a brand and affects their purchase decision, that mobile will be more important marketing channel than television in 10 years time, and that CPG and automotive brands would have shown interest in mobile marketing.

Meanwhile, a new study published at Financial Post suggested three important factors for a successful mobile campaign. The study revealed that the location of brand name or logo within a mobile ad matters in which the left-side brand placement is generally most effective and has a strong impact on advertising recall, that clear and persistent branding is important for brand awareness, and that a strong call-to-action encourages interactivity and engagement to help drive purchase intent.

TheTMSway partners with Fox channel to make Kdabra marathon TVC interactive in real time

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The KDABRA marathon weekend TV promo embraced into an exciting interactive campaign that lets Asian fanatics win special prizes. To participate, viewers can use the code presented in the promo “FC 1010” by visiting TMSsearch.com on their mobile/Smartphone devices.

TheTMSway is partnering with Fox Channel in bringing Kdabra, the top-rated show in Latin America, closer to the Asian audiences. Powered with the TMS technologies (TMS shortcodes and TMS search), Fox Channel is able to run a promo competition where Asian viewers can participate by answering a trivia question available at the show’s interactive (mobile) site.

The interactive site can be accessed by visiting at TMSsearch.com on mobile or Smartphone devices, and enter the TMS code: FC 1010. Viewers can also share/recommend the TV promo to friends via emails, Facebook, and Twitter. Along with this, the interactive promo is connected to TMS metrics where client Fox Channel can get a picture of the campaign’s performance in terms of usage and viewership.

KDABRA tells the tale of Luca, a 17-year-old boy who is already a masterful magician. Restricted by the confines of the small community he is part of, he escapes and joins a group of urban magicians who use their skills to commit small crimes. He also forms a bond with Rene, an experienced magician; together, they explore the reality of what happens when magic meets mystery.

The contest will be aired 20 times per day, from June 13 to 19, over six Fox Channels such as Fox Crime, FX, Star World, Star Movie, and National Geographic.

The Kdabra TV marathon weekend will be aired every Saturday and Sunday at 5:00pm in the following countries: India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Japan, Korea and Singapore.

TheTMSway made Hong Kong Tramway a real time interactive touch point

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As Martiros artist ad campaign made a hit at Hong Kong Tramway, mobile users were able to experience an exciting and personalized manner of meeting in person with the long hailed ‘one of the most successful and collected living contemporary Master Artists in the world’.

The Damina Gallery is a place that displays masterpieces of artists from US, Asia, and Europe – that includes Martiros, who is one of the most successful and collected living contemporary Master Artists in the world celebrating the love of life and freedom. With his art exhibits scheduled from May 9 to 28, 2011, all supporters of Martiros were invited to acquire for VIP invitations in an exciting and more personalized manners.

The interactive campaign, powered by TheTMSway via its telecom-free “touch point” system which associates   the new short codes (TMS Shortcodes) to the TMS code search engine (TMS Search), was launched and made a hit at the Hong Kong Tramway inviting all supporters to use the TMS code: VIP 2011 to receive a personalized invitation to meet Martiros in person. The call to action was: “visit TMSsearch.com on mobile to enter the code”.

Attached to the TMS code, an interactive (mobile) site was accessible where mobile users could watch videos as regards to Martiros and his works. Users were given also the privilege to specify a schedule of which they preferred to personally meet with the artist. The interactive site (automatically optimized for mobile and tablet devices) was also integrated with location map and social functionalities where all supporters can share the event to friends via emails or across Facebook and Twitter spheres.

From the tramway transformed into an interactive touch point, the campaign was ‘tagged’ by TMS to provide with real time metrics and data about user’s interaction, engagement, and social sharing behaviors.

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PLDT to buy 51.55% of Digitel

MANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) – Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) said on Tuesday it will take control of a rival firm as it seeks to solidify its leading position in a mature industry where a price war had eroded margins. PLDT, the country’s top telecommunications firm, said it forged a deal valued at P69.2 billion ($1.6 billion) to acquire 51.55% of third-ranked Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc. (Digitel).

Mobile tech brings big retail brands to rural India

WATCH: Sales representatives go from shop to shop in villages, taking orders and wiring them back to base via a mobile phone application Lawan is a long way from nowhere. The remote village is dry, hot and dusty. It is still morning, but the sun is already burning.

Declaration vs constitution in Turkey’s mobile market

Turkcell and Vodafone, the top two rivals in Turkey’s mobile phone operating market, blame each other for imitating the other party in recently launched ad campaigns inspired by the country’s upcoming general elections. Avea, the third player in the market, meanwhile, says the rivals are just promoting what they should already be doing

AT&T deal raises competition concerns

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — AT&T Inc.’s bid to acquire T-Mobile USA is sure to draw a stern look from federal regulators, but whether they try to block the $80 billion deal is far from clear. If the merger is allowed without any changes, AT&T would easily leapfrog Verizon Wireless to become the nation’s largest mobile phone company with 130 million customers. Those two companies combined would control 75% of the U.S. mobile market.

Kenya: mobile market looks to new profit channels

According to a new report published on Thursday, the volatile mobile market in Kenya and the continued price wars and changes by the country’s regulator has seen many operators look to value-generating channels in order to earn a profit. The report, published by Pyramid Research, says that private investment is expected to head in this direction in the near future. Kenya has been in the midst of a price battle between operators that has seen mobile phone costs dramatically reduced as individual companies attempt to outdo one another.

Lawmakers probe wireless carriers on location data

Two powerful lawmakers have asked the nation’s Tier 1 wireless carriers to explain how they collect, store and use the location data generated by subscribers’ mobile phones, putting a spotlight on a common wireless industry practice.

How mobile ties in with shopper behavior

This is the year that retailers will take back their stores through mobile commerce. Smartphone penetration nationwide is predicted to increase from 28 percent to an astounding 50 percent by year’s end. It is no surprise then that more people are shifting their daily activities, such as maintaining a calendar, making payments and entertainment purposes, to their mobile devices.

Nearly 90% of Chinese are phone subscribers

Of China’s 1.34 billion people, 1.17 billion (87%) now use a fixed line phone, or a mobile phone. However, the figures also show more Chinese are ditching fixed line phones in favor of mobile devices.  The number of mobile users rose nearly 20 million in the first two months of this year, while fixed line telecommunication companies lost 918,000.

New version of US consumer best practices for cross-carrier mobile content services

ORLANDO, US: Version 6.0 guidelines provide the industry-standard reference for the mobile marketing ecosystem, including the four largest US carriers; the US Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has released the latest version of its US Consumer Best Practices (CBP) Guidelines for Cross-Carrier Mobile Content Services.

China’s Mobile TV Market Share Showing Incredible Growth

China’s mobile TV market is projected to grow at a CAGR of over 51% during 2009-2013, says RNCOS in its research report. The global mobile TV market has been witnessing a significant growth for the past few years, on the back of its ability to stream the content from the television on the move. Presently, mobile TV services are available only in a limited number of countries, catering to the needs of the premium segment. However, the future will witness an increase in the number of mobile TV rollouts across the globe.

Mobile Analytics Poised for Strong Market Growth

AMBRIDGE, Mass., March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — While more than 90 percent of companies that provide mobile services say they want to incorporate mobile analytics into their business analysis, less than 20 percent currently do so, suggesting a potentially huge uptick in business for companies that offer mobile analytics tools, according to the latest report from Heavy Reading Mobile Networks Insider. Mobile Analytics: Strong Growth Potential Ahead evaluates the mobile analytics sector, focusing on market drivers, user demographics, and financial analysis, as well as market benefits and challenges.

Telecom Market: PLDT to acquire 51.55% of rival Digitel

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PLDT forged a deal valued at P69.2 billion ($1.6 billion) to acquire 51.55% of third-ranked Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc. (Digitel). But strong rival, Globe Telecom, said “it was not totally unexpected”.

Under the deal, PLDT is said to acquire debts of Digitel, including zero-coupon bonds issued to Digitel’s parent JG Summit Holdings Inc convertible into 18.6 billion Digitel shares by June 30. It will also absorb P34.1 billion in advances made by JG Summit and other parties.

In a reported PLDT statement, it said that the company would take control of a rival firm to solidify its leading position in a mature industry where a price war had eroded margins. For the record, Digitel (through its Sun Cellular brand) had shaken the country’s mobile phone market with cheap call and text packages, prompting PLDT and second-ranked Globe Telecoms to follow suit.

“Though this initiative alters the country’s telecom landscape, we expect competition within the industry to remain very robust given that other operators, including new entrants, are formidable and well-funded,” said Chairman Manny Pangilinan.

Analyst Jose Mari Lacson said that after the deal, PLDT’s market share is expected to increase at 70%.

Meanwhile, the President and CEO of Globe Telecom, Ernest Cu, told Business Nightly (ANC) that the deal between competitors, PLDT & Digitel, was not totally unexpected saying “players in a matured market, like that of the US, usually needs to consolidate to remain competitive”. Cu, however, said Globe would stick to their customer-centric strategies already in place.

PLDT, partly owned by Hong Kong’s First Pacific Co. Ltd. and Japan’s NTT Communications and NTT DoCoMo, has a market value of $8.9 billion against Digitel’s $269 million. The Globe Telecom, on other hand, is owned by Ayala Corporation and Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) and is valued at $2.1 billion.

TheTMSway takes TV promotions interactive in real time

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TheTMSway has opened a technology that is capable of making TV promotions interactive in real time. Starting a partnership with an Asia-based TV client, ITV Granada, the service of activating TV promos via short codes will continue throughout the world.

The ITV Granada’s competition promo gives an opportunity for the lucky winner to enjoy two (2) return air tickets to London – the home of some ITV Granada’s most exciting programs.

Aimed of getting an understanding of where their viewers are, what they are watching, when they are watching, and what their profile is (gender and age), ITV Granada runs a special competition promo across SEA markets showcasing its programs, with London as an exciting destination that awaits the lucky winner.

ITV Granada has embraced into mobile strategy and hired TheTMSway to implement the mobile elements of the TV promo. TMS’ unique interactive technology was able to provide a real time, simple and free competition entry mechanism for viewers and a deep data analytics for ITV Granada. TMS also developed an interactive site for ITV Granada, formatted and optimized for all internet-connected devices such as mobile and tablet.

The interactive site can be viewed here: http://www.tmssearch.com/en/result.php?code=ITV2011&id=5228

ITV Granada’s competition promo is scheduled for airing throughout the month of February. It can be watched here: http://tms.fm/itv2011/contest/

Using an internet-enabled mobile phone, consumers can type the TMS code search engine, www.tmssearch.com and enter the code, ITV 2011.

ITV Granada’s competition promo is plugged with TMS metrics tool for data monitoring and measurement of the campaign’s results. The competition runs across all markets of Southeast Asia (SEA) where ITV Granada is available – including Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia.

With TMS technology, TV and satellite cables from all over the world can now take advancement toward an interactive TV promo in real time. This client project is another step of the company in providing groundbreaking solutions to brands and traditional media after it activated the billboard campaign of Red Packet in Hong Kong.