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Tag Archives: new media measure
Strange Things Are Afoot at the Googleplex
The path to success in social networking is tremendously difficult. The established players are so utterly dominant, and the services they provide seem to cover almost every conceivable need, that any exploitable niche remains, more or less, niche. Taken together, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (the top three social networks) cover 95% of the social networking [...]
Posted in Digital Media, Social Media, Uncategorized
Also tagged Facebook, Foursquare, gmail, Google, Larry Page, LinkedIn, Path, Pinterest, Polar Plunge, SEO, Social Media, twitter, youtube
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Nintendo 3DS: On Life Anew
We’ve covered Nintendo’s latest handheld with great interest here because the fate of the 3DS has many implications in the marketplace, and not just for gaming. As a consumer electronics product that has both a high quality 3D feature-set and affordability relative to other 3D options, the 3DS is an interesting case study for home [...]
Posted in 3D, Business, mobile, Video Games
Also tagged 3D Report, DS, incharts, Mario, Mario Kart, Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS, Ocarina, Playstation Vita, Sony, Super Smash Bros, Wii, Zelda
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Interpret’s Social Media Segmentation
We recently conducted a segmentation on our New Media Measure data and published the results in a new report. The report examines the five segments – how they are defined, their market size, which social networks they use, what they do on social networks, and more. For example, here’s a look at the size of [...]
Posted in Digital Media, Social Media
Also tagged Facebook, LinkedIn, myspace, segmentation, Social Media, social networking, twitter
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Digital Gaming Downloads-Who’s in the Lead?
Given the recent dust up over Battlefield 3 being limited exclusively to EA’s own Origin download and distribution service, I felt we should take a quick look at the rise of the digital download market. As an industry, digital game distribution has grown 17% in the last year according to our New Media Measure data. [...]
Posted in Digital Media, Video Games
Also tagged digital downloads, EA, Electronic Arts, games, Popcap, Steam, Valve, Video games
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Xbox 360′s Kinect Appeals to a New Kind of Gamer
On November 4th 2010, Microsoft launched Kinect, a “controller-free gaming and entertainment experience” for the Xbox 360, aiming to broaden the 360′s audience beyond its typical core gamer base. Upon its fall release, Kinect quickly became a “must have holiday gift in 2010,” helping the console to leap from a gamers’ only device to the [...]
Posted in Video Games
Also tagged Dance Central, entertainment, games, Kinect, microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, TV, Video games, Wii, Xbox 360, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved
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New Media Measure US intrend Report Q4 2010 now for sale
Our New Media Measure™ intrend reports provide an in-depth look at consumers’ new media behaviors and consumption, and how those are changing with time. Below are some key findings from our 4th Quarter 2010 intrend report. Disc rentals from kiosks and online stores have both increased by 24% year over year. Conversely, brick and mortar [...]
Posted in Digital Media, mobile, Social Media, Video Games
Also tagged Android, Facebook, Hulu, intrend, Netflix, new media, Social Media, Video games
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Netflix & HBO – on a collision course?
Two stories caught my attention this morning, “Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Swears He’s Not Going to Kill HBO” and “Time Warner CEO Discusses Threat from Netflix.” In the first, Hastings from Netflix believes his company and HBO are competitive like football and baseball are competitive (i.e. not really competitive at all) and the latter, Jeff [...]
Posted in Digital Media, Traditional Media
Also tagged business strategies, Digital Media, hbo, hollywood, movies, Netflix, Time Warner
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March 14th-18th: New Media Measure Data Points
Courtesy of our Twitter account… Monday, March 14 AT&T first to cap broadband usage; 44% of consumers have streamed movies/tv shows in past 3 months. http://huff.to/fNrvYX Tuesday, March 15 Microsoft released #IE9 today. 68% of internet users have used @IE in last month http://bit.ly/gCl5qr Wednesday, March 16 Users of top TV streaming sites show interest [...]
Posted in Business, Digital Media, mobile, Traditional Media
Also tagged AT&T, LivingSocial, microsoft, NY Times, Red Cross, streaming video, tablets
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February 22nd-25th: New Media Measure Data Points
Here’s a recap of the New Media Measure data points we released this week: Tuesday, February 22 iPad 2 to be announced Mar 2—60% of those who plan to buy a tablet are planning on getting an iPad http://bit.ly/i9BTiL #DPOD Wednesday, February 23 Price and online videos are top reasons for not subscribing to cable/satellite [...]
Posted in Advertising, Business, Digital Media, mobile, Social Media, Traditional Media, Video Games
Also tagged cable TV, Call of Duty, Chipotle, Facebook, iPad, satellite TV, social networking, tablet PC
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February 14th-18th: New Media Measure Data Points
Here’s a recap of the New Media Measure data points we released this week: Monday, February 14 23% of smartphone owners consider the size of the phone’s screen important. Would you get an iPhone nano? http://bit.ly/fo1fS1 Tuesday, February 15 36% of movie/TV show streamers have streamed from @netflix in past 3 months, up 24% from [...]
Posted in Digital Media, mobile
Also tagged iPhone, movies, music, Netflix, smartphone, Sony
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