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As Mobile Video Soars, Industry Works Out Kinks in Measurement, Delivery and Content

According to Zenith’s Online Video Forecast, viewers will spend an average of 47.4 minutes a day watching videos online this year, up from 39.6 minutes in 2016. This is partly driven by a 35% increase in viewing on mobile devices, a total of 28.8 minutes a day. How The Story Room, Walton Isaacson, Havas and the community tackle the opportunity.

Will Ad Money Follow News to Social Media?

Social networks make work more complex for traditional media companies as they compete for consumer attention particularly the coveted Millennial.  An even bigger challenge  is to find a way to monetize that attention. What strategies and tools can media companies rely upon when it comes to monetize their content at social networks? An in-depth feature story by Portada’s Digital Media Correspondent Susan Kuchinskas.

Panregional Marketing Trends: What Havas Media and Starcom See Coming

Panregional offices, as opposed to local ones, often have a broad perspective of what’s going on in the region. Their access to information, as well as their daily interaction with top decision-makers, helps frame the trends and decisions that will then replicate in the local countries. In order to have a clear picture of what 2015 brings in terms of advertising in the region, we asked Maria Jose Ezquerra, SVP at Havas Media, and Borja Beneyto, VP at Starcom MediaVest Group, to give us their views as 2015 unfolds.

Starcom Media Vest loses Telefonica’s Latam Media Business

Starcom Media Vest has lost the Telefonica Latin America media business as Telefonica has entered into a wider global agreement with the Havas Group which has resulted in the US$ 260 million European media account – and the US$ 65 million O2 business – moving from Publicis Groupe’s ZenithOptimedia to Havas Media. Telefonica’s Latin American business will also be managed by Havas Media.