YouTube’s $ 100m push for original content has resulted in Reuters TV creating its own channel on the video-sharing site. Launched yesterday, it will feature 10 news, commentary and analysis programmes that report on hard news, finance, politics, technology and special Reuters investigations. Reuters said that it “is employing a creative editing style that is...Read More

The Asia edition of our Internet Statistics Compendium saw significant expansion through 2011. With rapid mobile and e-commerce growth in the region, more data has emerged than ever before. When it comes to social media, Asia continues to be of significant interest to marketers, brands and anyone with an interest in social trends around the...Read More

CBS Outdoor, one of the largest out-of-home media companies in North America, has launched a redesigned, mobile-friendly site in Canada to advertise how to advertise with them. The new site includes an interactive web mapping program alongside its mobile capabilities to help companies find out more about local teams and what advertising opportunities are already...Read More

Advertisers are still reluctant to allocate budget to mobile search, according to a new survey from the World Federation of Advertisers. The survey found that 66% of WFA members did not yet allocate budget to mobile search and 44% do not devote budget to social search. The findings come despite the number of WFA members...Read More

Foursquare has added an ‘Explore’ function to its website, which effectively turns its billions of check-ins into a social search engine. Data from 1.5bn check-ins is now available in the form of local recommendations when users search for a service in a particular town via their computer. The Explore function has been available on Foursquare’s...Read More