The Hawthorne Videoactive Report provides daily news, views and insights into the world of interactive video-based advertising. The Report covers television, the web, mobile, gaming and out-of-home initiatives. The Videoactive Report is produced by the Hawthorne Direct advertising agency (www.hawthornedirect.com) with offices in Fairfield, Iowa and Los Angeles. Hawthorne Direct specializes in direct response advertising: Long Form TV, Short Form TV, Digital, Mail and Print.
New Apple TV: $99, Netflix streaming, 99-cent TV rentals, Consumer-Influenced Labels Are New Trend, Report: Video Usage Surges, Thanks Partly To Streaming Sites' Commitment To Infrastructure, Online Coupons Get Smarter
ConciseClick Powers Interactive Video Commerce for Nine West, Sony working on 3-D TVs that don't need glasses, Apple Said to Prepare 99-Cent TV Shows to Fend Off Netflix, Hulu, Dish Promotes TV Everywhere Online
Fastest Growing Car Brand in America? Buick, Organic Blueberries to Snoop Dogg: Branded Virtual Goods Are Booming, AR Continues to Make Inroads in Magazine Publishing, Peekaboo, I See You
CBS Interactive’s TV.com enters social-TV race with Relay, Digital Coupons Beamed to Shoppers' Cells in the Mall, The Conversation: 'Guy Walks Across America', Facebook Launching Official Live Streaming Channel: Facebook Live
Interactive Mirror Developed by Guerilla Marketing Company, Release Notes: Playlist Bar, music listings, annotations upgrades..., Apple Smart Bike Patent Reveals Amazing Features, K-Swiss Targets Young Males With Kenny Powers
An Insurgent Campaign for a Shaving Gel, ERSP: Yes, Weight Loss Claims on Twitter Can Count as Ads, Jeep Rolls With CPE Pricing Method For Video Ads, Tweeters Star In Wheat Thins TV Ads
Nerd Rappers Drive Dentyne Brandertainment and Make You the Lothario, Gas Station TV Hits Record 27 Million Monthly Nielsen-Verified Fueling Impressions, Exclusive Look at Revolutionary Social News iPad App Flipboard, Status update: Facebook logs 500 million members
Hulu Gets Twice As Many Ad Views As YouTube, Behind the Scenes of the Old Spice Guy Campaign, Virgin Plans New Magazine as IPad App if Advertisers Sign Up, Augmented Reality on the Billboard
"Touching Stories" App Offers Four Interactive Short Films, Designed Specifically for the iPad, Slouching Towards Engagement: YouTube's 'Leanback' Bid, Apple's first iAds hit the iPhone, TV's new hat trick
Bartab App Shoves Aside Virtual Goods Model, Ion Television Launches Facebook-Enabled Interactive Microsite for "Without a Trace,” TV's Killer Apps: New FourthWall Media Research Predicts TV to Take Market Share From Online, Moso Network Whrrl Fuels Up On Real-World Rewards