Times Square was abuzz this week with talk of the elusive “agency of the future.” “Agencies will need to be far more empathic, far nimbler and more agile,” said Paul Gunning, CEO of DDB Chicago, on Tuesday at Advertising Week in New York City. “The holding company getting rid of silos is the foundation of […]
Before the battle of the live-streaming apps Meerkat and Periscope, live-streaming video platform Hang w/ had close to 2 million downloads of its iOS and Android apps. Although Hang w/ hasn’t generated the same level of attention as newcomers Meerkat (which has about 2 million users) and Twitter’s Periscope (which has about 10 million), the […]
When “consumer immersion” is your top brand metric, live-streaming video enters your channel-investment strategy. Such is the case for PepsiCo-owned Mountain Dew, one of the first brands to test-drive Twitter’s new live-video app, Periscope. Mountain Dew created a three-minute video asking fans to stop by and say, “What’s up?” and to interact by sending the […]
