Posts Tagged ‘ TV ’

Wimbledon serves up opportunity for 3D TVs

Tweet Today sees the start of Wimbledon and with conversation around the office turning to strawberries, cream, and how long it will take Andy Murray to disappoint us all for another year; I thought it would be nice to look at how the UK Internet population were reacting to the SW19′s biggest annual sporting event. [...][ READ MORE ]

Mafia rule on Sky Atlantic search terms

Tweet Whether it’s Steve Buscemi running the mob in Boardwalk Empire or Sean Bean looking suspiciously like Boromir in Game of Thrones, there has been a lot of buzz around Sky Atlantic, the new home of American TV channel HBO in the UK. Sky officially launched its new channel Sky Atlantic on 1 February but [...][ READ MORE ]

Golden Globes Glee as Lea Michele still tops searches

Tweet Awards season officially starts this Sunday when Hollywood’s A-listers hit the red carpet for the 68th Golden Globe Awards. In the last four weeks searches for terms related to the Golden Globes have increased 73% as anticipation rises ahead of the awards. The peak of searches online for Golden Globe information came in the [...][ READ MORE ]

2010 Online: the year in review

Tweet I can scarcely believe that a whole year has passed since I was sitting here writing the 2009 review, but 12 months to the day here we are, and it’s been another fascinating year in the digital world. Once again I have cherry picked the best blog posts from the year which have either [...][ READ MORE ]

Hitwise predicts One Direction will win X Factor 2010

Tweet The X Factor final this weekend is one of the most hotly talked about topics up and down the country and it seems everyone has an opinion on who is going to win this year’s competition. Last year we correctly predicted that Joe McElderry would win the competition, this year the data suggests boyband [...][ READ MORE ]

Cheryl Cole most searched for celebrity online

Tweet Celebrities – from the A-list Hollywood star to the Z-list Big Brother housemate, we’re obsessed with them, and no-one seems to attract more public attention currently than the nation’s favourite Geordie, Cheryl Cole. We monitor over 50 million search terms a month in the UK, and given the astonishing variety of terms people type [...][ READ MORE ]

Gamu Nhengu number one search topic driving traffic to Facebook

Tweet X-Factor controversy has been splashed all over the media this week ever since Cheryl Cole decided not to put through outstanding talent Gamu Nhengu. What first seemed like a talent contest fix then descended into accusations of racism and finally the revelation that Gamu and her family are due to be deported to Zimbabwe. [...][ READ MORE ]

Experian and Hitwise at ad:tech: What will be the hot products this Christmas?

Tweet If you’re visiting ad:tech in London over the next couple of days, be sure to pop over to the Experian stand (270a) and say hello to us and our Experian colleagues. At 10:30 on Wednesday I’ll be taking the stage for a presentation entitled “Looking forward to a multi-channel Christmas”. Here’s the blurb: How [...][ READ MORE ]

Doubling of 3D searches adds new dimension to film and technology

Tweet Unless you’ve been under a distinctly flat and undefined rock for the past year or so, you can’t help but have noticed that the 3D era has definitely arrived. Everything is in 3D these days, from fashion catwalks to football matches, and the entertainment industry is making the most of the next evolution in [...][ READ MORE ]

Fulham and Heineken big search terms ahead of Champions League clash

Tweet The preliminary rounds of the Champions League are over and the tournament proper starts in earnest tonight, with Manchester United taking on Rangers and new boys Tottenham travelling to Germany to face Werder Bremen. The chart below shows how searches for ‘werder’ and ‘werder bremen’ spiked a couple of weeks ago as the play-off [...][ READ MORE ]