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Users<br />

(<strong>in</strong> million)<br />

ad s <strong>in</strong> ne w me d i a – us ex a m p l e s<br />

2,500<br />

2,000<br />

1,500<br />

1,000<br />

500<br />

0<br />

Mobile Social Network Users Worldwide<br />

2007 – 2012<br />

82<br />

406<br />

147<br />

490<br />

243<br />

596<br />

* Registered users (identifies by their mobile number) who create, edit and view personal<br />

content us<strong>in</strong>g their phones<br />

Source: “Mobile Social Network Users Worldwide, 2007 to 2012” by eMarketer, April 2008<br />

369<br />

757<br />

With estimates of more than 1.2 billion mobile<br />

Internet users worldwide <strong>in</strong> 2012, there are<br />

ample avenues for <strong>market</strong>ers to promote their<br />

products and services through mobile social<br />

network<strong>in</strong>g. Most research firms forecast<br />

mobile social network users worldwide to<br />

reach more than 100 million users <strong>in</strong> 2012.<br />

This follows from the expectation of onl<strong>in</strong>e<br />

social network<strong>in</strong>g sites such as Facebook and<br />

MySpace go<strong>in</strong>g mobile and new mobile social<br />

network<strong>in</strong>g pure plays entities <strong>in</strong> the future.<br />

Emergent New Media Advertis<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Mobile Internet Users<br />

Mobile Social Network Users *<br />

554<br />

982<br />

Onl<strong>in</strong>e Social<br />

Network<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Goes Mobile<br />

Mobile Social Network Users<br />

Worldwide Forecasts<br />

Source<br />

Expected<br />

(million<br />

users)<br />

Digital Signage<br />

Digital signage, deemed the outdoor <strong>advertis<strong>in</strong>g</strong> platform of the future, provides consumers with<br />

display screen <strong>in</strong>stalled <strong>in</strong> public spaces to <strong>in</strong>form, enterta<strong>in</strong> or to deliver advertisements more<br />

reliably to target audience at specific location, at specific time. Digital signage is <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly<br />

sought after by advertisers to utilise the medium and reach consumers <strong>in</strong> ways that conventional<br />

advertisements are unable to accomplish. It is also convenient for advertisers to carry out a quick<br />

copy change of their advertisements, without limitation of location and effort.<br />

Accord<strong>in</strong>g to a study by Onl<strong>in</strong>e Test<strong>in</strong>g Exchange (OTX), respondents found digital <strong>advertis<strong>in</strong>g</strong> to be<br />

<strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g (53%), attracted their attention (63%), unique (58%) and less annoy<strong>in</strong>g (26%), than<br />

other traditional and onl<strong>in</strong>e media. Indication is that, 75% of 18 to 34 years old group <strong>in</strong> the US<br />

take notice of digital signage <strong>in</strong> seven different locations <strong>in</strong> a week. This provides opportunity to<br />

the advertisers for <strong>in</strong>tercept for ads and reach<strong>in</strong>g young people at various locations.<br />

803<br />

1,228<br />

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012<br />

Year<br />

ABI Research 140 2013<br />

Juniper Research 600 2012<br />

Pyramid Research 950 2012<br />

eMarketer 800 2012<br />

Mobile Social<br />

Network<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Pure-Plays<br />

Mobile Social<br />

Network<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Enablers<br />

MySpace airG Ovi from Nokia<br />

Facebook Mocospace<br />

itsmy.com<br />

myGamma<br />

Yahoo!<br />

oneConnect<br />

Intercast<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Corporation<br />

Source: eMarketer, April 2008; John du Pre Gauntt, May 2008<br />

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