According to the latest report from Distimo, many app developers are changing their business model. The report highlights this rise in the popularity of free apps and more specifically of in-app purchases. Between June and December 2010, in-app purchases on iPhone applications increased by 13 percentage points from 36% to 49% of revenues, taking half […]
The on-line media group Hi-media, the European leader in monetising the Internet audience, releases its sales figures for the full year 2010. Consolidated sales (in million euro) Commenting on the full year 2010 sales figures, Hi-media Group’s founder and CEO Cyril Zimmermann declares: « We posted 222 million euro in sales for the full year […]
Newspaper publishers in France are threatening to take their case against Apple to the competition authority. The California-based firm is seeking to impose its iTunes payment solution as the sole means of purchasing iPad newspaper subscriptions. The publishers are right to oppose the move, but not solely on the grounds that Apple charges a 30% […]
If you’re looking for an overview of the uses of mobile and PC, the Pew Research study released in December reveals some interesting data on a selection of some twenty countries around the world. The report highlights, for instance, among consumers in these countries : • 81% own a mobile phone, • 50% use a […]
According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) which conducted the research titled “Going Mobile : How Publishers are Solidifying Strategies and Adapting to the Mobile Market”, most publishers are already focusing on the mobile market or planning to do so soon in an attempt to generate additional revenue. Here are some key findings: To […]
Of all young internet users in The Netherlands, 91% is active on social networks. According to figures from the CBS, this makes The Netherlands the front-runner in the European Union (EU). Young internet users between 16 and 25 years of age are increasingly using social networks to exchange information. However, the use of social media […]
Con Hi-media Performance & Hi-media Payments (Allopass / Hipay) acudimos un año más al mayor punto de encuentro de nuestro país para el Marketing Digital “OMExpo Madrid” y el comercio electrónico “Expo E-commerce”. Podrás encontrarnos en el Stand 82. La feria tendrá lugar en Madrid los días 16 y 17 de Marzo de 2011 y […]
According to the study published by Juniper Research titled « Mobile Games: App Store Strategies, Business Models & Forecasts 2010-2015 », ad spend on mobile games should be a valuable source of revenue for game developers. Ad spend on mobile games will increase tenfold over the next five years. By 2015, ad spend on this platform will […]
New contract signatures for Allopass and Hipay with online video games publishers Owlient, Chapatiz and Virtual Tweens representing together more than 20 million users mainly localized in Europe. Paris, January 12, 2011 – Hi-media Payments, the leading ePayment business unit of Paris based Hi-media Group (ISIN Code FR0000075988 – HIM, HIM.FR), announced that it has […]
In an article published in Enjeux Les Echos in January 2011, journalist Philippe Escande highlighted how our habits of intellectual and cultural consumption are shifting towards flows and away from accumulation. Information, music, video, the written word: everything is instantly available, so we dip in here and there, appropriating nothing. I tend to agree that […]
