Concerns Raised Over Hidden Charges

BOSTON – The Strategy Analytics Wireless Media Lab report, “US Consumers Willing to Accept Mobile Advertising Despite Concerns Over Hidden Charges,” looks at willingness to accept mobile advertising, and questions what consumers want in return, identifying preferred modes of delivery.

Strategy Analytics found that the majority of mobile users would accept some form of mobile advertising as long as:

* no hidden charges are associated with participation,
* they receive something in return, and
* the level of intrusion is limited.
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BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–According to Strategy Analytics’ Digital Media Index (DMI), revenue growth in digital media slowed to 0.8% quarter-on-quarter in Q2 2008, down from 3.3% in the previous quarter and 3.4% in the same period last year. Google, up 3.5% quarter-on-quarter, was the only one of the five largest companies in the index that went against the general trend.

On a trailing twelve months basis, Strategy Analytics’ Digital Media Index grew 5.8% in Q2 2008 to reach 153, equal to a 53% increase from the index base year, as of December 31, 2006. Three companies managed to beat the quarterly index growth: Warner Music Group’s Digital Business, up 8.5%, Google, up 8.3% and Apple iTunes, up 7.3%.
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