Europe

U.S. Lags Behind Europe with Nearly Half as Many Mobile Users Listening to Music

LONDON, U.K., May 20, 2010 - comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today released data from the comScore MobiLens service which showed that 23.8 percent of mobile users across five leading European mobile markets (UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) listened to music on their mobile handsets during the three month period ending March 2010. The 54 million total mobile music users in the EU5 countries represent a 10 percent increase in the past year.

Oslo, Norway -- March 18, 2010 -- Following the introduction of the Choice Screen in Europe, Opera Software is experiencing a dramatic uptake on downloads of its latest browser, Opera 10.50. After the Choice Screen launch in early March, on average, more than half of the European downloads of Opera’s latest browser come directly from the Choice Screen.

Digital Advertising Technology & Data Company Continues International Growth By Introducing REVV for publishers Platform to French Market

LOS ANGELES – PARIS – March 16, 2010 - the Rubicon Project, the digital advertising technology and data company, brings its yield management optimization technology to the French market, empowering premium Web publishers in France to more safely, effectively and efficiently monetize their inventory through sales channels around the world.

25 Jan 2010 -- The Association of Online Publishers’ (AOP) Digital Publishing Awards, now in its ninth year, opens its call for entries from 26th January 2010. The popular industry awards event will take place at the legendary music venue The Roundhouse, Camden, London NW1 on Thursday 10th June, 2010. D

Lee Baker, Director of AOP comments, “We have an enthusiastic and highly competitive industry, that we’re sure will rise to the challenge of submitting entries that prove the digital sector has the focus and muscle to hold its own.

Status Report of the Fight Against Spam in Europe

BRUSSELS and HERAKLION, Greece, January 21, 2010 -- The EU cybersecurity Agency - ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency) presents its new, 3rd spam report, i.e. anti-spam measures implemented by European Internet service providers (ISPs).

The report looks at spam budgets, impact of spam and spam management. No significant progress is reported in the fight against spam.

Leading Publisher-Side Platform Brings Advanced Method of Transacting Digital Ad Inventory to Europe's Premium Publishers

NEW YORK, NY – December 21, 2009 – AdMeld (www.admeld.com), the leader in ad network optimisation for premium publishers, today announced the introduction of Real Time Bidding (RTB) capabilities in the United Kingdom.

San Francisco, California, December 29, 2009 - ZEDO Inc., the largest privately held ad server in the US, today announced that it has added European ad network Pictas Interactive to its ever-growing customer base worldwide.

ZEDO has been expanding its presence in the European market. Recent feature developments for Europe include new formats and built in ad network optimization, behavioral targeting data and a self service platform.

Oslo, Norway -- December 16, 2009 -- Opera Software today announced that Web users are the winners upon the completion of the European Commission’s investigation into Microsoft’s browser-bundling practices. Microsoft will now offer users of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 a screen presenting a choice of Web browsers.

In December 2007, Opera Software urged the European Commission to investigate Microsoft’s abuse of its dominant market position and the company’s bundling of Internet Explorer with its Windows operating system.

Dec. 16, 2009 -- Online Ad Spending

Though the final tally must wait until early next year, eMarketer expects UK online ad spending to show hard-won gains in 2009 and regain momentum in 2010 and beyond.

U.K. and France See Major Gains in Online Retail Traffic in November, With Slower Growth in Germany

LONDON, U.K., December 09, 2009 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a report on visitation to online retail sites in the U.K., France and Germany during the Christmas shopping season.