Super Bowl boosts digital sales for Petty and others
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - The New York Giants weren't the only ones to come away from Super Bowl XLII with a storybook ending. Artists who were tied to the game through live performance or inclusion in advertisements also notched impressive victories, especially on the digital front.
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Along with the trademark Clydesdales, talking animals and high-end computer graphics, there was a new entry this year in the annual showdown of advertisers in the Super Bowl: amateurs.
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DENVER (Billboard) - There is a reason people still buy CDs  more than they do digital albums. Actually there are several,  but viruses that come along with music via peer-to-peer sites  (P2P) and a concern over digital rights management (DRM) aren't  the only culprits.
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NEW YORK More dollars are expected to be spent on online extensions of broadcast network shows in this upfront than ever before, but a sizable amount--as much as $150 million overall--also may be held back for digital opportunities that arise during the course of next season, according to media buyers. Call it the &quot;digital scatter market.&quot;
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By Theresa Howard  NEW YORK -- Do-it-yourself ads will move from Web promotions to the biggest stage in advertising with the airing of the first homemade commercial in a Super Bowl.
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Come Super Bowl Sunday, Amazon.com will get a leg up in the digital music race it's running against Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store. And not just any leg: Justin Timberlake's leg.
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Electronic Arts Inc.  , the world's biggest video game publisher, on Tuesday  began selling "Madden NFL 07," the newest title in its  best-selling sports series, which year in and year out has  delivered top-performing games.
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The week leading up to the Super Bowl is often a banner week for TV sales, but recent data suggest that sales of high-definition TVs may be leveling off.
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For fans unmoved by the  prospect of a Tom Petty Super Bowl halftime show, the cable  industry has an answer. Many answers, in fact.
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If your Super Bowl party involves strangers and a TV larger than 55 inches, you could be violating the NFL's copyrights.   In Listening Post.
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By Kara Rowland, The Washington Times  Feb. 1--Is shelling out $2.6 million -- that's about $85,000 per second  -- for a 30-second spot during the Super Bowl really worth it?    It depends, advertising specialists say.
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Specialist retailer Jessops says the popularity of digital cameras has helped to boost its profits.
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As physical CD sales continue their  free fall, digital downloads again reached record sales figures  for the year.
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As marketers seek new ways of increasing marketers' ROI by reaching and influencing consumers, In-Store media becomes a viable alternative, according to the latest Simultaneous Media Usage Survey (SIMM VIII) by BIGresearch.
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Physical CD sales continue to drop, but sales of digital music are surging, according to data from Nielsen SoundScan. Digital music sales increased by 49 percent to 417 million.
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Some people collect electronic toys as avidly as other people buy antiques.  For a peek at what digital wonders people are buying this season, Amazon.com offers a look at some of the hottest sellers this holiday season. They include:  Apple 30 GB iPod Video.
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Olympus blew oodles of cash on a splashy Super Bowl Sunday commercial for its new m:robe 500i, a combination music player and digital camera with 20 gigabytes of storage. People danced and pranced around, grooving to music and snapping photos that seemed to herald the age of convergence.