Lucid, which is slated to be on our partner podcast, The Happy Market Research Podcast, in the coming weeks, has expanded to Australia and New Zealand.

Nielsen launches Media Impact, a media planning tool. It will include their recently released Total Audience View Analytics which incorporates a bunch of different data.

Gfk reveals the results of their first HomeView study on the PC and laptop market.

NDP released a study about toy sales, revealing Toys R Us nostalgia may be contributing to increase in toy sales. The full report is linked in our show notes.

Video streaming is on the rise according to the Office of National Statistics UK. Groundbreaking stuff.

Following the closure of Canada's MRIA, a taskforce of 50 researchers has been assembled for the interim. The team will facilitate communication and transition to a new organization.

GlobaLexicon promotes James Heneghan to Associate Director.

The7Stars, a media agency, appoints Helen Rose to head of data, insights, and analytics. She will be leading a team of 20 in the newly formed department.