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  • The FANGs Of The World Are Transforming TV

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Richie Hyden, co-founder and chief operating officer at IRIS TV. In the fast-changing TV business, data will be the currency that pays for everything. It will allow for better ad targeting, smarter decision-making and […]

  • A Viewability Reality Check

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Todd Tran, chief strategy officer at Teads. Although viewability has been a big topic for the past couple of years, the standard for viewability of video ads is still hotly debated. Most of the […]

  • Fitbit Finds Value In Short-Form Video

    Despite being a universally recognized name in health and fitness wearables, Fitbit turns to paid media whenever it releases a new connected wristband. Because Fitbit is a lifestyle product, it wants to find ways to insert its brand into consumers’ fitness regimens – not just hammer them over the head with basic banner ads and […]

  • What Will The Future Of OTT Look Like? A Lot Like TV’s

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Tal Chalozin, co-founder and chief technology officer at Innovid. For years, some in the digital media industry have heralded the “death of TV” as an event nothing short of inevitable. For them, the steady […]

  • Open AP Emphasizes Audience Data, The First Leg Of The Stool

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Lorne Brown, president at SintecMedia. Fox, Turner and Viacom recently announced an audience targeting alliance called Open AP just in time for the annual upfronts. Open AP is designed to allow buyers to define […]

  • TV Industry Mobilizing To Secure Its Fair Share Of Data-Driven Media Spend

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Scott Ferber, founder and CEO at Videology. They say the first four stages of change are precontemplation, contemplation, preparation and, finally, action. After attending the recent National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention, it’s clear […]

  • TV Advertisers Must Rethink The ‘Right Message, Right Person’ Approach

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Michael Greene, vice president of product strategy at AudienceScience. Despite delays and more than a bit of methodological controversy, Nielsen finally released its Total Content Ratings metric in February. The spirit of bringing GRP-style measurement […]

  • We Need To Break A Few Bad Habits To Advance OTT Advertising

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Ed Kim, vice president of product and strategy at Nielsen Catalina Solutions. The silos are coming down between digital, mobile and TV, in all its different formats. Although the industry continues to splinter, the […]

  • Are The NewFronts Suited To Our Fragmented Media Landscape?

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Jay Prasad, chief strategy officer at VideoAmp. Since the debut of the NewFronts several years ago, media channels have proliferated, new content formats have bloomed and we use technology to consume content anywhere. Thus, […]

  • Hulu Grooms Its Tech Stack To Support Advanced TV

    Hulu is moving into phase two of its advanced TV strategy almost two years after launching its private exchange. But the market has changed since then, and Hulu has evolved its own ad technology stack in lockstep. For starters, Facebook shuttered the LiveRail supply-side platform (SSP) and ad server last year, so Hulu migrated to Tremor’s video SSP. Rather than entering a drawn-out RFP […]

  • Aggressive Experimentation: Key To Finding The Right Distribution Channels, Technology

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Chris Walters, CEO at Encompass Digital Media. While in the past, media and entertainment providers had only a few channels to deliver content to consumers, today content can be consumed virtually anywhere, anytime and […]

  • How Digital TV Hobbyists Go Pro

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Iddo Shai, director of product at Kaltura. As someone who works in online video, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention – which starts Saturday – always felt like the show of the titans. […]

  • What Digital Video Advertisers Can Learn About Measurement From DRTV

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Patrick Hopf, founder and president at SourceKnowledge. Unless you have a hard conversion point on your website, measuring ad performance can be a tricky game. This is especially true for advertisers who run massive […]

  • Sky Media’s Digital And Programmatic Efforts Take Flight

    British broadcasting and telecom giant Sky is building for a future where digital and programmatic TV play on the same court. To do so, Sky, amid a $14.1 billion takeover by Twenty-First Century Fox, is investing in new media opportunities and ramping up on ad tech. To boost its presence on Facebook and YouTube, Sky just acquired […]

  • Most Publishers Need To Rethink Their Video Advertising Strategies

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Joe Hirsch, CEO at YellowHammer Media Group. Video advertising is not the same for all publishers. The lucky few large premium publishers that rely on a direct sales force to sell advertising have completely […]

  • As Content Spending Goes Wild, What Role Will Advertising Play?

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Jacqueline Corbelli, co-founder and CEO at BrightLine. No one can deny that these days the reigning king is content, illustrated by Netflix’s and Amazon’s rapidly expanding services using original content to woo subscribers. We’re […]

  • What TV Advertisers Can Learn From Snapchat

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Patrick Hanavan, co-founder and chief client officer at Extreme Reach. Snapchat became the darling du jour of the media and advertising world after its recent IPO. While I’m not yet convinced it’s the TV […]

  • Billboard Charts The Future Of Premium Video In A Platform Environment

    Music and entertainment duo Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter are on an ambitious mission to reach 300 million video views each month. The sister publications have collectively crossed the 210 million monthly mark, thanks to a growth initiative dubbed “Project 300,” which centers on video of all varieties, said John Amato, president of The Hollywood […]

  • The VMVPD: Cable’s Answer To Cord Cutting

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Jordan Decker, associate director of video investment and Horizon Advanced at Horizon Media. Consumers have been loud and clear about how the traditional cable bundle model does not serve their needs, which has fueled […]

  • Online Video Metrics Need To Go Retro

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by James Brooks, founder and CEO at GlassView. How many people are watching a brand’s video ads? And for how long? Those questions are perennial ones for advertisers, particularly after Google recently agreed to third-party […]

  • With YouTube TV In The Mix, We Need Faster, More Precise TV Measurement

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Bill Wise, CEO at Mediaocean. TV’s digital moment has arrived. Within the very week in which Netflix and Amazon scored Oscar wins, YouTube announced YouTube TV, its planned subscription service bringing major network content […]

  • Programmatic TV Needs A Reboot To Scale

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Chris Peterson, managing partner at R2C Group. There’s no doubt that TV media planning, buying and measurement will be disrupted by the smart application of technology and data. There is a clear opportunity, given that […]

  • As Cord-Cutting Grows, How Will Voice Activation Technologies Affect The Future of TV Advertising?

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Chris Dobson, CEO at The Exchange Lab. The evolution in how we consume video content has been well documented, and we know it intrinsically from our own habits. This development has been driven by […]

  • Why Brands Must Make Programmatic TV A Reality

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Dini Mehta, vice president of US at Drawbridge. TV as an advertising medium is much like the film “La La Land” – it hearkens back to a golden era, is heavily choreographed, is backed […]

  • How Roku’s Open-Platform Approach Fuels A $100M Media And Ads Business

    Roku generated nearly $400 million in 2016 revenue, mostly from standard hardware sales around its devices. But $100 million of its revenue was attributed to Roku’s media licensing and advertising businesses, which are expected to be its biggest growth drivers. The real MVP of Roku’s media and licensing segment may be the set-top box manufacturer’s […]

  • Header Bidding Doesn’t Work For Video

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Scott Braley, general manager of advertising platforms at Ooyala. If you’re in the business of selling advertising or otherwise monetizing inventory, you’ve got to follow the money. So it’s hard to argue that the increasingly popular […]

  • The Fates Of VR, AR And Digital Marketing Are Intertwined

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Phil Schraeder, president and chief operating officer at GumGum. 2016 was expected to be the year of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). For the first half of the year, every technology, publishing […]

  • Advertisers, Get Ready To Go Over The Top

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Bettina Hein, founder and CEO at Pixability. This will be the year the cable TV bundle dies a sudden death. I know, the “TV is dying” cry has echoed time and again. But as […]

  • Branded Entertainment Network, Backed By Bill Gates, Bets Big On TV Product Placement 2.0

    Product placements aren’t new, but with the rise of subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services – and a reduction in cable networks’ commercial loads – branded TV content is primed to take off. That said, it’s hard to credit a sale of a bucket of KFC chicken to Jimmy Kimmel peddling it on his late-night show, so one company […]

  • On Disruption And Destabilization In TV

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Randy Cooke, vice president of programmatic TV at SpotX. Disruption is a norm of the modern world, a predicate of evolution that exists within every industry. Just a century ago, Henry Ford quipped that if […]

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