On TV & Video

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. The rapid shift to streaming TV last year significantly disrupted the advertising industry, and was nothing short of transformational amidst the pandemic, social unrest and a divisive presidential election. But despite its vast potential as an emerging advertising platform for brands and marketers, streaming ad […]

Mattress startup Purple doesn’t run unskippable video ads. “If someone’s on YouTube and ready to watch a video of their choosing, but you’re forcing them watch 30 seconds of ads first – that’s a brand imposing their will on the viewer,” said Rob Towne, director of performance marketing at Purple Mattress. “As a brand, we choose […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Denis Crushell, CRO at Tubular Labs. With the maturity of social media platforms into audience attention juggernauts, companies like Netflix, ViacomCBS, Warner Media and NBCUniversal (among others) have all invested heavily in social video […]

Twitch is mainly known as a streaming platform for gamers. But what’s a gamer, actually? “The truth is, close to 80% of Americans over the age of 13 self-identify as gamers, and so the term starts to lose some of its meaning,” said Twitch CMO Doug Scott. “People who are into games aren’t solely into […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Mike Baker, former CEO of dataxu.            It would be an understatement to say that the past nine months have had a monumental impact on the way we consume entertainment. One need only point towards […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Craig Berlingo, Product Lead for OTT and CTV at PubMatic. With millions of people stuck at home watching streaming content, 2020 could have provided a chance for publishers to rake it in. Instead I […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.  Today’s column is written by John Hamilton, CEO and founder of TVDataNow. CTV provides large audiences typically offered by linear TV advertising with more opportunities for targeting and insights from campaign results. The format currently attracts 190 million US […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.  Today’s column is written by Jane Clarke, managing director and CEO at the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM). Attribution, or the measurement and assignation of an outcome following an ad exposure, has revolutionized media planning and buying with the promise of being […]

“On TV & Video” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. After this exclusive first look for subscribers, the story by AdExchanger’s Allison Schiff will be published in full on AdExchanger.com. Jukin Media trawls the social universe for the most shareable video content from everyday people that it can […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.  Today’s column is written by Alex White, COO at Peer39. While conversations around connected TV tend to center on the leading streaming services, there are more than 200 CTV providers. A complex, fragmented ecosystem has created a lot of […]