“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 […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Jeff Puzenski, an executive at Infinitive. If you’re looking for tangible signs of convergence, addressable TV is one of the most frequently cited. After all, addressable TV is about using digital data and targeting […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Fritz Brumder, CEO at Brandlive. In 1981, Schlitz Beer conducted the first live taste tests during Super Bowl XV. Thirty-eight years later, this old-fashioned approach to television marketing is making a comeback with Snickers’ […]
A year after launching a dedicated media unit, Dow Jones Media Group is doubling down on video and augmenting more native and outstream formats to combat a perennial problem: pre-roll scarcity. “Like many publishers, we see huge demand for video and wish we had more inventory we could sell,” said David Minkin, who joined Dow […]
“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 business officer at VideoAmp. As consumers become more and more screen-agnostic in the next few years and networks increasingly turn to year-round premieres and first-run episodes, there’s just no way that […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Gabi Peles, chief operating officer at Eyeview. Right before the holidays the advertising industry was rocked by the revelation that Russian cyberforgers have been waging an unprecedentedly large and sophisticated campaign. These hackers tricked […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Justin Eisenband, director, corporate finance, TMT, at FTI Consulting and contributor to FTI Journal. As linear television viewership and MVPD subscriptions have declined recently, many TV ad sellers have been slow to react and […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Jeremy Hines, a principal at Infinitive. With the development of addressable TV and dynamic ad insertion, the industry is making clear and tangible progress toward the long-discussed goal of convergence. But, at the same […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Vincent Cacace, founder and CEO at Vertebrae.io. Snap Inc. wants to be the de facto camera company by taking the camera out of people’s hands and creating a frictionless portal into everyday life. The […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Tom Kenney, president and CEO at Verve. The recent news that AT&T intends to buy Time Warner represents a key example of what will almost certainly be an industrywide tide of media merger-and-acquisition moves […]
Like other digital publishers, Condé Nast wasn’t immune to the challenges of scaling an upstart, owned-and-operated video property in a climate dominated by YouTube and Facebook. In 2015, Condé Nast’s video hub, The Scene, struggled to hit its stride, despite owning a portfolio of popular titles that includes Vogue and Vanity Fair. That’s changed, according to Joy […]
Maureen Bosetti, the chief investment officer for IPG Mediabrands’ Initiative, will discuss dynamics for this year’s upfronts alongside other TV power players at Industry Preview on Jan. 18 in New York City. The 2016 TV upfronts ended with networks posting double-digit CPM increases, but will that momentum carry into 2017? Two key factors could help buyers wield […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Marcus Liassides, CEO at Sorenson Media. YouTube and Facebook hosted presidential debates. Twitter is live streaming NFL games. Amazon makes TV shows. The internet isn’t just changing how people consume content – it’s revolutionized […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Mike Haight, an executive at Infinitive. In the ad tech world, hot new technologies regularly run up the hype cycle. The pushback and skepticism begin long before they reach wide adoption. Such is the […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Stephen Upstone, CEO and founder of LoopMe. Brand marketers hire media agencies to streamline the advertising process, remove barriers and deliver clear and measurable ROI. The recent news that the MRC suspended two DoubleClick […]
Independent media and entertainment agency Media Storm is deepening its client workbench. Media Storm specializes in helping network, cable and studio clients such as Starz and CMT increase audience tune-in. Now the agency is broadening its scope to new verticals. “We’re really starting to use what we learned from the entertainment and media space and […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Bryan Noguchi, senior vice president and media director at R2C Group. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I spend a lot of time these days looking for silver linings in every […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Mike Driscoll, CEO at Metamarkets. With each passing day, mobile video consumption is becoming more prevalent and convenient. In September, enhancements to mobile browsers removed a common deterrent to watching videos by enabling autoplay. […]
Two former Cablevision execs – former COO Kristin Dolan and former media sales President Ben Tatta – are bringing their experience in local TV advertising to the national level. The two formed an audience measurement and analytics firm called 605 earlier this month through an acquisition of Analytics Media Group (AMG), the data and analytics […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Ryan Jamboretz, chief revenue officer at Videology. Premium video is a huge success story, with great-quality shows and content watched and engaged with by consumers around the world. It’s where TV and video truly […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Todd Tran, global senior vice president of mobile and programmatic at Teads. Programmatic is the Industrial Revolution of media. It has transformed the media industry, creating hundreds of ad tech companies with this seismic […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Andreas Schroeter, co-founder and chief operating officer at wywy. TV’s ad budgets are under pressure to shift toward digital buys. Yet even Facebook can’t provide TV’s unmatched reach and recently admitted video ad measurement […]
Kantar Media, long considered a rival to Nielsen’s mainstay TV measurement business internationally, is restructuring the way it goes to market. Although Kantar Media previously operated as one of 12 distinct brands within the Kantar Group, sometimes there was a lack of visibility between different brands. “We’ve had a very strange organizational structure,” admits Andy Brown, chairman and […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Ian Wheal, global strategy director at Adstream. Advertisers are spending more money than ever on video. Last year, video ad spend grew by more than 85% [PDF]. Video ads consistently outperform standard banner units, […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Peter Cunha, head of programmatic and business development at InvestingChannel. Advertisers’ and publishers’ needs and requirements for native video are not aligned. In fact, they rarely meet. For advertisers, viewability is a key issue. […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Ian Ferreira, EVP of programmatic at WideOrbit. Marketers have turned to digital video in droves because it’s supposed to be a great way to laser-target audiences, eliminate waste and place brand messages next to premium […]
CNN sees a future where brand activations include everything from linear TV to custom-built mobile apps. The Turner-owned broadcaster built an app for CNNMoney called CNNMoneyStream that allows users to follow and personalize a feed of companies, influencers, news and market data. CNN borrowed the concept from Turner sports property Bleacher Report. E*Trade, one of […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Tim Ware, vice president of advanced television at Tremor Video. Programmatic TV is among the most highly debated subjects in the media business and perhaps the best example of true convergence we’ve encountered as […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by John Roland, CEO at Extreme Reach. The advertising industry is in a state of perennial disruption. As new screens and services emerge, the viewing experience morphs – requiring advertisers to change the way they […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Danielle Levitas, senior vice president of research and analysis at App Annie. Snapchat has entered the hardware space with last month’s launch of Spectacles, its camera-enabled glasses. The premise is simple: Users tap the […]
