BET+, which first launched in 2019 without ads, rolled out an ad-supported tier in June 2023. Now, the next step for BET+ will be to increase its monetization, says Jason Harvey, EVP of BET Media Group and head of BET+.
Check Your Priors Advertisers usually look for in-market or interested customers – but sometimes people need a push, not just a nudge. Two psychology studies identify tactics that could work for particular goals or advertisers, writes Marketing Week. In one study, Stanford researchers gave homeowners a lesson on driver safety and asked them to put up […]
ViacomCBS attempted to set itself apart in the streaming wars during a three-hour virtual investor event on Wednesday ahead of the launch of Paramount Plus next week. The company is making a deep push into an already crowded streaming space with Paramount Plus while also bolstering its AVOD Pluto TV service, as it looks to […]
ViacomCBS’ advertising business fell 27% to $1.9 billion in the second quarter, as marketers pulled back during the coronavirus pandemic and golf programming was postponed. “We believe Q2 was the bottom [for advertising],” President and CEO Bob Bakish said. After bottoming in April, each month in the quarter showed sequential improvement. The scatter market held […]
