A week before ViacomCBS rebranded CBS All Access as Paramount Plus on March 4, George Cheeks, president and CEO of CBS Entertainment Group, noted that NFL football in particular will be fundamental to the platform’s growth. “It drives more subscriptions than any other program, and significant engagement too,” Cheeks said during the company’s Feb. 24 […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Guns And Misinformation Facebook is in the line of fire, with House Democrats demanding answers over how the company targeted gun accessory ads next to misinformation about the election as well as news about the Jan. 6 US Capitol riot. CNBC reports that 23 […]
Two significant steps in advanced TV happened Monday – one around advancing dynamic ad insertion (DAI) on linear TV and the second around Nielsen’s attempt to overhaul the currency around which all TV ads are transacted. Roku said it will acquire Nielsen’s Advanced Video Advertising business, inheriting capabilities in automatic content recognition (ACR) and dynamic […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Tikked Off Apparently TikTok doesn’t just feature amusing dance videos created by Gen Zers. Like its larger social media peers, TikTok was not immune to the sharing of misinformation during the election. According to The Wrap, TikTok shared in a new “transparency report” that […]
“On TV And Video“ is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Despite video streaming giant Roku’s record year, Scott Rosenberg, Roku’s SVP and GM of its platform business, told reporters ahead of Thursday’s earnings call, “we’re certainly going through a catch-up period” when it comes to ad spending keeping pace with the surge in streaming […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Hold, Please The former Trump administration’s plan to force the sale of TikTok’s US operations to Oracle and Walmart has been put on ice – again. President Biden is reevaluating his predecessor’s efforts to address potential security risks from Chinese tech companies, The Wall […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Much has been made about the shift to CTV during the pandemic, and as advertisers follow the eyeballs and companies race to capture a larger share of the streaming ad market dominated by established players such as Roku and Amazon, the big conversations this year […]
“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 […]
OpenAP, a consortium of TV networks that allows advertisers to buy standardized audiences across their inventory, launched its first tech product on Monday, a supply-side platform (SSP). SSPs are a mainstay of digital publisher technology, and now they’re coming into the TV world to help improve the antiquated linear TV ad buying process by adding […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Stepping Back So … 2021 is off to a great start. After pro-Trump mobs stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, advertisers are pulling their paid social advertising and reevaluating their overall ad spend, Digiday reports. Some advertisers paused their paid social just as DC’s […]
