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Locality SVP Tom Wolfe explains why supply path optimization (SPO) must prioritize data fidelity, local TV fragmentation, and true value over fee-cutting.

You probably didn’t need me to tell you that things aren’t looking super great for the local TV broadcast industry these days, financially speaking. But just in case you need quantitative proof, consider the fact that many of the largest broadcasting companies are considered a credit risk.

“On TV & Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.  Today’s column is by Bret Brase, managing director at Progress Partners. Over-the-top (OTT) television viewing is overtaking linear TV, and both national and local advertisers are scrambling to follow the eyeballs. And it’s no wonder.  While 75% of linear […]

“On TV & Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.  Today’s column is by Melissa McKay, director of media at Booyah Advertising. National brands rushed to advertise in local markets in 2020 due to COVID, civil rights protests and the election, leaving little budget or consideration left for connected […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Hyperlocal Hyperdrive TV advertising was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to market and media research firm Kantar, TV advertising experienced a 9% drop to $66.8 billion in 2020. Only spot TV advertising witnessed an uptick in ad dollars last year. Cable TV, […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Time To Reassess Marketers were hawkeyed in the lead-up to Inauguration Day on Wednesday, ready to pause, tweak or block ads from appearing against problematic content should things have gone sideways, Digiday reports. While some marketers said they planned to stick to blunt tactics, […]

Measurement is a major selling point for local TV advertisers as the economy starts to (sort of) reopen. Scale, however, has historically been a problem, and there hasn’t been enough data for broadcasters such as TEGNA to properly track user journeys to completion. On Wednesday, Alphonso, TEGNA’s long-time attribution and TV data partner, added TV […]

As the local TV market grapples with falling ratings and viewership, it’s getting harder to meet the reach demands of advertisers. “We still hold our stations accountable to their guaranteed ratings,” said Joe Cerone, EVP of local investment at Zenith. “It may take extra spots to make it happen.” Local media sellers are trying to […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Satellite Down Little over a week after activist investor Elliott Associates criticized AT&T’s operations, including its $67 billion DirecTV acquisition in 2014, the satellite unit might be on the chopping block. AT&T is considering “parting ways” with DirecTV, according to The Wall Street Journal. […]

Cable conglomerates Comcast, Charter and Cox Communications said Wednesday they will build ad products that extend across their collective footprint. The three are forming a division within NCC Media – a national cable sales group in which they are joint stakeholders – to build data-driven ad products. Comcast’s advanced ads division, Comcast Media 360, is […]

Sinclair Broadcasting, the largest owner of television stations across the nation, is letting local advertisers buy connected TV in a much more targeted way alongside linear and digital. The broadcaster is teaming up with the connected TV DMP and measurement system Tru Optik to power advanced audience targeting across Sinclair’s owned-and-operated inventory, as well as […]

Charter, the US cable conglomerate second only to Comcast in subscriber count, has made a strategic investment in 605 Group, the TV analytics startup founded by former Cablevision ad execs. Although financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, Charter has struck a strategic data partnership with 605 to provide access to TV viewing data in […]

Data management platform (DMP) Lotame has developed a campaign planning and measurement tool designed for linear TV broadcasters. Local broadcast consortium Pearl TV, which represents more than 200 local broadcast TV stations and network groups including Hearst, Cox Media and E.W. Scripps, is the first to test-drive it. While many advertisers want to buy across […]

WideOrbit considers itself the DoubleClick of local broadcast TV. “It’s the closest description to what we do,” said Eric Mathewson, WideOrbit’s CEO. “We’re the publisher ad server for TV stations.” WideOrbit supplies tools to local TV stations and broadcasters like Telemundo, Scripps, Sinclair, Meredith and Cox Media Group to help monetize and manage their yield. […]