Manu Singh

Television does drive sales lift, although the impact usually isn’t immediate. Broadcasters have been trying to change that for a long time. Until recently, however, the reality of shoppable TV has lagged far behind the idea. Publishers are busy exploring interactive TV ad formats, from QR codes to clickable overlays – but are advertisers buying in?

In-cinema advertising company National CineMedia says renewed moviegoer traffic put it “back in business.” But it wasn’t waiting idly – NCM rolled out new technology rife with first-party data that allows clients to layer exposure data into media buys across the NCM footprint for the first time.