Akhil Parekh, Chief Product Officer, Nielsen on Cross-Media Measurement | Cannes 2025
What’s holding back progress in cross-media measurement? Akhil Parekh, Chief Product Officer at Nielsen, explains what needs to shift to make it a reality.
What’s holding back progress in cross-media measurement? Akhil Parekh, Chief Product Officer at Nielsen, explains what needs to shift to make it a reality.
How do advertisers measure success in a market they can’t fully see? At Cannes Lions 2025, Sarah Sluis with AdExchanger and AdMonsters sits down with Matt Devitt, SVP, Head of Advertisers and Agencies at Nielsen, to explore how advertisers can benchmark performance against competitors in today’s fragmented, AI-driven media landscape. From unlocking competitive intelligence with […]
The alternative currency bucket could use a rebrand. That referential and somewhat deferential phraseology – a reference to Nielsen – drives Peter Liguori, VideoAmp’s executive chairman, a little nuts. It stems, he argues, from the “absurd notion” that the TV industry “has almost 100% of its eggs in one basket.”
Ever since 2020, TV upfront rates have declined; inconsistent metrics mean inaccurate results; plus, Roblox is touting its strong hold on its viewers’ (er, gamers’) attention.
At NewFronts, marketers weigh new budget priorities under the Trump tariffs; The New York Times isn’t letting tariffs temper its 2025 outlook; and video podcasting is taking over CTV.
Ad-supported television made up 72% of all TV viewing in the first quarter of 2025, according to Nielsen’s newly announced Ad-Supported Gauge.
Transparency has become the currency of credibility in advertising. Larger holding companies and black box AI platforms must recognize that their opaque practices are no longer sustainable.
At VideoAmp’s “Vampfront” presentation on Tuesday, I couldn’t help but be reminded of my favorite pop culture vampire stories (in a good way).
No punches pulled in another Senate hearing on Big Tech’s excesses; Nielsen’s lawsuits accusing competitors of IP infringement keep getting dismissed; and investors grow wary of Reddit’s closeness to Google.
TVs are officially the most popular device for watching YouTube; Google’s lead generation comes under fire; Temu tests a “half custody” distribution model to counter import tariffs.