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Innovid confirmed plans to lay off 10% of its global staff this year. But considering the external pressures, the numbers it reported for Q4 could’ve been worse.

Many US companies, including video ad platform Innovid, strengthened their commitments to DEI over the past two years. There’s been “a ton of conversation” about diversity, equity and inclusion-related issues that are finally “turning into action,” but there’s still a long way to go, said Innovid’s CMO Stephanie Geno.

Innovid has always been a CTV ad server. But at the company’s earnings conference Thursday morning – its first since going public – it became clear that linear data is still needed in TV’s future. Innovid’s path will be determined by its acquisition of TVSquared, which it announced last week. TVSquared brings Innovid new agency clients, new global markets and what’ll make all that possible: linear TV data.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Google’s Privacy Shield … And Sword Google businesses have become more and more tightly tied together. The common thread is often privacy, but sometimes Google Cloud is the tie that binds.  You can see the trend surfacing on the bottom line. During earnings this […]

NBCUniversal highlighted three streaming-oriented companies it is considering – Conviva, Dumbstruck and Truthset – to create a framework for alternative currencies as it prepares to move away from legacy TV ratings giant Nielsen as the industry’s single currency provider. Kelly Abcarian, NBCU’s EVP of ad measurement and impact, again called for “measurement independence” and for […]

“On TV & Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.  Today’s column is by Jo Kinsella, President, TVSquared. Since the dawn of TV, Nielsen ratings have been the gold standard for marketers. They measured the percentage of a group (e.g., women aged 18-49) or households in a particular designated […]

Nielsen’s potential loss of its accreditation by the Media Rating Council as early as this week could fuel greater adoption of alternative measurement currencies that use advanced data and analytics rather than the traditional panel-based surveys the measurement giant is known for. Nielsen has long been accused of undercounting TV viewership. Recently, networks have expressed […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Darren Moore, VP and head of product marketing, TVSquared. The last few years have been lightning in a bottle for direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands, who are now investing in TV – but demanding more out […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Kevin O’Reilly, chief strategy officer at TVSquared. It goes without saying that a creative can make or break an ad campaign. TV advertisers spend millions to create visually memorable, emotion-driven and even humorous ads […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Daniel Gulick, insights engineer at TVSquared. The 1979 hit song “Video Killed the Radio Star” focused on the passing of time, when “stars” created through radio programming were replaced by a new era of […]