Advanced audience targeting is taking a seat at this year’s TV upfronts. Sellers are lining their arsenals with new products promising cross-platform reach, partially out of necessity. Viewer attention is fragmenting and advertisers want assurance that if they commit an upfront buy, there will be multiple points of execution. It’s unclear the extent to which buyers […]
ESPN unveiled results of its first advertising “hackathon” at its cable network upfront presentation this week. The hackathon event divided ESPN staffers into groups and charged them with developing new ad solutions that would be presented to six judges and 250 other employees. Marketers and media buyers were given a preview of some of the […]
As Heineken continues its discussions with ad sellers from broadcast, cable and digital for those outlets’ respective “upfronts,” the beer marketer is looking to tie its campaigns more closely among TV and the web. While there’s nothing unusual about that, the company, which also owns the Newcastle and Dos Equis beer brands, is working with […]
The Weather Company, owner of The Weather Channel and its digital extensions, unveiled a plan to bring more addressability to its TV advertising. Dubbed “CableFX,” the new offering from the company’s WeatherFX Division brings existing “big data” to its local and regional TV targeting system. The idea is to more closely bridge TWC’s TV, web, […]
The “Newfronts” online advertising sales period that to be kicked off by Digitas and its outside partners next month is going to have some added competition apart from the traditional TV upfront marketplace. Adap.tv, the digital video sales platform, has formed its own Upfront Marketplace as it seeks to automate the entire process for securing […]
