At last week’s Advertising Week, we spoke with Microsoft’s Stephen Kim, VP for Global Agencies and Accounts, about the opportunities for brands and their agencies in the Microsoft multi-screen offering including Skype and Windows 8.
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CTV Interaction With Viewers Is Poised for Growth: Moloco’s Jake Richardson
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Smartphones became major drivers of ecommerce with high-touch interactions and portability that augmented the experience of online shopping. Connected televisions are similarly transactional with remote controls and QR codes that viewers scan with their camera phones, though consumer adoption is still questionable. “We’re in literally the first inning, not to use […]
CES Exhibitors Who Offer Value to Consumers Deserve Attention: Circana’s Paul Gagnon
CES serves as a major showcase for a variety of new technologies, products and services – and the ones that offer real value to inflation-ravaged consumers likely will get attention, according to a consumer technology expert. “Value is something that we’ve really seen consumers focus in on in 2024, and part of value is getting […]
CTV Ad Innovation Is Scoring Big With Live Sports Viewers: Innovid’s Cushion
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – The shift from linear TV to connected television (CTV) is accelerating, and live sports is one of the last holdouts for ad dollars and innovation. However, this is changing rapidly as viewers increasingly stream live sports events on CTV platforms. Innovid, a company that focuses on CTV advertising, released a report […]
CES Will Help to Advance Role of AI for Brands: Digitas CEO Amy Lanzi
CES next week is expected to showcase the ways that artificial intelligence is changing the ways humans interact with gadgets that are capable of learning how to personalize experiences. As a result, AI should be the centerpiece of any brand strategy, Amy Lanzi, chief executive of Publicis Groupe’s Digitas North America, said in this interview. […]
Context Is ‘Supercharged’ by AI: Seedtag’s Eisenstein
LONDON – Once upon a time, all advertising depended on content adjacency. The new science of audience targeting changed all that – but contextual targeting is back, and is getting “supercharged” by AI. Jana Eisenstein, SVP, EMEA, Seedtag, in this video interview with Beet.TV, said content signals derived from AI promise to make contextual targeting far […]
Women’s Leadership Roles Have Evolved with Cultural Values: Adobe’s Denise Colella
Women’s leadership roles are as varied as women themselves, which means they aren’t limited to a single career track or set of experiences. For Denise Colella, vice president, global digital strategy group at software maker Adobe, those circumstances were somewhat unorthodox in that she started her career as an expatriate American in Japan. “It’s interesting […]
Silo Measurement Isn’t Viable for Fragmented Media: Comscore’s Paul Goode
LONDON – Technology companies that sell advertising such as Google and Facebook jealously guard their user data in their own walled gardens, making it difficult for brands measure cross-platform exposure to advertising. These walled gardens have multiplied as traditional media companies distribute video content direct to consumers through streaming apps. “Audience behavior is clearly fragmented […]
AdAlliance CEO Calls for ‘Radical Collaboration’ in European TV
LONDON – TV’s still hot in Europe – but the industry needs to come together to keep it that way. So says the chief executive of RTL AdAlliance, the pan-European TV ad sales house. Stéphane Coruble is calling for what he calls “radical collaboration” between players. Keeping Linear, Going Forward “Linear TV, in Europe at […]
Advertisers Want Interactive TV Ads Standardized: Brightline’s Bologna
LONDON – TV advertising has already seen the emergence of QR-based engagement formats for onscreen messaging. But there are more engaging interactive formats that allow viewers to dive into on-TV experiences. Mike Bologna’s Brightline is bringing those ads to TVs – and he says advertisers want a one-size-fits-all standard for the idea. Scaling Interactive Ad […]
Contextual Segments on YouTube Drive Results for Brands: Pixability’s David George
Millions of U.S. households have connected their televisions directly to the internet, and YouTube has become the most popular platform with its vast and diverse range of video content. There have been several episodes when marketers have shied away from YouTube because of concerns about placing ads within objectionable content, but newer tools are helping […]
Toward ‘Ultra-Premium’: NBCU Research Spotlights Viewer & Buyer Attitudes to Modern TV
LONDON – What constitutes a high-quality, “premium” TV viewing experience in the eyes of audiences? It’s a question that is hotly debated in the TV and advertising industries. To get a handle on it, NBCUniversal and FreeWheel conducted research putting a range of content and ad experience options to 8,000 viewers. The research, “Prescribing Premium“, […]
CTV Advertising Gains From More Powerful Contextual Signals: Beachfront’s Marni Rommel
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Contextual advertising has been around for years, but its role was somewhat diminished as marketers relied on tracking cookies to improve their audience targeting online. With connected television, which is a cookieless environment, contextual advertising is getting supercharged with advances in technology. “Contextual targeting is going to play a significant role […]
Sneakers & Sports: PMX Lift’s Serina Spencer Heads Into 2025 With CES, Audiences In Mind
With another Consumer Electronics Show just around the corner, professionals are set to flock to Las Vegas, including those from advertising and media. Serina Spencer, SVP, Enablement, PMX Lift, Publicis Media, is no stranger to CES. In this video interview with Beet.TV, she shared her advice for first-time attendees: comfortable shoes, hydration, and careful scheduling […]
Addressable TV Advertising Set for Takeoff as Buyers Seek Performance: Go Addressable’s New Chairman
Addressable TV advertising has hit an inflection point. More marketers are turning to it as a “must-buy” to achieve better performance, even as overall TV ad spend remains under pressure. That was the view of one ad industry executive speaking at the Go Addressable summit this week. The summit, which brought together hundreds of attendees […]
Streaming TV Blends Brand & Performance: Index Exchange’s Tigg
LONDON – TV may have traditionally played a largely brand-building role for advertisers, but the new-look TV supports both branding and performance marketing. “I think it’s true that the lines between brand awareness and performance are starting to blur, particularly on streaming TV,”said John Tigg, SVP, Buyer Development EMEA, Index Exchange, in this video interview […]
TV Needs Big Tech’s ‘Simplification Playbook’: Comcast’s Rooke
LONDON – The advertising industry is grappling with a paradox. As premium video content flourishes, accessing it can sometimes seem like a labyrinthine process, particularly for smaller advertisers seeking to expand their reach. No wonder many in advertising are technology are trying to simplify the complexity that has grown up. “The number one change or […]
Neutral OS for CTV Improves Viewer Experience, Advertising: TiVo’s Chris Kleinschmidt
LONDON – Every major brand of smart television has its own operating system to run apps for connected television, but this predicament isn’t ideal for consumers who want a user-friendly experience. TiVo developed a neutral operating system intended to avoid creating another walled garden. “There’s the need in the industry for a new independent operating […]
Mentors Can Play Key Role in Women’s Workplace Advancement: Effectv’s Pooja Midha
Women in the past 50 years have steadily risen into top managerial roles in the advertising and media industries, but there’s still more work to be done in terms of equal pay and greater diversity in the C-suite. Amid these efforts, women can help each other, a key theme of the “Lift As You Climb” […]
Our Consumers Insights Are Valuable Amid CTV Growth: PCH Media’s Chris Moore
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – While Publishers Clearing House is well known as a sweepstakes company, it has evolved in the past decade into a digital marketing and commerce company that has vast troves of opt-in data about consumers. This information is considered valuable as more households connect their televisions to the internet, opening up another […]
Sky Media Enters 2025 With Sport, Smarts & Science
The death of linear TV may have been greatly exaggerated, says a UK executive who has an expanding portfolio of live sport, coupled with a growing range of ad-tech products. “We talk a lot about the demise of linear TV and I certainly don’t see or feel that,” said Ruth Cartwright, Investment Director, Sky Media, […]
Generative AI Can Be Your Creative Assistant: Moloco’s Berger On Marketing Adoption
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – As CEOs, CMOs and agency clients demand AI strategies, marketing executives are grappling with how to harness the potential of artificial intelligence in its early, fast-evolving days. So, how have the early forays shaken-out, as we head in to 2025? “The smartest marketers that I talk with are really thinking about […]