Andy Plesser

LAS VEGAS – File transfer of large video files between various production and storage devices are moving at 20 GigaBits per second via Thunderbolt 2, a technology platform created by Intel. At the NAB show, Intel demonstrated the technology which it says is 20 times faster that FireWire.  First introduced to the MacBook Pro in 2001, […]

It won’t happen for a few years, but eventually television advertising buying and selling will take place, in a connected, “open” marketplace,  says Dan Ackerman, SVP of ONE by AOL: TV the newly formed adtech platform at AOL Inc. This interoperability for TV, pervasive in digital video,  is one of the long term goals of […]

LAS VEGAS – As high quality,  IP-delivered video has exploded globally, advertisers have taken notice of the opportunity — . and big tech vendors and content programmers are increasingly focused on delivering advertising into millions of concurrent screens, explains John Bishop, CTO for Media at Akamai in this interview with Beet.TV He explains how these challenges […]

LAS VEGAS – At the NAB Show, Adobe announced a number of new enhancements along with future plans for its popular video editing program Premiere Pro. At the show, we spoke with Al Mooney who heads the video editing product team.  We spoke  about the evolution of the software from what was initially used by videographers to its increasingly […]

LAS VEGAS – Piksel, a company that manages OTT solutions for several of the world’s leading media brands, is in the early stages of a personalization engine to deliver relevant videos to individual consumers, explains Miles Weaver, Innovation Lead, in this interview with Beet.TV The new platform is called Mosaic. We spoke with Weaver at the […]

LAS VEGAS – Now owned by Australia’s giant telco Telstra, with a “war chest” for acquisitions, video services company Ooyala has moved into the adtech sector with its acquisition of  Videoplaza last year, explains Andrew Spaulding, Director of Sales Engineering at Ooyala in this interview with Beet.TV We spoke with him about evolution of Ooyala. We interviewed Spaulding at the […]

LAS VEGAS – With the acquisition last year of video adtech company Unicorn, Brightcove, the Boston-based video services company, has made a strategic move into video ad monetization sector, explains Mike Green, VP for Marketing and Business Development, in this interview with Beet.TV The company offers a full suite of video ad services including server-side and cloud-based […]

Yahoo’s acquisition late last year of programmatic video adtech company Brightroll means that the giant publisher will use data and analytics to target consumers with highly relevant video advertising, explains Yahoo’s Andrew Snyder, VP for Video Sales in this interview with Beet.TV The ability to both sell advertising direct to marketers —  and via programmatic, will  be one of […]

LAS VEGAS —  For Akamai, the global  content delivery network, demand for bandwidth has grown by 60 percent annually and will continue to accelerate with the delivery of  high quality files delivered across screens.   While demand is rising, Akamai is seeking to level costs for media owners, explains Tom Leighton, CEO and co-founder in this interview […]

LAS VEGAS, Videa, a Cox-owned supply-side platform bringing automation and data-driven decision-making to broadcast television, has entered into a multi-year partnership agreement with Videology, a leading software provider for converged TV and video advertising, to enable media buyers to programmatically plan, buy and report on television advertising. The deal was announced this week at the […]

LAS VEGAS – in this interview with Beet.TV,  Web video star/director Freddy Wong speaks about his new shows on Hulu, his work with Lion’s Gate, his soon to be live online video school and managing production flow.   We caught up with him during NAB at an Adobe Creative Cloud party. Wong’s school is part […]

LAS VEGAS – While much has been marketed  around 4K, the much touted format has its limitations, and it is Ultra High Definition (UHD) which will more widely be utilized by the consumers, albeit not for a couple of years, explains Will Law, Chief Media Architect for Akamai, in this interview with Beet.TV Further, he […]

WPP has acquired mobile ad measurement firm Medialets.   Here is the report in today’s Wall Street Journal.  Last year at Cannes Lions, we interviewed Medialets COO Richy Glassberg for an overview on the company and sector.   We have republished that interview today.

LAS VEGAS – With its acquisition of Denmark’s Octoshape, Akamai, the global content delivery network, will meet fast-growing bandwidth demands with client side solutions which will complement its global computer network, explains Akamai’s Troy Snyder, VP for Business Development, in this interview with Beet.TV Snyder also speaks about today’s announcement with Adobe Primetime to integrate Adobe’s […]

LAS VEGAS –  Adobe Primetime and Akamai have announced the integration of Adobe’s ad insertion technology into Akamai’s media offering.   The companies said that Turner Broadcasting and Red Bull Media House would be the first customers to use the integrated offering. For an overview on the alliance and its implementation, we spoke with Jeremy […]

AUSTIN – Online video is showing dramatic growth.  It is by far the fastest growing ad medium. In a closely watched quarterly report titled  Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, the big media agency ZenithOptimedia has just reported that online video grew last year at a blistering rate of 34% to $10.9 billion globally – and it is on track to double by the […]

The organizers of Cannes Lions have announced a completely new program at Cannes Lions titled the “Innovation Festival.”  It will be a two-day program, June 25th & 26th held at the Grand Palais. The program will recognize the impact of data on the creative advertising process.  (It happens concurrently with the overall festival.) A number […]

PHOENIX – The digital adtech  sectors of supply side platforms (SSP’s) and ad servers will be dead in two years as publishers and advertisers will demand an integrated offering, says Mike Shehan, CEO of SpotXchange, in this interview with Beet.TV Shehan’s SpotXchange has been known as video advertising SSP, has made the move to incorporating […]

While publishers and advertisers are essential in agreement over what constitutes a “viewable” digital advertisement, the technology for measuring ‘viewability” is a big problem, with multiple tech vendors coming with vastly different findings, says Randall Rothenberg, CEO of the IAB in this interview with Beet.TV He says that there are disparities of 30-40 percent between […]

Speaking in blunt terms, Bob Liodice, President and CEO of the ANA,  the nation’s trade association for advertisers, says that his group has had enough and wants no part of criminal activity where dollars are being diverted in various ad fraud scenarios.   He says the industry needs to deal with this problem effectively and […]