Robert Williams

LAS VEGAS – Determining the value of an advertising impression on television has become more complex as consumers divide their time among a wider range of viewing devices. This diversification is leading media buyers and sellers to adopt more measurement methods in their negotiations. “There will no longer be a single currency in our marketplace. […]

LAS VEGAS – Setting the value of advertising transactions in what’s mostly known as a currency has been a key topic as marketers aim to compare different media outlets such as traditional linear television with on-demand video streams. But measurement has many other roles in helping media buyers and sellers to understand the marketplace. “There’s […]

LAS VEGAS – Marketers what to know not only that target audiences saw their advertisements, but also that their campaigns led to an action such as a store visit, app download or final purchase. Obtaining those metrics has become complicated as the media environment becomes more fragmented into different silos or “walled gardens.” “We still […]

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) today released the full agenda for its upcoming Annual Leadership Meeting, a major event that helps to set the tone for the media, marketing and ad-tech industries throughout the year. This month’s gathering in Marco Island, Florida, Jan. 22-24, will include a significant presence of executives from major brands such […]

LAS VEGAS – Economic disruptions can be painful, but they also can drive greater innovation. As the world’s commercial activity slows, marketers and advertising agencies will be making tough decisions about the business partners they want in the next recovery. “It’s gonna be a year of reckoning for sure. There’s an overabundance of companies right […]

LAS VEGAS – Consumers are spending more time with streaming video than with traditional linear television and marketers want to reach them as platforms such as Netflix and Disney+ expand their advertising inventories. “It’s pretty obvious that eyeballs are shifting and the reason that dollars are not yet following suit as we get from a […]

National television programmers Fox, NBCUniversal, Paramount, TelevisaUnivision and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up with trade group VAB and the OpenAP data collective to set standards, cooperate on collecting streaming data and certify providers of streaming audience measurement, according to an announcement. “This year in particular, there are more conversations around transacting on new currencies […]

LAS VEGAS – Omnicom Media Group, the media planning and buying unit of Omnicom Group Inc., and Albertsons Media Collective, the retail media arm for grocery chain Albertsons Cos., announced a collaboration aimed at helping brands to target audiences and measure performance on connected television. Omnicom Media will be able to combine audience data from […]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – The past three years were characterized by massive disruption in the television industry as the coronavirus pandemic sped up longer-term trends such as the growth in streaming media. Viewers who were stuck at home during lockdowns signed up for video services to keep themselves entertained — a need that was especially […]

LAS VEGAS – Uber Technologies Inc. this month will expand its burgeoning advertising platform with the rollout of mobile tablets in ride-share vehicles that show videos to passengers. The company is introducing the service in Los Angeles and San Francisco, with plans to expand worldwide. “We cannot only show you a short-form video clip, a […]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Connected television advertising doesn’t use tracking cookies to help marketers retarget consumers as they switch among apps to watch streamed programming. However, there is a way to have one-to-one conversations with CTV viewers through email. “With identity and with ID graphs and those things coming along, we are able to connect […]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – The growth in video streaming is pushing media companies to not only establish one-to-one relationships with consumers, but also how to parlay their growing troves of consumer data into revenue streams. Data collaboration is becoming more important even as newer privacy regulations give consumer greater control over how their data are […]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Marketers are placing greater emphasis on attributing how their television advertising leads to an outcome, which other kinds of media such as internet search and social networks do. As consumers divide their attention among a variety of viewing devices and media outlets, marketers are seeking more insights on people’s awareness of […]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Major media companies are working to offer marketers a way to simplify how they buy advertising among various distribution channels, especially as viewers migrate from traditional linear television to streaming platforms. “They’re able to now bundle their premium assets — whether that’s news, could be sports, could be entertainment — into […]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – First-party data that consumers provide directly to marketers have become more valuable as privacy regulations and other legal liabilities limit how companies can share data. Amid these constraints, Blockgraph is working to help advertisers harness their first-party data for advanced advertising. “The basis of Blockgraph is around the ability for companies […]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Smartphones give off a continual flood of information about their users, many of whom spend the entire day within a hand’s reach of mobile handset. Data about app usage and website visits can be compiled by cellular companies such as T-Mobile. The information is a potentially rich source of consumer insights […]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Marketers have the technology to help them automate what kinds of connected television programming will provide a brand-safe context for advertising. What’s known as a content-object signal is part of the technical standard for real-time bidding, and needs greater adoption to be useful in the programmatic CTV marketplace. “Content-object signals are […]

The onset of the pandemic had a profound effect on people’s behavior with restrictions on travel and public gatherings. It also sped up the growth of streaming services as people looked for ways to entertain themselves at home instead of going to the movies, restaurants, gyms, stores another venues. As people get back to traveling, […]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Many brands have become more conscientious about how their advertising corresponds with America’s changing demographic makeup. They also are becoming more aware of how media content adheres to these trends in providing context for their commercial messaging. Audience measurement company Nielsen is developing ways to make such information useful to marketers […]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – The growing patchwork of privacy regulations in the United States and across the world is challenging advertisers to find ways to harness their data assets while also complying with the law. Data clean rooms provide a way for marketers and media companies to match their consumer data without commingling the information. […]