Beet Retreat Santa Monica 2023, presented by Experian, Moloco & OpenX

SANTA MONICA, CA – Advertisers are seeking to reach viewers who have shifted their time spent with media away from live linear television to streaming video on connected devices such as smart TVs. They face hurdles in using the same media-buying tools for television that they use for digital advertising. “As media markets — particularly […]

SANTA MONICA, CA — The question of what constitutes a quality video advertising environment is one that always stirs strong opinions. Together, the FreeWheel Council for Premium Video and the Video Advertising Bureau (VAB) are attempting to clear up the matter. In November 2023, they unveiled a new “checklist” which helps buyers buy premium TV […]

SANTA MONICA, CA – Programmatic advertising has been criticized for not giving marketers enough information about where their advertisements appear. Some of those concerns have been carried over into connected television, where the profusion of CTV apps is reminiscent of the early days of mobile app stores. But there are reasons for optimism about CTV […]

Ecommerce operations are sitting on a huge quantity of first-party data that can be leveraged in retail media network advertising. But they are going to need AI to help them apply that data. That is according to Michelle Weiskittel, Head of Media, Creative & Operations, Albertsons Media Collective. A New Era in Retail Media Albertsons […]

SANTA MONICA, CA – Retailers that sell advertising offer brands another way to reach consumers as they shop online and in stores. These retail media networks not only can help to drive sales, but also to raise awareness for a broader range of products and services. “You’ve also got some of the media networks that […]

SANTA MONICA, CA — Once upon a time, when we talked about video advertising, we talked about a dearth of quality ad inventory supply. Over time, that has emerged to be anything but. Now a glut of supply is a problem facing many. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Jake Richardson, Head of Connected TV, […]

SANTA MONICA, CA — Streaming TV is now well past its first innings, that golden year when it seemed like subscriber growth would never end. In the new era of competition and price inflation, many customers are giving up on SVOD or moving between providers, plunging operators into an age you might call the Churn […]

SANTA MONICA, CA – The U.S. advertising market is showing signs of recovering from a pullback in media spending, but the marketplace is undergoing a secular shift as marketers shift television budgets into streaming. “It’s a very soft marketplace, and there is an influx of inventory in streaming,” Kelly Metz, chief investment officer at Omnicom […]

SANTA MONICA, CA – Privacy laws throughout the world have given consumers more control over how businesses collect and share people’s personally identifiable information. These restrictions have pushed marketers to find other ways to gain insights into people’s media usage, including more information about the content that provides the context for their advertising. “Contextual advertising […]

SANTA MONICA, CA — Retail media continues to be one of the fastest-growing segments of advertising, as more ecommerce operators light up their digital shelves as ad inventory. But retail media can serve more than just retail, according to one agency specialist in the space. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Amie Owen, US Head […]

SANTA MONICA, CA — It is the ride-hailing, food-ordering multi-app. Now it is threading those elements together into an ad experience. In August 2023, Uber announced it hit a $650 million run-rate from Uber Advertising for Q2 2023, with more than 400,000 active advertising merchants. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Ashan Khan, Head of […]

SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumers divide their time among multiple media channels and electronic devices, and marketers want to ensure as much as possible that their advertising is being seen alongside brand-safe content. Food and beverage giant PepsiCo recently issued a global request for proposal to gather more information about the shifting media landscape. “Our […]

SANTA MONICA, CA — In the three years since it was acquired by Fox for $440 million, Tubi has expanded its catalog tenfold. But that’s not the only secret to the TV streamer’s success. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Mark Rotblat, Chief Revenue Officer, Tubi, says the platform is amassing a significant viewership by […]

SANTA MONICA, CA — In a market that seems to have its growth curve all sewn up, what could possibly go wrong? According to Brian Cullinane, Chief Revenue Officer, VideoElephant: “The video landscape is evolving, yet there’s a disconnect.” Cullinane’s insights stem from recent independent market research conducted by VideoElephant, a company that has evolved over […]

SANTA MONICA, CA — Connected TV has the ability to create highly targeted ads for individuals and groups of viewers. But that presents an ad creative production scale challenge. Tony Marlow, CMO, LG Ad Solutions, says generative AI next year will come to the rescue in this video interview with Beet.TV contributor Rob Williams at […]

SANTA MONICA, CA — AI, FAST and UX. Those are three of the acronyms Matt McLeggon thinks are moving the ad industry. But, in this video interview with Beet.TV, McLeggon, SVP, Advanced Solutions, Magnite, warns that, to make the best of the new capabilities, the industry needs an open ecosystem to come together to tackle growing […]

If you want to buy ads on connected TV, do you want to place them in a premium TV show or in a virtual fireplace app? Some think CTV’s inability to distinguish between inventory types on biddable systems is holding back the medium. That is why OpenX, a programmatic advertising technology company, is launching an […]

Data can play a huge role in the emerging new capabilities in connected TV (CTV) advertising. But brands need to roll up their sleeves and engage with the challenges. That is according to Kimberly Gilberti, Chief Product Officer, Experian Marketing Services. Gilberti will appear at the forthcoming Beet Retreat Santa Monica 2023, in a fireside […]

The Beet Retreat Santa Monica this month will bring together leaders from a variety of media, marketing, measurement, data and ad-tech businesses. Geoff Wolinetz, senior vice president of publisher and demand platforms at ad-tech company OpenX, said he’s looking forward to the chance to discuss some key issues such as the need for greater transparency […]

If new retail media upstarts are the Davids in a battle against tech-giant Goliaths, could machine learning be the sling that helps them topple their powerful foes? David Simon, GM, Growth Initiatives, Moloco, thinks so. Moloco is a retail media platform offering a machine learning-powered demand-side platform (DSP) to ecommerce operators, helping them to open […]