CES

Every year I provide Beet.TV audiences with the most relevant takeaways and insights I’ve found at CES for the advertising and media industry. CES 2017 proved to be a year that foreshadows incredible impact on the advertising industry. With the ‘Internet of EVERYthing’ and autonomous devices, shopping behaviors and the consumer touch points brands have today […]

LAS VEGAS — It began as a live radio show, before the digital age forced it in to an on-demand box. But now The Young Turks, a video broadcaster producing progressive politics commentary, is set to make hay from a return to its live roots. Sixteen years ago, co-founder Cenk Uygur launched The Young Turks on […]

LAS VEGAS — The age of addressability is upon us, promising clients laser-targeted audience relevance – but the power will come at a price, and the potential must be carefully executed against imminent new European legislation. That is according to one ad agency boss now helping clients understand and benefit from the changes. “We are definitely entering […]

LAS VEGAS — Artificial intelligence will come to play an increasingly important role in the decisioning and consumption of digital content and advertising, according to one of communications agency OMD‘s big thinkers. In this video interview with Beet.TV, OMD strategy and product development director Jean-Paul Edwards says AI is nothing new – but it is now ready […]

LAS VEGAS — Over the two decades that magazines have been embracing the web, the strategy for many has flip-flopped between two models – showcasing existing magazine titles and a portal roll-up of content from across those titles. Time Inc thinks it has done pretty well at converting its magazines to digital. Now it wants to tap their […]

LAS VEGAS – Until addressable television advertising achieves greater national scale with less system-by-system logistics, what excites Omnicom Media Group’s Chris Geraci is the potential versioning of commercials. It would involve having versions of creative within a national commercial unit to appeal to different households. “We’re just beginning to experiment with one company that’s involved […]

LAS VEGAS – Watson Ads, the cognitive advertising product that’s been available to brands exclusivity within The Weather Company app and on weather.com, will be released for wider use in apps and on websites sites later this quarter. In the meantime, in an interview at CES 2017 with Beet.TV, Weather Company CEO and GM Cameron […]

LAS VEGAS — Auto maker Renault has a plan to move away from traditional, inefficient mass advertising to consumer-targeted ads within two years, including on TV. Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show, Renault marketing communications VP Bastien Schupp told Beet.TV: “Moving from mass marketing to marketing to individuals is one of the key challenges for us in the next two to […]

LAS VEGAS – Turns out you don’t have to be on Wall Street to run a futures market. It’s happening every day in the traditional linear television business, according to Turner’s EVP of Client Strategy & Ad Innovation. “Unlike digital, we’re actually working in a futures market,” says Michael Strober by way of explaining Turner’s audience […]

LAS VEGAS – People who are fixated on the future of television are missing a great opportunity to mine linear TV right now. And best prospecting asset is a marketer’s own first-party data. That’s the worldview of Michael Zimbalist, CMO of marketing technology company Simulmedia, as he takes in the activities at CES 2017. “The […]

LAS VEGAS – Is the advertising industry stuck on so-called intermediate metrics when judging the performance of their video campaigns? Oren Harnevo thinks so. The CEO and Co-Founder of Eyeview believes there’s no substitute for actual outcomes, meaning a person sees a video and then buys something. “A lot of the video campaigns you see […]

LAS VEGAS — Facebook is working with publishers to develop a new style of social video ad format that will look and scale like TV. That’s according to the head of one of the publishers involved in the process, Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget. “Facebook is now designing new units for social video,” Blodget told Beet.TV […]

LAS VEGAS – Creative agencies are managing a transition from a service culture to a knowledge culture. Along the way, the heretofore trusty 30-second television spot has yielded to a continual search for the most appropriate video format and accompanying production budget, according to Troy Ruhanen, the CEO of TBWA. “I think a lot of […]

LAS VEGAS – While running Information Resources Inc. beginning in 1980, Gian Fulgoni had an insider’s view of the consumer research business. With comScore now measuring some 120,000 Internet-connected devices within U.S. households, he sees the future of media research requiring lots of cooperation and less reliance on panels. The company’s technology is now in […]

LAS VEGAS — The idea that advertisers can use TV to deliver personalised messaging, tailored for individual consumers, is no longer just an idea – it is here and now, according to one ad agency boss. “We are in the age of addressability, it’s here,” OMD EMEA chief digital officer Blake Cuthbert tells Beet.TV in this video interview. […]

LAS VEGAS — The future of mobile marketing is not a distant dream – it’s here and now. Whether it is vendors like PlaceIQ or Ubimo, marketers now have ways they can use consumers’ real location data in ad buys. But Foursquare’s founder wants you to know that the pioneering location-sharing app has been offering this capability for […]

LAS VEGAS — Facebook is testing advertising inside its Facebook Live live broadcasting system, and is planning to grow the number of ads served this year. Facebook global technology and telecom strategy director Jane Schachtel revealed the plans to Beet.TV in this video interview recorded at the Consumer Electronics Show. “We’re testing, in Facebook Live, short ad breaks,” […]

LAS VEGAS – An oasis is defined as a fertile spot in a desert where water is found. OMD’s Oasis encampment at CES 2017 provides a similar function, but one based more on providing strategic direction than liquid sustenance. “From year to year, the changes are enormous, overwhelming,” observes Monica Karo, the CEO of OMD […]

LAS VEGAS – At CES, media agencies assume the dual role of soothsayer and gardener. That’s because their clients come to the extravaganza with one main objective. “Show me what the future is going to be,” is how Brian Terkelsen, the Global President of Mediavest | Spark, explains it during a break in the activity. […]

LAS VEGAS —  It is the world’s largest advertising agency holding group. That means WPP operates dozens of owned units, agencies, acquisitions and investments, across the advertising value chain. At time of writing, for example, WPP’s website lists some 400 subsidiaries under its umbrella. CEO Sir Martin Sorrell thinks the situation could stand some tidying up […]