Global Leadership Summit: Data, Identity & Measurement, a Beet.TV Leadership Series at Cannes Lions 2024 presented by Digital Turbine, IAS, Intent IQ & TransUnion

CANNES – Connected television is a cookieless media environment, making other kinds of audience identifiers an important part of advertising activation and measurement for marketers. Innovations in privacy, security and decentralized technologies are transforming the addressable marketing world for CTV, as our expert panel discusses in this video. Gareth Davies, senior vice president at TransUnion […]

CANNES — At a morning panel during Beet.TV’s Global Leadership Summit: Data, Identity & Measurement, executives discussed the evolution of media measurement. They highlighted a shift from simplistic demographic targeting and click-counting to more sophisticated, outcome-based approaches. Panelists emphasized the importance of leveraging advanced data and technology to focus on actual business outcomes, such as purchases, […]

CANNES – Alphabet’s Google in July said it was ending its plan to get rid of tracking cookies in its popular Chrome web browser, but identity resolution is still a major goal for marketers and media companies. Audience identifiers form a cornerstone for privacy-safe addressability and measurement. Leading marketers and Intent IQ discuss how these […]

CANNES — In a panel at the Global Leadership Summit, industry leaders discussed how AI is reshaping brand safety concerns, particularly around misinformation. While AI-powered tools can rapidly spread false content, they’re also being leveraged to detect and flag problematic material in real-time across social platforms. Lisa Utzschneider highlighted the importance of human oversight in […]

CANNES — Alternative ID solutions can deliver scale, accuracy and privacy compliance. While first-party data remains valuable, agencies are testing third-party identity providers to fill gaps and reach audiences across fragmented environments. The key is finding solutions that work for both advertisers and publishers while enabling performance measurement, as panelists at Beet.TV’s Global Leadership Summit: […]

CANNES — Marketers should focus on identity resolution as a foundational input for effective personalized campaigns, according to TransUnion’s Matt Spiegel. Speaking at an afternoon panel, he emphasized the importance of understanding audiences across fragmented channels to drive growth. While privacy concerns persist, Spiegel believes enhanced identity capabilities can coexist with responsible data practices, enabling […]

CANNES — As the mobile advertising industry grapples with signal loss, the two dominant ecosystems are taking markedly different approaches, says Jon Hudson, SVP of Global Sales at Digital Turbine, in this video interview with Beet.TV. While Apple’s iOS operates as a closed system, Google’s Android is more open and flexible for partners. This has led […]

CANNES — In a world where AI will generate a huge quantity of suspect and synthetic information, the risk to advertisers of a faulty adjacency would seem to grow. But some vendors are using AI to fight AI, and nowhere more so than in brand safety. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Craig Ziegler, SVP […]

CANNES — Solving the identity puzzle for digital advertising comes down to unraveling human behavior at multiple levels – households, people, devices, and profiles. But untangling those threads is a complex challenge that requires sophisticated technology and algorithms In this video interview with Beet.TV, says Dror Ben Yishai, CTO of Intent IQ explains his approach. […]

CANNES — AI-powered brand safety tools are evolving to help marketers navigate the complex landscape of digital content adjacency. Panelists highlighted the need to balance performance, scale and brand protection while accommodating different risk appetites. As platforms rapidly innovate, brands must stay informed about new features and capabilities to ensure strategies remain suitable. Overall, the industry […]

The shift of addressable data to the cloud is creating a new environment for connected TV and streaming data to come together with brands’ and agencies’ audience data, says Gareth Davies of TransUnion. This cloud-based approach can facilitate better overlap forecasting, audience segmentation, targeting and measurement, he explains in this video interview with Beet.TV. “What’s […]

CANNES — Connected TV (CTV) is where advertisers need to be to reach addressable audiences in the modern media landscape. But the channel is not without its challenges. Little by little, in the last couple of years, more advertisers, who were previously aware of concerns around online video advertising, have switched on to challenges with CTV. […]

CANNES — The mobile app industry has come a long way since the early days of the iPhone, but there’s still a significant gap between the time spent on mobile and the investment in mobile advertising. Despite the fact that 80% of mobile device time is spent in apps, the advertising dollars have not followed […]

The advertising world is in a state of flux as the deprecation of third-party cookies progresses, leaving advertisers and publishers alike grappling with how to maximize reach, performance and monetization. With some audiences still reachable by cookies and others not, the industry is seeking solutions that can bridge the gap. Alternative identifiers that can connect […]

CANNES — Advertising creativity is celebrated each year at the Cannes Lions festival. But ironically, when those same ads play out in digital media, they are often relegated to feeds, screen corners or other sub-optimal placements. “Ultimately, we don’t allow that creativity to shine on the digital platforms,” complains Mark Slade, VP of Brand at […]

CANNES — In a media and marketing landscape more fragmented than ever, the concept of identity resolution is fundamental to being a bold marketer. So says Matt Spiegel, EVP of TransUnion’s TruAudience Growth Strategy, who believes marketers must stitch together a full picture of people and households in order to drive growth. “Every marketer is […]