Future of TV Ads Forum London ’15, presented by Xaxis

LONDON — New Jersey-based addressable TV tech outfit Invidi is set to cross the pond next year, when it powers its first European client business. Speaking with Beet.TV in this video interview, CEO David Downey reveals the company’s technology will underpin a launch by Liberty Global’s Belgian broadcaster Telenet and channel owner SBS Broadcasting. The European addressable opportunity […]

Over the last couple of years, the ad industry has put itself through the wringer, when it comes to the combined threats of fraud, viewability and, now, ad blocking. One of those, viewability, is improving somewhat, as publishers pare back and focus on quality, says a top programmatic ad exec. “Publishers are being more responsible […]

So-called “addressable TV” promises to bring more-precisely-targeted advertisements to TV viewers via connected boxes and TV sets. And that is going to mean greater efficiencies, according to one ad tech exec. “Addressable TV is here,” says Rentrak CEO Bill Livek. “You have two national platforms at scale, with DISH and DirectTV. Then you have the […]

All the talk in TV ad land is about the prospects for super-targeting viewers of connected TVs with hyper-individualized ad messages. One school of thought says that kind of dynamic personalization is “science-fiction“. And a leading addressable TV advertising exec is similarly bearish. “I don’t think true personalization, where you call somebody out by name and […]

The prospect that, in a connected era, TV ads could be assembled from multiple component parts to make up a 30-second spot that is custom-built for a particular individual viewer is getting some marketers is excited. But how viable is this idea, really? Nielsen’s precision and planning SVP Eric Solomon reckons: “Dynamic creative, at an individual […]

Despite the emergence of ads networks and individual targeting that allows advertisers to reach consumers on whatever site they may be, many ad tech execs say context – the art of simply placing an ad in a related publication or TV show – will continue to prove valuable. But can context actually work against effective ad targeting? […]

The coming age in which TV adverts can be distributed to different individual viewers based on specific targeting criteria could, in theory, mean an end to the practice of buying ads against particular shows known to pull broad audience demographics. But one ad tech exec doesn’t expect a wholesale shift. “I think there’s a place for both and […]

The emerging prospect of targeting individual TV viewers with ads, no matter what show or channel they’re watching, may be real – but that doesn’t mean the industry should throw out the old practice of buying ads in shows considered to have demographic matches. That’s according to AT&T AdWorks ad sales VP Jason Brown, who tells […]

The concept of dynamic ad insertion – through which, consumers would get served a brand ad with different content, depending on their targeting profile – has been talked about for a couple of years now. The exciting reality may be around the corner, if the industry can persuade brands it is a safe one, says […]

Now that online video ad targeting technology can reach advertisers’ ideal audiences wherever they are watching, what is the use for the old model, in which buyers place their bets on shows with audiences they believed to be matched? The new doesn’t have to trump the old, says video ad tech platform Videology’s CEO Scott Ferber. […]

Super-targeted TV advertising is just around the corner, but don’t expect the content of those ads to be served dynamically just yet. That’s according to DISH media sales and analytics VP Adam Gaynor. In this video interview with Beet.TV, he says: “Advertisers no longer need to use content as the proxy to get to those viewers. We […]

Does the coming age of one-to-one, super-personalized TV ads make the traditional process of buying ads against shows of a particular type dead in the water? Not at all, says FreeWheel agency and brand relations VP James Rothwell, whose company helps place video ads. “Context still matters,” Rothwell tells Beet.TV. “Appointment, live viewing is very important. The first […]

Advertisers are getting excited by the possibilities for super-targeted TV marketing promised by new ad tech platforms. In fact, to many, it looks like the days of traditional TV ads, which are bought against the context of demographic audience profiles, are numbered. But things are set for a correction, says one ad exec. “When you look […]