Political campaigns are turning to addressable TV advertising to complement their traditional linear and digital ad buys, allowing them to target specific households with tailored messages. "Addressable gives them the opportunity to match that test different creatives with predictable household data or their own data to really make sure their message is landing in the way they want it to," says [...]

CANNES — Panelists at the Global Leadership Summit: Streaming TV & Digital Video discussed how aligning ad emotions with content sentiment can significantly improve CTV advertising effectiveness. Research suggests matching ad emotions to programming context can yield 2-3x performance lifts. While some industry resistance exists, data-driven results are convincing brands to consider emotions-based targeting. Panelists stressed the importance of focusing on consumer [...]

After making a splash with its retail media network, Albertsons Media Collective has set its sights on applying the principles to TV. As it does, the company is aiming to upgrade processes and bring standardization. "We've invested in quite a lot into our systems and structures to ensure that our first party data is really optimized in a way that makes it [...]

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 exciting there is it's creating a new [...]

CANNES — In a world where cookies are crumbling, IP addresses are being suppressed, and mobile identifiers are being blocked, first-party data has emerged as the new currency for creating personalized experiences. It's an avenue for collaboration among partners to surprise and delight users and customers, according to Mike Petrella, MD of Strategic Partnerships at Kinective Media by United Airlines. In this [...]

CANNES — In an afternoon panel, industry leaders discuss how retail media drive results for consumer packaged goods brands. Retail media helps shoppers discover, engage with, experience and purchase brands. This landscape creates a new canvas for building brands, meeting consumers where they are with highly relevant experiences that establish brand value and deliver sales growth. Brand Fuel: Building CPG Brands [...]

CANNES – Retailers that sell advertising typically have deep troves of consumer data to help brands make better decisions about whom to target in campaigns. Their retail media networks can deliver improved results when combined with social media, such as the photo-messaging app Snapchat. “Pretty much every retail media network, every manufacturer that we deal with, they are exceptionally ROI-driven,” John [...]

CANNES — For retail media networks looking to leverage data collaboration for commerce, the world looks full of opportunity - and increasing complexity. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Frederick Stanichev, VP Sales at LiveInsights, LiveRamp, says companies are looking to move forward. "One best practice, one thing that we see now emerging more and more is about simplification," he says. "So basically [...]

Consumers are gaining more control over how their personal information are shared with brands, pushing marketers get the most out of contextual advertising – or placing ads next to content that’s most likely to engage a target audience. Advances in artificial intelligence are helping to strengthen contextual signals amid this shift. “The evolution of how we go about buying contextually has [...]

CANNES — Brands must build creative for TikTok itself in order to drive attention and outcomes on the platform, says TikTok's head of global marketing science. "Build for the platform," says Jorge Ruiz, Global Head of Marketing Science at TikTok, in this video interview with Beet.TV. "If you do a TV spot, it's going to work on a TV campaign. You do [...]

CANNES — In a morning panel at the Global Leadership Summit: Retail & Commerce Media, Brian Gleason from ad-tech pioneer Criteo discusses how commerce media is changing the way marketers reach and influence consumers through relevant and personalized ads. Commerce media is uniquely positioned to address the "Browse to Buy" and "From Couch to Cart" mindset among consumers who expect [...]

CANNES — Consumers' behavior is changing dramatically - and that is prompting advertisers to re-think how they measure effectiveness. On TikTok, the vast majority of users are taking some kind of action after being entertained or educated on the platform, said Adolfo Fernández, Global Product Strategy & Operations, in this video interview with Beet.TV. "Ninety-one percent of users take any form of [...]

CANNES — Could artificial intelligence help TV ads resonate better with surrounding content, thereby improving their performance? That is the premise behind a new contextual ad product from streaming platform Wurl. In this video interview with Beet.TV, VP of advertising engineering Mikey Garcia says the company is using AI to understand and match emotions between ad creative and programming. Wurl Goes FAST Garcia explains [...]

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. Ad duplication is a major frustration for [...]

The retail media landscape is evolving rapidly, with retailers organizing their data and the rise of programmatic and automation in linear TV. This convergence is creating exciting opportunities for brands to leverage the power of video advertising, says Karen Babcock, VP of Advertising Strategy & Partnerships at Comcast Advertising, in this video interview with Beet.TV. Babcock believes that the industry is now [...]

Mike Shehan, an early innovator in advanced TV monetization, has joined Telly as Chief Revenue Officer, the company announced today. Shehan is a co-founder of SpotX which was acquired by Magnite in 2021. He is an investor in Telly. “I am thrilled to welcome a uniquely successful entrepreneur, builder and disrupter like Mike Shehan to the Telly team,” said Telly CEO and Founder [...]

CANNES — The transformative power of AI is accelerating advertising optimization at a rapid pace, reducing the time it takes to understand campaign performance from a month to just 72 hours. "One of the most incredible transformations that I've seen is the acceleration of the output," says Kyle Waxman, EVP of North America at Silverpush, in this video interview with Beet.TV. "Not even [...]

CANNES — Retail media networks are evolving rapidly, with over 200 now in operation. At a morning panel during Beet.TV’s Global Leadership Summit, executives emphasized the importance of data transparency, self-serve capabilities, and standardization in driving RMN growth. While access to first-party consumer data is valuable, panelists agreed that providing advertisers with transparent insights into audience composition and campaign performance is [...]

CANNES — At a morning panel during the Global Leadership Summit, retail media experts discussed the challenges and opportunities in the burgeoning sector. With over 200 retail media networks now operating, panelists emphasized the need for differentiation through unique customer relationships, data capabilities, and value propositions. They highlighted the importance of maintaining consumer trust while leveraging purchase data to deliver [...]

CANNES – Going on a trip typically immerses consumers in multiple steps of planning, researching, budgeting, booking and finally setting off. Each stage of this consumer journey is an opportunity for brands to create a shoppable moment for a highly engaged audience. “We look at the travel journey as really fluid across all of the different things that you can do, [...]