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P&G’s D’Angelo On The ‘Scale’ Of Brand Versus Performance Marketing
CANNES—Marketing has always been about performance, says Procter & Gamble’s Global Media Director, Gerry D’Angelo. So conversations should center not on brand marketing versus performance marketing but about “points on the scale.” In this interview with Beet.TV at the recent Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, D’Angelo says he’s had “quite a number of interesting […]
As Roku Pulls Away, Gap Between OTT Viewing & Ads Must Be Closed
CANNES – Over-the-top (OTT) TV viewing is exploding. Now OTT operators need to see their advertising revenue increase at the same pace. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Tariq Mahmoud, Roku head of international sales and strategy, describes a disconnect he expects will be closed in the next few years. ‘There’s this delta right now […]
The Long Slow Road To Scale & Power: Finecast’s Jakob Nielsen On Advanced TV
CANNES – Building the infrastructure required to deliver addressable TV ad campaigns at scale is a “10-year sprint” for the man charged with doing that for the world’s biggest media agency holding group. But Jakob Nielsen is having the time of his life. In 2017, WPP’s GroupM launched Finecast, aiming to “help advertisers address hard-to-reach […]
Data Opens Up Everything In The Creative Process: Publicis Spine’s Donohue
CANNES—Machine learning and artificial intelligence stand to fuel the mass personalization of advertising messaging, but right now that’s “a little bit more of a bridge down the road,” says Publicis Spine CEO Lisa Donohue. In this interview with Beet.TV at the recent Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Donohue explains how data “opens up everything […]
Brands Want A Shorter, Shoppable Funnel: Accenture’s Mendonça
CANNES – If you needed any indication that the big consulting firms were making an entry in the world of advertising services, look back to Accenture’s appointment of Omnicom veteran Nikki Mendonça in October 2017. With the group for 16 years, Mendonça had been president of OMD Worldwide’s EMEA region, responsible for 6,500 marketers running […]
Agencies Need To Change And Experiment Like Marketers: S4’s Sorrell
CANNES—The world’s biggest agencies are “strapped” by their structure and hesitant to experiment, while advertisers are taking back control and experimenting more than ever, according to Sir Martin Sorrell. “It’s not in-housing, it’s part of a much broader trend,” the former CEO of WPP says in this interview with Beet.TV at the Cannes Lions International […]