Cara Lewis

When it comes to breast cancer, many people believe it’s primarily hereditary. However, as Cara Lewis, a 19-year breast cancer survivor, points out, a large percentage of women diagnosed each year – somewhere around 40-50% – have no family history of the disease. Lewis, who is Chief Investment & activation Officer, dentsu international, and was […]

AMENIA, NY — The biggest battleground in TV today is sports rights – and those rights are becoming ever more fragmented amongst a growing number of players. But, while that is introducing complexity, it is also opening up new opportunities for engaging audiences in different ways. Cara Lewis, Chief Investment & Activation Officer of Dentsu International, […]

SALISBURY, CT – Dentsu International has embarked on a five-year journey to lead the charge in the attention economy. Now that journey is pointing it toward audio. Previously, the company’s research into the economics of attention prompted it to introduce a new, attention-based media currency, the effective attention cost per a thousand (EACPM). Now, in […]

Diagnosed with breast cancer at age 29, her perspective on the priorities of work and personal life were profoundly changed. For Cara Lewis, it has made her a “better leader,” making her more empathetic, understanding. We spoke with the dentsu Chief Investment Officer about her journey and her role as an advocate for breast cancer […]

LAS VEGAS – Marketers what to know not only that target audiences saw their advertisements, but also that their campaigns led to an action such as a store visit, app download or final purchase. Obtaining those metrics has become complicated as the media environment becomes more fragmented into different silos or “walled gardens.” “We still […]

As television networks prepare to showcase their programming during the upfront sales season, more advertisers are ready to test alternative ways to measure the value of their media investments. “When we hung up the phone yesterday with a bunch of our clients, we had a handful of them say, ‘I’m ready to test,’” Cara Lewis, […]

Marketers can gain greater insights into television audiences as more households connect their TVs to the internet. They can harness the smart TV data from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to support their efforts to ensure that their campaigns are reaching target consumers. “A lot of people use the data that the OEMs have in their […]

Consumers who connect their TVs directly to the internet are becoming more accessible to marketers through the growing number of ad-based video-on-demand services. AVOD platforms are gaining many viewers that had been lost to the cord-cutting trend, reaching greater scale for major advertisers. Advertisers are “looking for where we can basically scale outside what’s happening […]

Television advertising is undergoing a period of significant upheaval as viewers watch their favorite programming on a broader range of devices, including smartphones and TVs connected directly to the internet. Because video is everywhere, advertisers are looking for a way to tell where and when their ads are reaching viewers most effectively — and that’s […]

At a time when TV networks’ programming plans are on the ropes, is there an opportunity for ad buyers to rebalance the relationship between buy side and sell side? We have already seen the annual upfront TV ad sales season delayed, and a new call for a further delay plus significant reform, as advertisers and […]