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In many ways, who ever ends up controlling the operating system for connected TV would seem to have a shot at all the TV ad spoils, or at least serve as a gatekeeper for TV ad budgets. But Tony Marlow, CMO of LG Ads, sees things a bit differently. Owning the OS may be closer […]

CANNES, France — Nielsen global product leadership president Steve Hasker has put up a spirited defense of his media audience research provider and one of its core measurement tools. “A lot of people will talk about the GRP (Gross Rating Point) being dead,” he tells  moderator Terence Kawaja at this Beet.TV leadership summit. “We have never argued […]

LONDON — One medium has long relied on imprecise, demographic viewer measuring; the other boasts super-detailed data-driven insight. But TV and internet channels are learning to hybridize the ways they quantify advertising audiences, one exec says. Nielsen media client consulting VP Andrew Bradford tells Beet.TV how TV joint industry committees in Germany and the UK […]

LONDON — When it comes to content, digital media used to be seen as the poor relation to television. But, when it comes to measuring content, it’s TV that’s now imitating the web, says a Nielsen executive. “One of the most int trends we’re seeing at the moment in Europe is the extent to which […]

COLOGNE — One segment of company amongst the burgeoning video ad tech vendor space helps advertisers work out whether their ads on increasingly busy websites are actually ever viewed by distracted users. So how do these outfits report back? Laurent Nicolas, president of French viewability measurer Alenty, says he sees two emerging methods. “One levels needs […]