$10 Million Tru Optik Funding Round Includes Partnership With TransUnion

Just shy of its sixth anniversary, Tru Optik has reached “an inflection point for us” with a $10 million venture round whose participants include TransUnion, with which Tru Optik will partner on data and privacy, says CEO Andre Swanston. The funding round for the provider of over-the-top targeting, measurement and privacy management was led by […]

 
 

Tru Optik Adds Kosinski And Bokor, Integrates With Oracle Data Cloud

As Tru Optik enhances its OTT Household Graph with audience data from the Oracle Data Cloud, it’s expanded its management ranks with the additions of Richard Kosinski as EVP of Sales and Jonathan Bokor in the role of Chief Privacy and Business Affairs Officer. Kosinksi’s digital background spans such media companies as Forbes, Yahoo!, Westwood […]

 
 

Social Sharing Drives Video Ad Returns: Unruly’s Kosinski

Making your video ad shareable doesn’t just mean a wider audience – it increases its chances of stimulating real marketing outcomes, says Richard Kosinski, president of video measurement agency Unruly Media. That company produces the Viral Video Chart and tracks how videos are watched and shared on the web for brands. Kosinski says he can predict, using science, how successful […]

 
 

Facebook And Emotional Video Will Boom: Unruly’s Kosinski

FORT LAUDERDALE — What works in online video advertising, and where is it going to work best? Emotional content, and on Facebook, according to one company which measures the virality of digital video spots. “This year, we think Facebook is going to be the big winner – Facebook is going to just explode in terms of […]

 
 

Facebook to Surpass YouTube in Video Consumption: Unruly President Predicts

LAS VEGAS – “Social video” – videos which viewers opt in or opt out of watching – is expanding rapidly, says Richard Kosinski, president of Unruly. The company, which helps brands get their assets watched, tracked and shared across the internet, focuses especially on this category of video. Kosinski says he predicts that 2015 will be the […]

 
 

Unruly’s Kosinski: Superbowl’s Best Ads Touched Down Weeks Before Kick-Off

Historically, the Superbowl has been the big TV event on which advertisers will spend big to reach big audiences on one hit. But, in the social video age, what does the Superbowl opportunity look like? “Back in the day, everyone waited to see that ad,” says Unruly Media‘s US president Richard Kosinski. “We’ve actually found that 60% […]