Sean Cunningham

SANTA BARBARA — Around the new TV industry, sentiment is growing that there are too many ads on screen. As the average total duration of ads on US TV has climbed to 22 minutes per hour, subscription, ad-free video services have risen in popularity. That is prompting a recalibration, with many networks committing to air […]

Household-addressable television advertising spending will rise from $2.1 billion in 2019 to more than $3.3 billion by the end of 2020, according to a new guide for marketers released today by the Video Advertising Bureau. That represents a 343% spending increase from 2016, according to the VAB. “I’d say it’s mature. It’s arrived. We did […]

If you take digital-native brands like Airbnb, Uber and Wayfair, it is a given that each of them has pretty significant digital marketing budget. But, when each needs a further lift, they turn to television. That is according to an analysis of a group of 80 “digital disruptors” by the Video Advertising Bureau, an industry […]

What do “digital pure-play” disruptors turn to when they need to ramp up customer and revenue scale? Television advertising, according to the Video Advertising Bureau. When studying big-spending, Silicon Valley brands the organization found some striking similarities, according to VAB CEO & President Sean Cunningham. “We found it interesting that the biggest bet that the […]

We are in a world with more options for consuming video than ever before, from Hollywood-sized productions to shoestring YouTube uploads. But, if you are an advertiser, nothing beats the power wielded by premium video, according to one man representing the interests of big TV companies. “There are platforms and all sorts of conduits that […]