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MIAMI – Many households have shifted their television viewing to streaming video, leading advertisers to set aside a bigger portion of their media budgets to connected television. Determining whether their ads are being seen is a key need for marketers of consumer packaged goods. “Content is definitely king again,” Vinny Rinaldi, head of media and […]

LAS VEGAS — One of the world’s largest chocolate manufacturers likes the taste of a new tech category designed to enable data collaboration while maintaining privacy compliance – but The Hershey Company is also warning of a looming after-taste. “Clean room” software is gaining adoption in media and advertising for allowing partners to work with […]

LAS VEGAS – Determining the value of an advertising impression on television has become more complex as consumers divide their time among a wider range of viewing devices. This diversification is leading media buyers and sellers to adopt more measurement methods in their negotiations. “There will no longer be a single currency in our marketplace. […]

The media marketplace has grown more fragmented with the proliferation of streaming platforms, but marketers need to focus on the idea that they’re still working to reach the households. “The overall nature of streaming television has accelerated faster than we all expected,” Vinny Rinaldi, head of investment and activation at GroupM’s Wavemaker, said in this […]

In a challenging business environment and with traditional TV viewing waning, a growing number of brands and their ad agencies are leaning into connected TV. There, they can employ data-driven buying, targeting and measurement. But what’s the right balance of digital and linear, and how can buyers wring the best effect from the new channel? […]

Whether viewers watch traditional linear TV or have shifted to streaming services, they’re still spending a significant amount of time with the biggest screen in their households. The change in consumption habits has spurred a need for measurement methods to capture demographic-based or audience-based buying. “The screen itself hasn’t lost consumption. The TV screen has […]

A healthy advertising ecosystem includes advancements in cross-screen measurement that help marketers to improve the efficiency of their media buying. Several industry executives discussed the status of measurement in a fragmented marketplace when they gathered on June 23 for the Global Forum on Responsible Media,  This video is a summary of interviews with executive who spoke […]

Traditional TV viewing may be waning – but TV’s new tricks mean the medium remains an important part of a leading agency’s media planning. That is the view of an experienced advertising exec who has skated on both sides of the ice. In this video interview by Beet.TV guest host Tim Spengler of Amobee, Vinny […]

The future of TV looks a little different than it did five years ago. And, at this pace of change, it even looks different than it did five months ago. Today, subscription video has boomed, but the following wave of advertiser-supported VOD services is also emerging in its wake. Preparing for an internet TV world […]

Advanced TV advertising techniques promise brands the ability to precision-target consumers by the household and to more smartly cap the number of times they do so. But how quickly are brands embracing the opportunity? In this Samsung Ads panel at Advertising Week, two major brands were asked how fast they are welcoming in addressable TV. […]