Robert Andrews

The heady days of programmatic explosion may have cooled off a little, but that doesn’t mean ad-tech M&A is over by a long way. Noah Porter would welcome it – though the media agency executive would also do so cautiously. “There are lots of players in this space and it can be very complex to […]

Local TV could be surprisingly effective for marketers – if only they had an effective way to buy the right commercial spots quickly, easily and with control. That is the view of a company that has long offered the infrastructure for local TV networks’ ad management around the US. But now WideOrbit wants to service […]

What started as a way for publishers to sell their video ad space more easily quickly became a series of disconnected islands. “Header bidding” technology sought to solve  all that – eliminating the “waterfall” through which publishers would entertain ad bids from different demand platforms sequentially, thus allowing them to entertain maximum prices in a […]

In the complex and fragmented US TV ecosystem, the roll-out of “addressable” TV advertising capabilities outside of an OTT environment is somewhat limited. TV networks give cable and satellite platforms the ability to sell just two minutes per hour of advertising in their live feeds of network programming. What is it going to take for […]

Can you combine the open programmatic landscape with the most premium ad inventory around? When it first reared its head, the automated ad trading model was more commonly thought of as a way to sell unsold inventory. Now that has changed, with new technologies offering ad buyers the ability to sell automatically from a smaller […]

Advanced TV targeting and transacting capabilities promise to bring together TV and digital video marketing strategies in a single whole – but that may require ad agencies’ own teams getting on the same page first. GroupM’s North America CEO Tim Castree used Beet Retreat to call for the industry to develop common standards for measuring […]

IPG Mediabrands’ media arm has been through the rise of programmatic ad exchanges and the emergence of private marketplaces which give enhanced control. Now it wants to bypass some ad exchanges and deal directly with publishers. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Vin Paolozzi, Magna Global EVP innovation, explains that the unit needs to reduce […]

Ongoing data mismatches and the wish of some tech vendors to own the ecosystem mean the true opportunities for selling TV ads using advanced digital techniques have “plateaued”. That is according to the North America boss of the world’s largest media-buying agency, GroupM. Tim Castree, GroupM North America CEO, in this video with Beet.TV, says […]

As TV advertisers start demanding to buy ads from which they can expect real business outcomes like sales, how can vendors in the chain best deliver? Attribution technology is rising in prominence, as programmers seek ways to show agencies the effectiveness of new-wave, data-fuelled advanced TV ads. But an executive at the center of the […]

What is the future of TV advertising? Offering more platforms, serving more points in the marketing funnel and using more in-house customer and measurement data. That is the takeaway from a leading soothsayer at one of the US’ leading broadcast companies. In the last couple of years, Comcast has built a significant technology portfolio and […]

Its software was already embedded on nearly 200 million TV-viewing devices, helping advertisers and broadcasters know what viewers are watching. Now Samba TV is acquiring more technology to boost the viewing insights. The San Francisco-based firm is using part of its earlier Series B fundraising to acquire Axwave, whose automated content recognition (ACR) uses microphone-based […]

As TV gets lit up with advanced new advertising targeting capabilities, offers new controls for reach and frequency, buyers necessarily start wondering whether the expanding range of options can be unified. That doesn’t look like happening any time soon, says one man leading advanced TV for the world’s biggest ad-buying agency – but it also […]

Digital-native brands are embracing buying ads on good ‘ol television, thanks to an upgraded range of targeting capabilities. But they should nevertheless be realistic about the kinds of super-powers they can find on the screen, says an executive whose company manages the movement of TV ad inventory across the country. “We’re seeing the shift from […]

Nevermind the naysayers – addressable TV device capability is here, it’s real and it is rolled out at scale. Now vendors just want more TV shows to open up to run advanced ads. That is according to an executive who thinks critics of the emerging opportunity are wrong. Addressable TV, which gives brands the ability […]

Over the last year, TV networks have been bending over themselves to provide the capabilities demanded by the fastest-growing segment of new advertisers – smaller, “direct-to-consumer” brands. But it turns out those same capabilities may also trickle up to the big brands that were more commonly thought of as TV advertisers. That is according to […]

You don’t need to tell Beet.TV how problematic it can be when advertisers, seeking “brand safety”, use keyword-based blacklists to ensure they don’t get placed against certain news stories or even whole sites. This March, we ran a whole series – Why News in Today’s Marketplace – on how news publishers were arguing for their […]

The old dog is getting taught a lot of new tricks – but each of them is different. The world of enhanced TV capabilities needs better understanding. That is according to one TV ad executive whose company has been a pioneer in the emerging space. In this video interview with Beet.TV, DISH Media’s partnerships GM […]

US TV ad spending is forecast by eMarketer to decline by 2.2% through 2019, thanks partly to a lack of big advertising events. Next year’s presidential election will move the needle back up, but most people agree that TV ad spending is plateauing somewhat. What can restore positive momentum? Showing advertisers how TV advertising really […]

In an age of content abundance, gaining cut-through seems harder than ever. So, how should media and entertainment companies best use advertising to drive attention for their new releases? Over a sustained period, across platforms and using a targeted approach, according to James Rothwell, Comcast VP, Global Agency, Brand & Industry Relations for Comcast Spotlight, which […]

Across the industry, TV companies are moving to respond to advertisers’ growing demand to change the way they buy. Increasingly, ad buyers want to be guaranteed outcomes based on their actual campaign outcomes. But, with different advertisers each having unique different outcomes and measurement metrics for them, how can a TV platform manage the proliferating […]