Robert Andrews

TORONTO — It’s now six months since Canadian TV and telco operator Rogers unveiled its shot toward the programmatic TV world, in the form of a data-enabled TV-buying product. Tn this video interview with Beet.TV, Rogers programmatic trading and data ad solutions head Rose Hutchison explains how Rogers Enabled Data (RED), launched in April, works – […]

SANTA BARBARA — It takes a pretty seismic change for a company to sell its core, to focus only on a part that it later acquired. But that’s what ad-tech Acxiom – a data warehouse firm that sells consumer profiles to the world’s largest companies, available to advertisers and ad-tech platforms for advanced customer targeting – […]

TORONTO — It may be the most trackable medium out there, but how effective is digital ad advertising really? If you peek under the hood, maybe not as effective as many advertisers believe, says one executive who runs effectiveness for a global marketing consultancy. “In this video interview with Beet.TV, Ebiquity head of international effectiveness Mike […]

TORONTO — If you thought that the rise of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu et al was all driven by younger, cord-cutting consumers, think again. SVODs are now saturated. And that means they are having to fight for new pockets of unconverted subscribers – older, much younger and everywhere in between. In this video interview […]

COLOGNE — In a post-cookie, multi-device world, marketers who want to reach the right consumer are going to need to do so on which ever screen they may be using. Against new regulatory limits, that brings untold complexity. So, could artificial intelligence help move marketing forward? Ad-tech firm MediaMath thinks so. That is why, a […]

COLOGNE — It used to be a country where internet users did not want to pay for things found online. But, by 2022, Russian consumers’ ecommerce spending is set to reach the equivalent of $403.91 a year. One company in prime position to benefit is OZON.ru, the 2o-year-old online retailer that has partnered with ad […]

SANTA BARBARA, CA — From super personalization to in-ad ecommerce opportunities, connected and interactive TV platforms offer so many possibilities to target, reach and engage specific viewers in new ways. But building ads like this has traditionally been hard. With so many fragments to assemble and new skills to learn, it’s no wonder that so […]

COLOGNE — Way back when everyone was busy turning panic about smartphones distracting TV viewers in to a “second screen” opportunity, I revealed a new app that got me excited. “I have seen the future of TV and it is called ‘Zeebox’,” I wrote, breaking news of the new mobile app which helped TV viewers […]

COLOGNE — When the Media Ratings Council decreed a viewability standard for video advertising, many in the industry were thankful that the industry was coming to some sort of consensus Roll forward, however, and it seems people are looking for more. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Integral Ad Science CEO Scott Knoll  says brands are pushing […]

COLOGNE — While everyone has spent the last year asking “Is Facebook a media company?”, there is one of the big-four tech firms about which you could probably quickly answer that question. Amazon certainly isn’t just a book store anymore. These days, it has a large offering of ad products to help buyers advertise both […]

COLOGNE — How does LiveRamp – a company which combines consumers’ online and offline personal data with browsing behavior – view the current landscape? In this video interview with Beet.TV, LiveRamp GM Jeff Smith notes a change in brands’ own sentiment. “I used to walk in and try to convince marketers and agencies of the […]

COLOGNE — The acquisition of Videology by Amobee will lead to new opportunities in the use of data-driven advertising, says one of the executives who transferred in the deal. Videology filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May, and was bought by Amobee in July for approximately $100 million. So what is the next chapter for […]

COLOGNE — The new capabilities of the emerging world of addressable TV and digital video delivery are not just an opportunity for the big guns. Smaller programmers, too, are rising up and getting a piece of the action. But are they getting a piece of the revenue pie? That’s where FreeWheel international GM Thomas Bremond […]

COLOGNE — SpotX has come a long way since its launch more than a decade ago. Just ask Mike Shehan. He co-founded the company as a self-serve off-shoot of another company he was at. Acquired by European broadcast group RTL in full last year, now Shehan is speaking from a vantage point at which he […]

COLOGNE — It is the world’s largest independent advertising exchange, but a relatie newcomer to the video world. Now OpenX is seeing big growth in moving images. “We started really about a year and a half ago,” says OpenX CEO Tim Cadogan in this video interview with Beet.TV. “We went out to probably 10% of revenue. […]

Don’t call it a comeback but, after coming through a period in which a slowdown was capped by new regulation, MarTech consolidation may be back in-play. So says Terry Kawaja, the M&A advisor who has had a hand in many of the biggest media and advertising tech deals of the last decade. Despite fears that […]

COLOGNE — Ever since Apple opened up the App Store, it is clear mobile phone consumption has all been about apps. Could the rise of new mobile web technologies put the web back at the heart of consumers’ digital behavior that is now all about mobile? Criteo’s Alexander Gösswein thinks what will be will be – […]

COLOGNE — Transparency and fraud issues allowed by ad-tech platforms are now clearing up, but there is still a way to go That is the assessment of the woman tasked with ensuring brand safety throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa for the world’s largest media investment group. In this video interview with Beet.TV, GroupM EMEA […]

COLOGNE — It is one of the oldest mobile ad networks around, so what is InMobi doing planning a move in to television? In this video interview with Beet.TV, InMobi marketplace VP and GM Scott Silverman says the company will soon be helping advertisers bridge mobile and connected TV campaigns. “We’ll work with app developers […]

COLOGNE — Music is inherently personal. And, when Daniel Ek co-founded Spotify a decade ago, it didn’t take long for the company to embed that fact in the software. Soon, playlists became the order of the day. But that is not the only way music personalization can manifest. And listeners themselves may not be the […]