COLOGNE — Marketing decision are becomingly increasingly technology driven and that creates challenges for companies who have long relied on the role of marketing executives, says Michael Kassan, CEO of the U.S. media advisory firm Medialink, in this interview with Ashley J. Swartz for Beet.TV
We spoke with him last week at the AOL booth at the DMEXCO conference.
The fundamental dichotomy of the COVID-19 pandemic – booming traffic but declining ad revenue – threw publishers into a quandary. But, little by little, organizations seem to be making headway on getting advertisers to reduce one practice – bluntly side-stepping inventory in any news stories about the virus. Over the last couple of months, an […]
If there is one word that has defined how media companies and brands have had to respond to COVID-19 in 2020, it is “agility”. Across the industry, advertisers have had to quickly alter their messaging. But the need for agility also extends to publishers. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Alysia Borsa, chief business and […]
Comscore is seeking a “holistic view” of audience behavior because newly “thrifty” advertisers are demanding accurate data on the effectiveness of ad spend. In this video interview with Beet.TV, CEO Bill Livek says the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing more brands to seek even greater accountability. To that end, he hopes a recently-inked partnership with ad-tech […]
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many brands may have run away from advertising in news outlets. But they should never have declared news fell outside of “brand safety” descriptions. That is what a growing number of industry executives, even those who represent the advertisers and agencies, are now coming out to say. Marla […]
The blockchain initiative set up by Comcast’s FreeWheel to help advertisers go around third-party tech platforms to develop insights is ready for prime-time. Blockgraph, which already included Comcast, ViacomCBS and Charter’s Spectrum Reach as partners, is now reconstituting as a joint venture, in which the three groups will take equal ownership. Jason Manningham, who was […]
She calls it “positive provocation” – a strategy of challenging clients. For Wavemaker U.S. CEO Amanda Richman, it seems to be a winning approach for both managing clients and winning new ones, she explains in this interview with Beet.TV The GroupM agency recently landed the Novo Nordisk Danish pharmaceutical giant with a reported annual media […]
Education, technology and facts may now be winning back some advertisers who fled news at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this video discussion with John Montgomery, GroupM’s Global EVP of Brand Safety, Integral Ad Science (IAS) CEO Lisa Utzschneider reveals new research showing advertisers’ keyword blocking of news stories containing “coronavirus” and “COVID-19” […]
The accompanying video explores the ways in which portfolio optimization in media is similar to investing in securities as well as the principles TV sellers should follow to maximize their yield. It’s the seventh in a series of educational videos Furious has produced in collaboration with Beet.TV. Below is a sampling of Part 7: The […]
Sharing daily updates of set-top data with local advertisers on TV consumption has helped them map to “business outcomes” says Melanie Hamilton, Head of Enterprise Sales at Effectv, formerly known as Comcast Spotlight, its local cable advertising unit. It’s part of the changes taking place in the local cable TV marketplace during the pandemic, she […]
In a world where viewers resent and recoil from advertising, how do broadcasters and publishers deliver results for advertisers anymore? By working with, not against, prevailing audience behavior. In this video interview with TransUnion’s head of media Matt Spiegel for Beet.TV, Hulu advertising VP Jeremy Helfand says more TV companies need to innovate in order to […]
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