Robert Andrews

BARCELONA — All the world is a mobile screen – but that doesn’t mean mobile advertising can use a one-size-fits-all approach. That is according to one exec running mobile strategy within a media agency. “There’s so much mobile consumption, the inventory is potentially infinite in supply,” MEC Interaction mobile head Jide Sobo tells Beet.TV in […]

If you want to shoot dozens of fragments of video ad permutations to combine in to the perfect single ad for a solitary viewer, you had better skill up both your engineering team and your creative staff. That’s what Sam Barber is doing. The creative director of Eyeview Digital, a company which helps advertisers pull off one-to-one […]

BARCELONA — Advertising via mobile phones may now be an established strategy – but it is an opportunity that still requires plenty of refinement. At Mobile World Congress, WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell told Beet.TV mobile technology still wasn’t attractive enough to make it a truly engaging ad medium, while P&G marketing VP Sophie Blum said […]

BARCELONA — Brands have had long enough to adapt to the reality of modern media – consumer are all over mobile. So why are so many getting it so wrong? When IPG’s mobile and technology agency Ansible worked with survey group YouGov to produce an index ranking brands’ effectiveness at mobile presentation, some of the figures shocked […]

BARCELONA — That phone in your pocket? It doesn’t exist. Not literally, of course. But the last year has seen a big shift in the outlook for mobile, according to one ad agency exec who recently took charge of global innovation. Speaking with Beet.TV in this video interview at Mobile World Congress, Adam Shlachter, president at […]

BARCELONA — Facebook doesn’t just sit back and let brands struggle with the tools it gives them for communication. It employs teams of creative heads to engage with agencies and brands, helping them produce optimum content to deploy through the network. The leader of one such team is Rob Newlan, Facebook creative shop EMEA director. Newlan has […]

BARCELONA — Mobile phones have rebooted the marketing landscape – but brands can now exploit the new possibilities they offer. That is according to a marketing chief from one of the biggest brand groups in the world. “Mobile is not a device anymore – it’s a lifestyle shift,” says P&G EMEA marketing VP Sophie Blum, […]

BARCELONA — It was already consulting for media companies across the industry. Now MediaLink’s acquisition by Ascential, the company which runs the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity is set to give the firm a stronger role easing the concerns of worried brand execs. In fact, CEO Michael Kassan says the company plays kind of a “therapist” function for agencies […]

BARCELONA — Most people in the media and marketing industries know that Red Bull is amongst the most celebrated of pioneer companies when it comes to branded content. The soft drink brand creates and publishes about extreme sports activities around the world to amplify its tagline, “Red Bull gives you wings”, the most notorious of which was a skydive from […]

BARCELONA — Despite years of promise, mobile advertising has still not developed in to a full-fledged advertiser medium, because inadequate technology is causing advertisers to hold back on spending. That is according to the boss of the world’s largest ad agency holding group, WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell. Speaking with Beet.TV in this video interview at Mobile World Congress, […]

BARCELONA — CNN relaunched its suite of mobile apps last week to cater to an audience that is smaller than the web but significantly more engaged, the man responsible explains. The organisation has rebooted its app line-up across phones, tablets and smartwatches, now including live and CNN Go on-demand video plus HLN streams for US users, as […]

BARCELONA — The boss of the world’s largest ad agency holding group has come out fighting against back-handers and kick-backs that are rapidly becoming a stain on the advertising industry – and which could ultimately hurt it. “There are some things going on in the industry which are just unacceptable in my view, in terms of […]

Big advertisers, angry that fearful TV networks have thrown a spanner in the works of America’s big new cross-platform video measurement system, may take out their frustration in the upcoming TV ad sales upfront season. That is according to one ad agency man who represents brand clients. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Omnicom Media Group […]

The US is lagging behind in efforts to create a unified currency for measuring TV and video consumption across platforms – but only because the size of the business there makes it a juggernaut that is difficult to push. That is the viewpoint of one media measurement chief who has a great global overview of the worldwide pace […]

It added another 1.93mn US subscribers in the last quarter alone, and expects to hit around 50mn in the States by the time winter is over. Netflix is a TV success story. But the growing popularity of a subscription-driven, ad-free service that keeps its viewing data under lock and key is also bad news for advertisers. Turner chief research […]

Machine learning is emerging, alongside artificial intelligence, as one of the tech trends of 2017. But one advertising technology provider says earlier investments in the technology are now bearing fruit. Asked about his company’s commitment to machine learning, AppNexus president Michael Rubenstein tells Beet.TV, in this video interview: “We’ve made deep, deep investments at AppNexus over […]

HOLLYWOOD — Media companies may be seen as giving away their precious content and audiences to social network platforms – but the tension between content and distribution is really as old as the hills. That’s according to a media executive who has seen the evolution of the relationship over the broad sweep of time. “A number […]

HOLLYWOOD, Fl — It is now 12 months and one day since GroupM announced it would only buy online ads that it could be proved would be viewed by human consumers – a “100% viewability” demand that has caused some publishers anxiety. So, why did the media agency make the switch. In this video interview with […]

HOLLYWOOD, Florida — The company which publishes IGN, AskMen and PC Magazine is eager to distribute more video through social networks, seeing them represent inventory to carry TV-style ads. That is according to Ziff Davis CEO Vivek Shah. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Shah says Ziff Davis is making videos for Facebook that carry sponsor […]

In the previous media era, a TV broadcaster’s fortunes were defined by carriage agreements with cable operators, and the ads sold over those channels. But, in the new world, those agreements are actually a brake on digital expansion that can bring new revenue from over-the-top video. That is according to the man holding the purse strings for business […]