Robert Andrews

LAS VEGAS — Roku already has a huge installed base. Now it’s upgrading its ad infrastructure. The company recently unveiled its Roku Data Cloud, a collaborative data environmentdesigned to empower advertisers with improved planning, targeting and measurement capabilities. The platform aims to enhance data collaboration within the advertising ecosystem, addressing challenges related to identity resolution and […]

LAS VEGAS – Roku is the world’s number one TV operating system with 90 million households. But, for Sarah Harms, VP of Advertising Marketing & Measurement at Roku, what sets the company apart is its combination of original content, ad technology assets, and rich consumer data. “Not only are we the platform, but we’re also […]

LAS VEGAS — Mark McKee wants to make TV-buying simple again. For the TV and premium streaming category to compete effectively, it needs to adopt some of the practices that larger digital platforms have successfully implemented, according to the EVP and GM of Comcast’s FreeWheel. In this video interview with Beet.TV, McKee said providing more […]

LAS VEGAS – Video commerce is racing toward becoming a $3 trillion market by 2030, rivaling the GDPs of Germany and India. The last few weeks alone have seen Shopify put shoppable video in the spotlight and the launch of new shoppable video ad formats, while upfronts season saw big platforms commit to offer more shoppable […]

LAS VEGAS – As marketers seek to put the best products and solutions in front of increasingly diverse shoppers,  a big grocery chain is turning to generative AI. Albertsons Media Collective is tapping the tech to enhance its creative process and deliver personalized advertising at scale. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Evan Hovorka, VP […]

LAS VEGAS — Xumo now powers streaming for Comcast, Charter, Mediacom, Cox, and more, while also delivering over 2,000 streaming apps and channels across various devices. The recently introduced Xumo Stream Box aims to further enhance the viewer experience by combining popular apps, cable provider content, and Xumo’s own AVOD channels into a single, easily […]

LAS VEGAS — Retail media is expanding beyond Amazon to more retailers, while the umbrella “commerce media” is growing opportunities for media to connect to consumer transactions. At CES 2025, Omnicom Media Group hosted discussions on the future of advertising and its “Momentum Multiplied” on the OMG Platform. In this panel, guests discussed how “premium” […]

LAS VEGAS — The advertising industry is at a crucial inflection point where privacy will become paramount, according to an ad-tech CEO aiming to help data power campaigns in a privacy-compliant manner. Geoffroy Martin, CEO, Ogury believes that the industry’s over-reliance on first-party data could lead to significant challenges, especially for the open internet. In […]

At the IAB Annual Leadership Meeting (ALM), January 26 to 28, in Palm Springs, IAB will unveil a new consumer privacy study that challenges misconceptions surrounding “commercial surveillance.” Building upon last year’s study, “The Free and Open Ad Supported Internet,” this year’s research delves into consumers’ actual privacy concerns related to advertising. “You’re going to […]

LONDON – In the age of increasing social media usage, streaming platforms are facing a challenge in retaining viewer attention. Although they might be considered rival media, Nicole Scaglione, Global VP of CTV/OTT & Online Video at PubMatic, believes that streaming platforms can learn from social media to maintain viewer engagement. So, how can streamers […]

The ad industry’s dirty little secret? Roughly half of all creative assets produced never see the light of day – they are simply never used. This squandering of resources is crying out for a solution, and artificial intelligence (AI) may hold the key. This waste is occurring because advertisers often lack clear visibility into their […]

LONDON – In the last few years, “attention” has moved from a fringe idea in advertising to play a leading role. Now attention metrics are fuelling real planning decisions — without coalescing into a single standard. Still, in this video interview with Beet.TV, Jon Waite, Global Managing Director, Havas Media Group, says that may not be necessary. Debate […]

LAS VEGAS — After updating its visual identity in 2024 with a focus on projecting user simplicity, streaming TV operator Philo nevertheless is trying to bring sophisticated advertising tools to buyers. The entertainment and lifestyle-focused platform has been adding new offerings like new ad targeting techniques. Aulden Kaye Yi, Head of Advertising Partnerships at Philo […]

LAS VEGAS — Warner Bros. Discovery has been investing heavily in data aggregation to enable advertisers to buy audiences seamlessly across its linear and digital properties. The approach is helping to surface new audiences and reduce the complexity of managing them separately across different platforms. “We’ve put a lot of investment and resourcing around our […]

LAS VEGAS — The promise of advertising automation is being realised as it becomes the dominant way of doing business – that is the “the beauty” of programmatic, according to one top Disney executive. “The year to come is, for me, programmatic,” said Matt Barnes, VP, Automated Sales, Disney Advertising, in this video interview with […]

LAS VEGAS — The advertising industry is on the cusp of a major transformation, as AI agents are poised to revolutionize the way campaigns are optimized and delivered, according to Hitesh Chawla, CEO of Silverpush. “Agent” is a catch-call term for an autonomous and self-directed piece of software that can take its own actions to […]

Editor’s Note: Outbrain Inc. and Teads combined on February 3, 2025 and are operating under the new Teads brand. David Kostman now serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the new Teads. LAS VEGAS – The upcoming acquisition of Teads by Outbrain will create a “real powerhouse for the open internet” that can offer advertisers a […]

LONDON – Streaming TV’s proliferation has given brands and agencies a proliferating number of measurement options — the challenge for streaming services is unifying them. One unifying force could be regulatory. The European Media Freedoms Act calls for all broadcasters and all platform operators to be measured , ideally independently, by a joint industry committee […]

An organization aiming to improve the position of women in business says a new measurement metric can do the same for women in advertising. In October, XR Extreme Reach partnered with The Female Quotient to launch a new measure called RX, or Representation Index, aiming to improve how inclusivity is measured in media. “If you […]

Smart ad-supported publishers and TV/video companies have been racing to provide advertisers with the tools they need to reach consumers across a fast-changing array of platforms. But what should they do next, to differentiate themselves in 2025? Lean in and embrace partnership, according to one tech exec who has been enabling those companies. Disney Praised […]