Robert Andrews

LAS VEGAS — Toyota dealerships in five US states now know exactly how many people were driven to their showrooms by TV ads, after an addressable TV campaign worked on by vendors in marketing data and mobile location. In June, Gulf States Toyota, which comprises 150 dealerships, targeted 652,200 AT&T/DirecTV viewers believed to be in-market for a new […]

LAS VEGAS — Time was, data was the oil that powered backward-looking reports examining the effectiveness of already-executed campaigns. But that’s all changing now, as new technology allows ad-tech platforms to show live data and let clients respond by tweaking campaigns mid-flight. That’s according to one ad-tech exec whose company helps advertisers use data segmenting to target linear […]

LAS VEGAS — The Consumer Electronics Show gets bigger and bigger each year – and it changes, too. Once a mecca simply for new gadget fans, now the show attracts marketers and advertisers eager to understand the new technologies that will represent the consumer engagement platforms of tomorrow. But that places a responsibility on advertisers to take […]

LAS VEGAS — Maybe the full-page, print-style ad format isn’t the optimum format, even for an app that launched to replicate the modality of a printed magazine. In October, Flipboard, the flippable content aggregation app that borrows its interaction method from the page-turning paradigm, launched Storyboard, a new ad format for buyers. Speaking with Beet.TV at the […]

LAS VEGAS — USA Today is currently in production on a second “season” of its own virtual reality series, as it gears up to offer brands new ways to sell into the medium. A year ago at the Consumer Electronics Show, chief revenue officer Kevin Gentzel announced to Beet.TV the company would be making daily VR content. Now […]

LAS VEGAS –  Mobile has already shaken up the landscape for how brands interact with consumers. Now a new wave of technologies is provoking yet another big reconsideration for advertisers. That is according to an ad-tech exec who was just named to head Group M’s reconstituted data and technology division. Brian Gleason, who already headed Group […]

LAS VEGAS — The tectonic plates of the ad-tech ecosystem have shifted in to alignment, allowing now advertisers to do many of the newfangled techniques that have been talked about for years. That’s according to one media-tech exec whose company just passed some milestones of its own. 4C Insights ingests social media platform data and TV ad data […]

LAS VEGAS — Discovery Communications already has its own data management and optimisation platform for linear TV ad trading. Now it wants to bring it back to digital, too. “Discovery Engage, which is our linear optimisation platform, we started on the linear side,” Discovery Communication data analytics VP Sam Garfield tells beet.TV in this video interview. “We’re […]

LAS VEGAS — It began as a live radio show, before the digital age forced it in to an on-demand box. But now The Young Turks, a video broadcaster producing progressive politics commentary, is set to make hay from a return to its live roots. Sixteen years ago, co-founder Cenk Uygur launched The Young Turks on […]

LAS VEGAS — The age of addressability is upon us, promising clients laser-targeted audience relevance – but the power will come at a price, and the potential must be carefully executed against imminent new European legislation. That is according to one ad agency boss now helping clients understand and benefit from the changes. “We are definitely entering […]

LAS VEGAS — Artificial intelligence will come to play an increasingly important role in the decisioning and consumption of digital content and advertising, according to one of communications agency OMD‘s big thinkers. In this video interview with Beet.TV, OMD strategy and product development director Jean-Paul Edwards says AI is nothing new – but it is now ready […]

LAS VEGAS — Over the two decades that magazines have been embracing the web, the strategy for many has flip-flopped between two models – showcasing existing magazine titles and a portal roll-up of content from across those titles. Time Inc thinks it has done pretty well at converting its magazines to digital. Now it wants to tap their […]

LAS VEGAS — Auto maker Renault has a plan to move away from traditional, inefficient mass advertising to consumer-targeted ads within two years, including on TV. Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show, Renault marketing communications VP Bastien Schupp told Beet.TV: “Moving from mass marketing to marketing to individuals is one of the key challenges for us in the next two to […]

LAS VEGAS — Facebook is working with publishers to develop a new style of social video ad format that will look and scale like TV. That’s according to the head of one of the publishers involved in the process, Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget. “Facebook is now designing new units for social video,” Blodget told Beet.TV […]

LAS VEGAS — The idea that advertisers can use TV to deliver personalised messaging, tailored for individual consumers, is no longer just an idea – it is here and now, according to one ad agency boss. “We are in the age of addressability, it’s here,” OMD EMEA chief digital officer Blake Cuthbert tells Beet.TV in this video interview. […]

LAS VEGAS — The future of mobile marketing is not a distant dream – it’s here and now. Whether it is vendors like PlaceIQ or Ubimo, marketers now have ways they can use consumers’ real location data in ad buys. But Foursquare’s founder wants you to know that the pioneering location-sharing app has been offering this capability for […]

LAS VEGAS — Facebook is testing advertising inside its Facebook Live live broadcasting system, and is planning to grow the number of ads served this year. Facebook global technology and telecom strategy director Jane Schachtel revealed the plans to Beet.TV in this video interview recorded at the Consumer Electronics Show. “We’re testing, in Facebook Live, short ad breaks,” […]

LAS VEGAS —  It is the world’s largest advertising agency holding group. That means WPP operates dozens of owned units, agencies, acquisitions and investments, across the advertising value chain. At time of writing, for example, WPP’s website lists some 400 subsidiaries under its umbrella. CEO Sir Martin Sorrell thinks the situation could stand some tidying up […]

MIAMI — It’s one of the biggest brands on the block. But, when Bank Of America needed to market a new kind of investment service, it turned to a new kind of advertising. Merrill Edge is BoA’s investment platform for customers that like to control their own investments. And Andrew Deming, BoA’s media leader, says the company […]

LAS VEGAS — It’s nearly a year since Tim Jones, then regional CEO of Zenith Optimedia, stepped up to lead Publicis Media’s Americas division after the ad agency group’s latest reorg. But that was the past. What is on Jones’ mind when it comes to the future of media? To find out, Beet.TV caught up with […]