Robert Andrews

FORT LAUDERDALE — This year, the promise of “addressable TV”, allowing advertisers to target individual TV sets, became a reality. But it remains just a slither of a US TV industry that is worth circa $75 billion. “There’s two parts to scaleability with addressable:,” says Invision CEO Steve Marshall, whose company helps deliver ads to “addressable” […]

FORT LAUDERDALE — Last year was been characterized by the industry wondering when TV platforms would open up to support addressable TV advertising. This year seems to have been characterized by actual roll-out. Next year could mean larger-scale adoption. “The concept of being able to target according to CRM data on television is crazy-unique,” says Eyeview […]

FORT LAUDERDALE — Adobe has announced its “TVMM”, or TV Media Management, platform. But what is it and what does it do? The new, Videology-connected software aims to help media owners better manage and monetize their ad inventory. Adobe’s Primetime group product manager Jonathan Tabak says there are three elements: “Data – being able to understand your audiences […]

FORT LAUDERDALE — DISH recently began selling ads on specific set-top boxes programmatically – but that doesn’t mean programmatic ad trading and household addressability are the same thing. “To us, addressable and programmatic are two distinct words,” according to DISH media sales VP Adam Gaynor. “Addressable can be programmatic, but it doesn’t have to be, and […]

FORT LAUDERDALE — In the last year, the company that began as a humble multi-platform video upload site launched tools for buying TV ads programmatically and across screens, plus inked a deal with satellite TV firm Dish. So what’s next? “Right now … we’re able to buy across Dish’s different segments of their data,” says the company’s […]

FORT LAUDERDALE — Take two bottles in to the shower? Now Yahoo has combined the platforms advertisers use to buy ads programmatically under just one. BrightRoll, the video ad tech company which Yahoo acquired 12 months ago, is now the name used to buy other kinds of ads, too. “The BrightRoll brand now will apply to the Yahoo DSPs as a […]

FORT LAUDERDALE — So far this year, programmatic ad tech platform SpotX has nestled in to its new majority-owner RTL, been joined in a partnership with new stablemate Clypd and struck an audience advertising data partnership with TiVo Research. So how are things about to pan out? “(It) is going to allow us the opportunity to live-sync […]

FORT LAUDERDALE — Everyone in ad land is wondering how realistic it is to apply internet-style targeting and programmatic control to the TV ad-buying process. So-called “addressable TV” gained ground this year – but what does the next year hold? “This has been an amazing year for addressable television,” according to SMG precision video SVP Tracey […]

FORT LAUDERDALE — AT&T AdWorks says three clients are beta-testing its recently-announced cross-device ad targeting capabilities. This month, the division announced it would offer integrated addressable advertising campaigns across TV and mobile devices, letting advertisers reach the same consumers with the same message across multiple screens. “We’re in three betas with three Fortune-500 companies,”according to AT&T AdWorks ad […]

FORT LAUDERDALE — We’re not there quite yet – but we could be soon, if clients get their way. That’s the view of one industry exec casting her eye over the prospects for how so-called “programmatic” advertising technologies might revolutionize TV ad buying. “In the beginning of 2015, there were some big announcements that … made a […]

The talk in ad land is all about when advertisers will get to deliver super-targed, hyper-optimized TV ads with digital precision. But don’t wait for that day – it’s already arrived, says a top agency boss. “We do dynamic creative optimization on the fly based on each individual’s specific history,” says GroupM global chairman Irwin […]

FORT LAUDERDALE — Audience measurement outfit Nielsen is gearing up to measure linear and digital audiences in a new way, that recognizes a distinction between viewers of content and viewers of ads. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Nielsen planning and precision SVP Eric Solomon says the company’s Total Audience suite – which already includes the cross-platform […]

FORT LAUDERDALE — Adobe has spent the last couple of years getting its Primetime suite in to shape to help broadcasters deliver multi-screen video. So what does the year ahead hold? In this video interview with Beet.TV, Adobe Primetime business development director Jim Bennette says the team has three priorities for 2016: “Accelerating TV Everywhere adoption. Today, we’re […]

Ad planning and buying is about to get a lot quicker, because the many digital media advertisers are working with give of cues that can be used to speedily refine, recalibrate and retarget ad spots, says one ad exec. It’s the view of David Parker, the global content technology lead for paper products company Kimberly-Clark. “Because you’ve got more […]

Household-level targeting of TV ads is not a distant reality – it’s here and now. You just may have to pay more for it, says one ad agency exec. “You do have to pay a premium on a CPM basis for addressable,” MediaVest advanced media SVP Jonathan Bokor tells Beet.TV in this video interview. “However, your […]

These days, TV viewers aren’t glued only to big-screen programming – or the ads that run on them. But that doesn’t mean brands can’t reach consumers all the same. The mobile screens in their palms are also being used to better understand engagement. A range of software and data providers is helping brands to do that, and Nielsen is […]

A wave of technology companies is helping advertisers turn traditional TV in to a digital medium, by mashing together data sources and ad slots to enable internet-style consumer targeting. But don’t expect the new practice to become commonplace this year, or even next. “We’ve come a long way, but adoption is still really early,” according to  Videa president Shereta Williams, whose […]

It’s now a digital advertising world – but that is far from meaning good ‘ol TV is on the shelf, overtaken, when it comes to measuring the relative performance of media spend, says an ad tech exec. “With the whole mantra that ‘television is dead’, actually, what we’re seeing is that it’s very alive and […]

A big societal shift is going to force advertisers to use TV advertising to break through with consumers – but that won’t happen if the extreme use of data and targeting makes TV ads more like internet ads, warns the boss of ad tech company 4C Insights. “There’s a bit of both conversation and concern that TV […]

A world with so many new opportunities to plan, manage, target and execute ad campaigns is also one full of challenges for advertisers. What are those challenges? Brent Gaskamp, business development SVP for video ad tech platform Videology, takes a stab in this video interview with Beet.TV: “Workflow – how do I create a better experience […]