Robert Williams

LAS VEGAS – The media marketplace is ripe for consolidation after becoming even more fragmented in the past few years. The explosive growth of connected-television apps and the variety of businesses that sell advertising, including retailers, airlines, hotels, banks and ride-sharing providers has given brands more touchpoints with consumers. “We’re going to see a lot […]

The perception of television as a performance-driven medium has gained significant momentum over the past 12 to 24 months, reshaping the way advertisers approach TV investments. This shift is being driven by necessity. “TV needs to continue being an avenue in which advertisers invest,” Dominick Pace, executive director of investment, Team Unilever, at WPP’s Mindshare, […]

Connected television has undergone significant transformation in the past couple of years, with evolving capabilities and offerings that continue to reshape the digital advertising landscape. As the medium matures, industry leaders see vast potential in its continued evolution. “CTV starts when you turn on the glass,” Aaron Sobol, head of North America media investment and […]

In an era of ad fatigue and media saturation, content creators have become essential to modern marketing strategies, offering authenticity and deep audience connections. “Creators are absolutely critical in the modern marketing landscape,” Kerry Doyle, executive vice president of Carat Content at Dentsu International’s Carat USA, said in this interview with Lisa Granatstein, editorial director […]

LAS  VEGAS – Mainstream news is losing audiences as consumers question its validity and find alternative sources of facts, which have the same potential to mislead or reinforce misconceptions. Amid this cacophony, reliable information becomes more valuable. “Consumers are exceptionally desperate for at least a sense of control and a sense of choice,” Whitney Fishman, […]

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Marketers seek media environments that make audiences more receptive to advertising, and contextual intelligence platform GumGum aims to help. Its mindset graph is built with a consumer-first framework. “The mindset graph is built off of GumGum’s AI-powered contextual data in which we analyze what’s happening in that digital environment at that […]

Streaming video has overtaken traditional linear television among a variety of metrics including viewership time. Advertisers are following these audiences, but additional work is needed to transform the automated buying and selling of commercials on connected television, as attendees of the upcoming Beet Retreat San Juan will discuss in greater detail. “In streaming, it’s all […]

Consumers are dividing their viewing time among a growing variety of devices that include everything from smart TVs to mobile phones to wearables. This more complex environment has pushed brands and media buyers to devise strategies to engage cross-platform audiences. “What we’re doing very simply is taking a holistic approach to video that really is […]

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Artificial intelligence is helping brands to boost the efficacy of their marketing efforts amid the ongoing shifts in consumer behaviors. Search giant Google is seeking to put these powerful tools into the hands of advertisers. “Consumer behavior is getting very complex to track. Journeys are so different for each one of […]

Advertisers are demanding more evidence that their media spending is driving an outcome, making transparency into cross-platform measurement a greater priority. The Home Depot is focused on “things like transparency with our partners and our suppliers. That’s a big priority for us…making sure we’re consistently measuring across different platforms and different formats,” Zachary Darkow, senior […]

LAS VEGAS – Marketers and media buyers are seeking more assurance that their automated advertising placements appear amid publisher content that’s not only brand-appropriate, but also is most likely to trigger an outcome such as a sale, store visit or app download. Artificial intelligence is helping to improve this process, though there are misconceptions about […]

LAS VEGAS – The growing role for artificial intelligence in advertising, marketing and commerce was a key theme for discussion at CES 2025. The possibilities for “conversational commerce” are growing as e-commerce marketplaces such as Amazon, which last year introduced an AI-powered shopping guide called Rufus, seek to personalize experiences for their customers. Bringing consumers […]

Television audiences tend to divide their time among a variety of video sources to see a full range of programming. To help local businesses to reach these multiscreen audiences, Spectrum Reach collaborated with Amazon Ads, the advertising platform of the e-commerce giant, as a local reseller for Amazon Ads advertising inventory. “We’re bringing together our […]

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Advertising agencies have undergone major changes in the past decade amid technological advancements and shifts in consumer behaviors. Within agencies, media buying has been one of the best opportunities for growth as marketers mine consumer data to better understand the best ways to reach new and existing customers. “The agency industry […]

LAS VEGAS – CES not only serves as a showcase for the products that shoppers may soon see on store shelves or for sale online, but also for advertising agencies to meet with clients, media outlets and other vendors. This year’s gathering had a collaborative spirit as marketing professionals ponder how artificial intelligence is going […]

LAS VEGAS – With its ability to draw insights from vast amounts of data, artificial intelligence is playing a key role in helping advertisers to understand how audiences are likely to respond to how they’re represented in campaigns. Such insights are a priority for the Ad Council, the nonprofit ad group, in creating effective public […]

LAS VEGAS – While walled-garden media outlets such as social networking platforms and connected-television apps offer advertisers to scale up their campaigns, the open web also is intriguing to marketers because of its variety of content and audience groups. “When I think about the future, the kind of complexity and interestingness of other content across […]

LAS VEGAS – The app stores on connected televisions are becoming more like the app stores for smartphones, offering a growing variety of streaming video, gaming and shopping. The ensuing fragmentation makes audience data more valuable for brands and their media agencies. “We still have a big issue of fragmentation. There’s just amazing content, but […]

LAS VEGAS – CES this year featured a greater emphasis on artificial intelligence, the technology that’s been compared to other groundbreaking innovations such as the microprocessor, the personal computer, the Internet and the mobile phone. As this disruptive technology gains greater adoption, marketers are being forced to radically rethink how they work. “Some of the […]

LAS VEGAS – Stricter data regulations worldwide have given people more control over how their personal information is used for advertising, challenging marketers to find ways to reach the right audiences while respecting privacy. For Dotdash Meredith, the digital publishing arm of Barry Diller’s IAC, helping brands to reach key consumer groups is a process […]