CNN, the Economist, Financial Times, Reuters, the Guardian Join Programmatic “Coop” powered by the Rubicon Project, Jay Sears explains

AUSTIN — Earlier in March, The Guardian announced it was leading a coalition including CNN International, the Economist the Financial Times and Reuters to pool their ad inventory for programmatic international sale. The exec whose company powers the so-called Pangea Alliance says such comings together, once considered rare in the cut-throat world of media, are beneficial. “(In advertising), there’s […]

 
 

Online Video Exploding Globally and Starcom’s Amanda Richman Explains Why

AUSTIN – Online video is showing dramatic growth.  It is by far the fastest growing ad medium. In a closely watched quarterly report titled  Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, the big media agency ZenithOptimedia has just reported that online video grew last year at a blistering rate of 34% to $10.9 billion globally – and it is on track to double by the […]

 
 

Branded Content Key Focus of Digital Media, BoA Says

AUSTIN — Advertising has moved well beyond the thirteen-week cycles of the past and into branded content as the focus for the future, says Anne Finucane, Global Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer at Bank of America, in this interview with Beet.TV. “What’s here to stay is being able to tell a story with a beginning, […]

 
 

Horizon CEO Koenigsberg on the Transformation of the Media Agency

AUSTIN — The new media agency of the future needs a “white canvas mindset” says Bill Koenigsberg, President and CEO of Horizon Media, in this interview with Beet.TV. “With the way the world is changing so fast, each day you need to come in and paint a new picture. You have to keep painting to […]

 
 

Starcom’s CEO Donohue & “New Establishment” Brand Airbnb

AUSTIN — One of the benefits of working with “new establishment brands” is they come to media planning without any baggage attached to them that iconic marketers often have to deal with, says Lisa Donohue, CEO at Starcom USA, in this interview with Beet.TV. As an example, she points to rental and hospitaly site, Airbnb, a new […]

 
 

Can The HuffPost Show Fill Colbert’s Gap, All The Way To Cable?

AUSTIN — With two of broadcast TV’s satirical news-meisters heading to pastures new this year, is online video yet in a position to move in and occupy the space? We may find out on April 3. That’s when Huffington Post launches The HuffPost Show – but, in time, the online media brand wants to get its shows on the living room TV. “It […]

 
 

Viewable Ads Are Up By 30%: GroupM’s Montgomery

AUSTIN — If you believe some of the shocking stats over the last 18 months, close to half of online ads sold may not even technically be able to be viewed by human users. Since then, industry bodies have taken great strides to iron out the problem, whilst ad tech vendors are selling ad buyers on “viewability” solutions. GroupM […]

 
 

FreeWheel Plugs In Videology Ahead Of Upfronts: Rothwell

AUSTIN — Comcast-owned ad tech platform FreeWheel is plugging video ad tech peer Videology in to its platform, to help advertisers buy programmatically through its FourFronts program, an extension of its private marketplace. FourFronts enables marketers and agencies to reserve video inventory with publishers via FreeWheel. “We see it as very important with the upfront season coming up for […]

 
 

Let Advertisers Count The Beans, If They Choose: Videology’s Hagerty

AUSTIN — Some brands want to know the ins and outs of the new ad-buying platforms they are using, others are happy to stay hands-off – both should get what they want, according to a video ad tech platform exec. The trend is gathering amongst brands who want to take on more of the work of […]

 
 

GroupM’s Rob Norman Sees Addressability, Not Programmatic, Shaking Up TV

AUSTIN — Many digital media executives expect it is only a matter of time before “programmatic” advertising – the collection of techniques which automate online ad-buying and which has taken hold in the display ad world – will work its magic on television. Indeed, many tech and data vendors are already trying to make this happen […]

 
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