Cannes Lions 2025

CANNES — It’s not just a marker of Cannes Lions’ expansion that a payments company like PayPal was a key fixture at this year’s event. It’s also a symptom of PayPal’s own emergence into the advertising business. PayPal unveiled its own PayPal Ads platform in October 2024, adding Offsite Ads this April. Mark Grether, SVP […]

CANNES — In an advertising ecosystem grappling with signal loss and privacy demands, the prevailing wisdom has often involved centralizing vast pools of consumer data. A new approach, however, posits that the future of data intelligence lies not in collection, but in connection—using artificial intelligence to find patterns across disparate datasets without ever moving them […]

CANNES — The days of loyalty programs being limited to airline miles or hotel points are over, says Khatidja Ajania, director of strategic partnerships at Kinective Media by United Airlines, the carrier’s advertising network. Speaking with Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Ajania said data collaboration and strategic partnerships […]

CANNES — Television may be evolving, but one thing remains constant: advertisers still face the challenge of finding and measuring their audiences across an increasingly fragmented landscape. So says Dave Morgan, founder and chief executive of Simulmedia, in this interview with Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. “Television is […]

CANNES – The days of running a successful media campaign with just a few creative assets are over, according to Aaron Sobol, Unilever’s head of North American Media Investment and Data Governance. “It might’ve been the case a few years ago that you could have a decently performing media campaign with a few assets, but […]

CANNES – The Trade Desk is betting that retail media’s future depends on traditionally separate divisions within retailers learning to work together toward common goals. “We are so excited about the ‘One Retail’ vision that we have at The Trade Desk,” Jill Smith, the ad tech platform’s VP Business Development, Retail, told Beet.TV contributor David […]

CANNES – Retail media is reshaping how brands connect with consumers, fueled by AI, identity-driven targeting and growing integration between digital and physical environments. That was the consensus among executives from Uber Advertising, Albertsons Media Collective and Publicis Groupe’s Epsilon, who spoke on a panel moderated by Jon Watts, managing director of the Coalition for […]

From a bon voyage party with United Airlines at Newark International to our eye-catching Beet Art installation surrounding La Palais, to our sunset beach party at Yahoo Beach – our Cannes 2025 was unforgettable. But beyond the buzz, we were deeply productive: Beet.TV captured 16 hours of original programming and produced 75 video segments. We […]

CANNES — AI is transforming the media landscape, but for publisher Future the combination of data, editorial expertise, and passionate communities is creating new opportunities for both consumers and brands. “AI is definitely reshaping the publisher landscape,” Matt Trotta, senior vice president of commercial at Future, said in this interview with Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan […]

CANNES – PMG recently unveiled its Alli Marketplace, a new app exchange designed to simplify how marketers access and activate emerging technologies, as highlighted in video interviews recorded by Beet.TV during a launch party at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. “Alli for us represents the opportunity to be able to build structured data […]

CANNES — For many modern agencies trying to prove their worth, the ultimate challenge lies in connecting the dots between a consumer seeing an ad and making a purchase. In that quest, manyare increasingly looking to retail media networks, which hold the first-party purchase data necessary to verify whether a campaign truly influenced a sale. […]

CANNES — In the fractional seconds of a programmatic auction, the decision to bid on an ad impression is a high-stakes gamble. For advertisers under pressure to optimize every dollar, the challenge is separating the impressions likely to perform from the swathes of those that will not, a process often clouded by dozens of competing […]

CANNES – In early June, U.S. out of home ad spending posted its highest-ever Q1 revenue, hitting $1.98 billion. Just looking at that figure from an  Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) report, indicated that the oldest form of mass media was having a sudden resurgence. But look a little deeper, said Brian […]

CANNES – With more than 100,000 active communities, social platform Reddit has become a digital ecosystem where authentic conversations thrive, and where marketers must tread carefully if they want to connect with consumers. “People come to Reddit to find community, to have real connection, authentic conversation with folks who share their same interests,” Mike Romoff, […]

CANNES — In a media landscape flooded with fleeting trends and fragmented audiences, Fandom’s Chief Revenue Officer Jeremy Steinberg says the wiki platform offers something marketers crave: direct access to the heart of pop culture, and to elusive Gen Z audiences. “Fandom can help marketers get to the center of pop culture, because we are […]

CANNES – Retail media continues to evolve at breakneck speed, and according to Epsilon’s Austin Leonard, the future of the space depends on one thing: identity, powered by AI and fueled by creative innovation. Leonard, senior vice president of retail media at Publicis Groupe’s Epsilon, outlined how advancements in first-party data, AI-driven identity resolution and […]

CANNES – Best Buy is betting on its deep customer relationships, high-quality data and expanding partnerships to grow its retail media business, said Jen Jensen, vice president of agency partnerships at the electronics chain. She outlined how the retailer is leveraging its direct consumer connection, including a striking 93% customer identification rate, to deliver value […]

CANNES – Nearly a decade after helping pioneer dynamic creative in advertising, Diaz Nesamoney, founder and chief executive of Jivox, says retail media is redefining the industry, and his company is evolving to meet the moment. Speaking with Beet.TV’s Andy Plesser at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, Nesamoney reflected on how far the space […]

CANNES — Without a firm tether to reality, AI models risk “hallucination,” producing outputs that are plausible but ultimately unhelpful for marketers seeking concrete results. The challenge is to connect sprawling data points to deterministic truths, ensuring that massive computational power translates into measurable business outcomes. That requires an anchor, according to Carla Serrano, chief […]

CANNES — In an age where digital platforms promise unprecedented connection, many people are feeling more st year or two.” Live events offer a starkly different value proposition, according to Maureen Murphy, EVP, client partnerships, NBCUniversal, suggesting that live programming acts as a powerful counter-current to the isolating effects of algorithmically-curated content feeds. This focus […]