CES 2026
In-Store Media Is Third Pillar of Retail Advertising: Albertsons’ Brian Monahan
LAS VEGAS – At CES 2026, Albertsons Media Collective outlined how it is tightening measurement, expanding in-store media and using AI to link advertising more directly to sales outcomes. Senior Vice President Brian Monahan said the network is focused on shared growth across brands, merchants and shoppers. “We seek to live up to our name […]
Cross-Platform Cloud Gaming Comes With PHYND’s Magnite-Powered Ads
LAS VEGAS — The gaming industry has long been the epitome of fragmentation – mobile gamers on tiny screens, console enthusiasts locked into expensive hardware, and PC players tethered to their desks. Now a new platform aims to unite them all on the largest screen in the house. PHYND is betting that the smart TV […]
Agentic Commerce Adds New Lane to Shopping, Not a Detour: Criteo CEO Michael Komasinski
LAS VEGAS – Agentic commerce is expanding how consumers shop rather than replacing existing channels, says Michael Komasinski, chief executive of adtech firm Criteo. Speaking with Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan at CES 2026, Komasinski said AI-powered assistants should be viewed as an incremental layer that complements search, social and retail media, not a substitute for […]
Unified Measurement Across TV and Social Is Finally Arriving: iSpot’s Julie Van Ullen
LAS VEGAS – Advertisers sounded a familiar concern at CES 2026: They still struggle to measure television and video spending across platforms in one unified view. That challenge has persisted for years, Julie Van Ullen, president, CRO of iSpot, said in this interview with Lisa Granatstein, editorial director of Beet.TV. The biggest gap has been […]
Inside Reddit’s AI-Powered Push into Self-Serve Media Buying: Stephen Riad
LAS VEGAS – Agentic AI and self-serve tools took center stage at CES in Las Vegas last week, marking a significant shift from assisting advertisers to actually executing media campaigns. Joining me in the bustling Beet.TV studio at the Vdara Hotel, I caught up with Reddit’s Stephen Riad, who was just promoted to EVP of […]
Interactive Video Ads Outperform Standard Formats Across the Funnel: Amazon’s Maggie Zhang
LAS VEGAS – Amazon Ads and Publicis Media unveiled new research on interactive video advertising at CES 2026. The joint thought leadership study focuses on interactive formats in streaming TV. “Yes, we’re really excited to announce and release the Joint Thought Leadership Study with Publicis Media today at CES,” Maggie Zhang, head of global video […]
Live TV, AI Search, Retail Media are Set to Converge: Omnicom’s Megan Pagliuca at CES 2026
LAS VEGAS – At CES 2026, Megan Pagliuca, Chief Product Officer at Omnicom Media Group, outlined how the agency is responding to fundamental shifts in how consumers discover information, shop and engage with media. Tightly linking live content, AI-powered search signals, influencer marketing and retail media into a single, measurable system is essential. Speaking with […]





