Internet Providers Gearing up for New Bandwidth Demands, analyst Steve Hawley

LAS VEGAS — Is digital video over? The leg work of getting content to consumers has at least been done thanks to the explosion of mobile screens – but operators will be left looking elsewhere in the search for digital dollars, says an analyst. “It’s almost like the first post-video CES – it’s all been […]

 
 

Whirlpool Focuses on Brand Metrics in Every Day Cares Campaign

LAS VEGAS — Appliance maker Whirlpool recently launched its Every Day Cares campaign, built out of consumer insights, says Bill Beck, Senior Director Mass Brands & Channel Marketing, at Whirlpool in an interview with Beet.TV from the CES show. The campaign consists of TV, social, and digital, with online video as one of the centerpieces. The […]

 
 

USC’s Center for the Digital Future Director: TV Is at a Tipping Point

LAS VEGAS – Television is at another tipping point, says Jeffrey Cole, founder and director of the Center for the Digital Future, a research and policy institute in the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Citing HBO’s plans to launch an over-the-top service, Cole predicts television will soon change profoundly – and that content is going […]

 
 

Content Indexing As Important As Traditional Data Collection: Veenome CEO

LAS VEGAS – The content that a viewer chooses to watch may be just as, if not more, important for targeting as traditional demographic data collected about said viewer, says Kevin Lenane, founder and CEO of Veenome. This concept, which Veenome focuses on, is termed the “viewing moment.” By collecting attributes about the content itself, Veenome […]

 
 

Facebook to Surpass YouTube in Video Consumption: Unruly President Predicts

LAS VEGAS – “Social video” – videos which viewers opt in or opt out of watching – is expanding rapidly, says Richard Kosinski, president of Unruly. The company, which helps brands get their assets watched, tracked and shared across the internet, focuses especially on this category of video. Kosinski says he predicts that 2015 will be the […]

 
 

Tastemade Puts Brand Video On The Menu

LAS VEGAS — Tastemade, a food and travel publisher and community whose producers and users publish video reviews, has steadily built up over 350,000 video subscribers on its YouTube channel. Now it is hoping more brands will take an opportunity to leverage that audience. Programming head Oren Katzeff tells Beet.TV the company has a studio, a […]

 
 

WebMD’s Schlanger Writes An Original Video Prescription

LAS VEGAS — A just-announced new video series on health innovations presented by a TV news anchor will not be the only foray WebMD makes in to video this year. Earlier this month, the health publisher previewed “Future of Health with Robin Roberts”, a digital mini-series fronted by the Good Morning America co-host. It will be […]

 
 

Using Data Creatively: BPN’s CEO

LAS VEGAS – At CES, the amount of new technology giving consumers control – of content, of time – is ever-present and growing. “We don’t lament the control of the consumer too much,” says Rob Kabus, Global CEO of BPN. “We think that’s a great thing because it’s creating these amazing environments and moments and […]

 
 

HBO, CBS and Sling TV Signify Real Movement to Multiscreen

LAS VEGAS – For years there’s been chatter about moving the video workflow to IP and multiscreen, but there’s finally a lot of real movement, says Mio Babic, President & CEO, iStreamPlanet. This noise is especially evident around the recent announcements by HBO, CBS and Sling TV about streaming and stand-alone services. iStreamPlanet’s platform enables their customers – DirectTV, Microsoft, AT&T, […]

 
 

TV Advertising will be Sold by “Impression” (eventually) Group M’s Irwin Gotlieb

LAS VEGAS — The way TV ads are bought and sold is about to look a lot more like the web – but the web will have to look like TV first, says the chairman of the world’s largest media investment agency. “Television is sold on a 30-second spot basis, while digital is sold on […]

 
 

Connected TVs Are Richer Ad Environments: Brightline’s Aksman

LAS VEGAS — The burgeoning array of internet-connected TVs won’t change the industry just because they are connected to the internet – they also offer new ways to interact with content. “In an OTT (over-the-top) environment, it’s a more dynamic environment,” Rob Aksman, founder of BrightLine, which enables interactive ads for brands on interactive TV […]

 
 

Scripps Networks Keen on TV Everywhere in 2015

LAS VEGAS — TV Everywhere will be a key focus for Scripps in 2015, says Tamara Franklin, EVP of Digital at Scripps Networks Interactive  in an interview with Beet.TV at CES. “We are focused on the TV Everywhere initiative so this year you will see a lot with our portfolio to make sure consumer can […]

 
 

More Brands Integrate Social Into Owned Web Sites for Campaigns

LAS VEGAS — As brands become publishers, their Web sites have become increasingly social media-centric, which helps drive cross-screen ads, says Mitchell Reichgut, CEO and founder of the Jun Group, a digital video ad services firm in an interview with Beet.TV at CES. More big advertisers are requesting multi-screen campaigns, he says, citing a recent Jun Group study […]

 
 

Cisco Boxes Clever With New STB Technology

LAS VEGAS — Cisco used its visit to the Consumer Electronics Show to talk about new set-top box capabilities it is giving pay-TV operators. Company CTO Ken Morse, in this video interview with Beet.TV, talks about: Kabel Deutschland – A new box coming next year will meld live, on-demand, catch-up and time-shifted TV with internet video. […]

 
 

15 Billion Video Devices By 2020: Ericsson

LAS VEGAS — Networks technology vendor Ericsson has a conception of the media world in five years’ time. “The Networked Society… our vision for the year 2020 – everything that can benefit from connection to the internet will indeed will be connected,” Ericsson content delivery marketing head Lisa Skelton tells Beet.TV. “Of those 50bn connected devices, 15bn will, at […]

 
 

Bravo Poised to Test Native Ads in 2015

LAS VEGAS — One of the biggest benefits of the second screen for a TV network lies in discoverability of new content, says Lisa Hsia, EVP Digital at Bravo and Oxygen Media, in an interview with Beet.TV at CES. “There is so much fragmentation in the industry all over. My goal is to make sure the […]

 
 

Cross-Platform Ads Can Boost Reach for Some Demos, YuMe’s Neto

LAS VEGAS — Brands can make a case for shifting budget from TV to digital, says Paul Neto, Research Director at video technology firm YuMe, in an interview with Beet.TV at CES. “We are finding benefits in reach and frequency. It’s about how digital can complement TV,” he says. YuMe has delved into multi-platform ad research with […]

 
 

Weather Channel is Meeting Digital Video Demand with Local TV Partners

LAS VEGAS – The Weather Company streamed 1.2 billion video views in 2014, with about 40 percent on mobile devices.   That consumption was double the previous year.   While the company is producing much of its video content in-house, it is starting to work with local television partners including the Tribune TV stations to […]

 
 

Changes at VivaKi Bring Closer Alignment with Publicis Media Agencies

LAS VEGAS –  Last year’s  reorganization of digital media agency VivaKi  has lead to a closer working relationship with the Publicis media agencies, says Mac Delaney, SVP, in this interview with Beet.TV He added that VivaKi is  implementing a number new programs and expansion plans,  notably the alliance with Adobe and the acquisition of RUN. […]

 
 

Sports Is Catching Up With Hollywood In IPTV: Diffusion’s Espelien

LAS VEGAS — Rights restrictions traditionally have made it a challenge for many a digital platform to grab content. But Diffusion Group senior analyst Joel Espelien says one TV content type is lagging behind the others. “We’ve seen the rise of entertainment programming making it on to multiple screens – but we didn’t really see that with sports,” he tells […]

 
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