Horizon Media’s Katy Ferguson: Agencies Need ‘Right People’ to ‘Harness and Leverage’ AI Technology

Artificial intelligence impacts client work through efficiency gains, strategic thinking elevation, and outcome-driving tools, though human intelligence remains essential for navigating AI-driven environments effectively. “Where are we seeing AI really impact what we’re doing from a client perspective? The first is obviously efficiency and saving time,” Katy Ferguson, president, Horizon Media East, told Beet.TV contributor […]

 
 

Seller Agents are Coming for TV’s 20-Year Ad Ops Problem

The pitch sounds almost too clean: give your ad operations team the output of 15-to-20 people, without hiring a single one of them. For publishers still manually logging into half a dozen ad platforms to manage campaigns, it may also sound overdue. Agentic AI has become advertising’s buzziest concept in 2025 and into 2026, but […]

 
 

Horizon Media’s David Campanelli: CTV Performance Measurement Still Requires ‘Extra Step’ to Action

Artificial intelligence already drives outcomes through embedded decisioning engines across demand-side platforms, supply-side platforms, and social media. Still, despite the ever-accelerating industry adoption of AI, there’s still a widespread tendency to underestimate how extensively AI optimization currently impacts campaign performance. “AI is really changing outcomes and not just workflows in media because first it’s embedded […]