Advancements in natural-language processing (NLP) technology are giving marketers greater ability to engage consumers in verbal conversations. As people listen to ad-supported audio programming such as podcasts and music, brands will have more tools to make radio-like spots more interactive. Stas Tushinksy, co-founder and chief executive of voice marketing platform Instreamatic, describes those possibilities in this interview with Beet.TV. “Imagine you're listening [...]

Every brand wants to out-do its competitors. But, in the advertising services sector that helps brands reach higher, it is increasingly about coming-together rather than competition. Christa Carone, President of newly-formed Infillion, says she is heading to Beet Retreat San Juan in pursuit of partnerships. Her company was recently formed out of a merger of Gimbal and true[X]. But, in this video [...]

Political advertising will be especially significant in this year’s midterm elections, considering that control of both houses of the U.S. Congress is in play. Campaigns are grappling with a seismic shift in television viewing habits during the pandemic, which kept many people at home during a time when major media companies either expanded or launched streaming video services. “Streaming has presented [...]

In times of change, companies that were once advertising buyers are becoming ad publishers, and executives who were agency-side are joining technology enablers. That is what Brian Gleason, GroupM global chief commercial officer, is doing by joining technology firm Criteo. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Gleason explains why he sees "retail media," as enabled by Criteo, as a growth engine. Commerce rising Amazon [...]

Advertisers have grown more focused on business outcomes from their marketing campaigns, pushing media companies to offer performance-based guarantees. As data-drive attribution becomes more scalable and standardized, these deliverables are becoming more attainable. Jon Stimmel, chief growth officer at CTV ad-tech company Sabio, will discuss these issues more in-depth as a featured speaker at the Beet Retreat, one of the industry’s most [...]

If you had told TV advertisers, a couple of decades ago, that they would be able to custom-target ads at individual households in real-time, they might have laughed you out of the room. But dynamic creative optimization (DCO) in connected TV (CTV) is no laughing matter. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Charel Maclntosh, Head of Business Development & Strategic Partnerships at [...]

In an industry that depends on connections, integration and collaboration are critical. But those connections aren't only digital. At the Beet Retreat, one of the industry’s most talked about gatherings of high-level media executives, decision-makers come together to debate and thrash-out new working relationships. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Matt McLeggon, SVP, Advanced Solutions, Magnite, explains why he thinks collaboration is [...]

As television networks prepare to showcase their programming during the upfront sales season, more advertisers are ready to test alternative ways to measure the value of their media investments. “When we hung up the phone yesterday with a bunch of our clients, we had a handful of them say, ‘I'm ready to test,’” Cara Lewis, who in November was promoted to [...]

In a year which will see the ushering-in of new TV measurement paradigms, the industry is coming together to thrash-out the future. The Beet Retreat, one of the industry’s most talked about gatherings of high-level media executives, will take place at the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 16 to 18, 2022. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Lisa Ciancarelli, [...]

Advertising on ecommerce sites is a high-growth segment of digital media as marketers seek to reach digital shoppers closer to the point of sale. Amazon, Walmart, Target, Albertsons, Kroger, Best Buy and Macy's are among the retailers that sell online ad space on their websites. Instead of being categorized as a type of “performance media” that includes in-store promotions, retail [...]

Out-of-home advertising is seeing a rebound as marketers aim to reach consumers who are returning to their pre-pandemic routines after being stuck at home during lockdowns. While billboards, posters and digital signage provide ways for their brands to seen by “on-the-go” consumers, streaming startup Atmosphere is offering a platform to deliver video ads to public venues. “We see ourselves sitting at [...]

Selling directly to consumers is a source of revenue growth for a variety of brands, whether it’s an established multinational like Nike in sportswear or a disruptor like Dollar Shave Club in men’s grooming products. Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands seek measurable results in every part of the purchase funnel, and Disney will highlight how it helps to drive outcomes as part [...]

Disney this week named Samba TV as its first official measurement partner amid a broader effort to provide marketers with more tools to analyze their advertising campaigns. Brands will have access to Samba TV’s True Reach and Frequency platform for deeper insights into audiences among a variety of connected devices including smart TVs. “We're no longer measuring video on one screen [...]

Many in the industry think the new era of connected and advanced TV services and advertising capabilities also means as much pain from fragmentation as it does investment opportunity. But Mali Moran also thinks the opposite could wind up being true. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Moran, Group VP, Product Strategy, Spectrum Reach, explains why. Coming together "In the world of consumer fragmentation, [...]

Roku this month began offering marketers a new kind of guarantee that they’re reaching target audiences through its streaming network, which has 50 million active accounts in the United States. Its OneView programmatic ad-buying platform now has Nielsen’s Digital Ad Ratings (DAR) audience guarantees – the first for TV streaming. “It allows them [media buyers] to see audience overlaps across every [...]

Comcast Advertising, a division of the media and communications giant, reached a deal with VideoAmp to include aggregated viewership data from the Comcast footprint into its currency-grade measurement. The increased coverage will support local, national and cross-platform audience ratings and impression measurement to help media buyers and sellers determine their value. “The incorporation of response-level data from set-top boxes and smart [...]

Consumers are spending a growing amount time watching video content on connected devices including smart TVs and mobile phones. As audiences divide their time among linear and digital channels, advertisers have sought more accurate methods to measure these activities – or a currency that indicates what they’re getting for their media spending. “We really are hearing more and more of a [...]

If you thought that the latest chapter for Yahoo, following its recent sale by Verizon, would be played out in the shadows, Elizabeth Herbst-Brady has something to say. Verizon sold its Verizon Media Group for $5 billion to Apollo Global Management, a private equity firm, in a deal which closed in September. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Herbst-Brady, Yahoo Head of Global [...]

Out-of-home advertising is rebounding as marketers seek to reach consumers who are itching to get back to pre-pandemic activities like traveling, going out to eat, attending live events and shopping in stores. Brands also are relying on software tools to improve their targeting and contextual messaging amid the challenges of losing tracking cookies and device identifiers in their digital efforts. Consumers [...]

Until now, the promise of targeted TV advertising has been held back by its available time slot within cable systems. But that is about to change, as Canoe Ventures announces four national programmers - AMC Networks, Discovery, TelevisaUnivision and WarnerMedia - are enabling expanded national addressability. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Noah Levine, Head of Advanced Advertising, WarnerMedia, explains what it means. More [...]