In a world where viewers resent and recoil from advertising, how do broadcasters and publishers deliver results for advertisers anymore? By working with, not against, prevailing audience behavior. In this video interview with TransUnion's head of media Matt Spiegel for Beet.TV, Hulu advertising VP Jeremy Helfand says more TV companies need to innovate in order to deliver experiences that delight, rather than turn [...]

PARIS– During the pandemic, the marketplace has shifted, and the context in which brands advertise is as important as ever. Domitille Doat, chief digital officer at Danone explained how the pandemic has altered the marketplace, both from a consumer’s perspective and from an advertising perspective.  Selling products for infants, Danone knows that it’s extremely important that they are aware of what [...]

Twitter has removed various offensive tweets, but has not removed any by Donald Trump.    There's no rhyme or reason for this except that Trump is the social network's biggest draw, opines Kara Swisher, New York Time Op-Ed contributor and co-founding editor of Recode in this video interview with Beet.TV Swisher wrote in today's Times today the need or Twitter to [...]

Slowly but surely, publishers, broadcasters, agencies and industry bodies may be changing the minds of advertisers who, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, pulled spending from news. Back in March, many advertising buyers began using keyword blocking tools to swerve virus-related stories, or simply stopping advertising in news altogether, believing it to be too negative to be "brand-safe". But Integral Ad [...]

It's been a difficult time for the advertising agency business as marketing budgets have been put on hold and media investments strategies are being reevaluated.  But it is an important time of change for agencies who are tasked by clients around new e-commerce strategies and fast digital transformation,  says Marla Kaplowitz, CEO of the 4A's, in this interview with Beet.TV She [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic has been extremely difficult for publishers, with many advertising buyers using keyword blocking tools to swerve virus-related stories, or simply stopping advertising in news altogether. But publishers may be able to soften the blow and give advertisers what they want by using their own tools. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Chance Johnson, chief revenue officer of Integral Ad [...]

While brand safety was not the main reason for advertisers having pulled back from investing during the early days of the pandemic, those being budgets and messaging, concerns about brand safety or suitability have been a factor --  but they are abating. Initially putting investment on hold during the initial days, advertisers are finding that news is increasingly providing "positive associations" [...]

DETROIT– With dealerships unable to remain open in most areas and consumer behaviors changing drastically, car sales have drastically reduced over the past few months. According to Julie Mynster, automotive executive director of POLK Audience Solutions at IHS Markit, the future of buying cars is not in the lot, but online. According to the National Association of Automotive Dealers, 80-90% of [...]

The accompanying video unpacks why buyers are hungry for addressable, why supply is so constrained and the potential risks for sellers of over-indexing on this one type of inventory. It’s the sixth in a series of educational videos Furious has produced in collaboration with Beet.TV. Below is a sampling of Part 6: Slowly but surely, the TV industry is making headway [...]

The ad industry should scrap retargeting and volunteer to be regulated in order to properly embrace the opportunities of audience personalization. That is according to Comcast's strategy VP Claudio Marcus. In the marketing world, software is increasingly allowing consumers to tailor the kinds of content they want - and allowing marketers to build personal profiles of audiences they want to target. But, in [...]

LONDON -- UK broadcaster Channel 4 is seeing a 40% bump in views on All 4, its multi-platform on-demand player, during the coronavirus pandemic. Now all it has to do is reverse ad revenue that is declining even faster. Early in April, the broadcaster said "TV ad market (sales are) set to be down in excess of 50% over April and [...]

Since 2017, the digital media industry has largely taken control of brand safety issues, universally rejected content around terrorism and violence. The conversation has moved on to brand suitability and the tools in the hands of buyers and publishers have become much more refined, says David Murnick, EVP for Digital Operations at Dentsu Aegis Network in this interview with Beet.TV Verification companies [...]

LONDON - The digital media industry is going through a rapid transformation, accelerated by the global pandemic.  For marketers navigating a changing  landscape, taking time for learning is essential, suggests Philippa Snare, SVP for EMEA at The TradeDesk in this interview with Beet.TV's Jon Watts. Snare recently moved from Facebook where she lead their Global Business Marketing division for EMEA, overseeing [...]

NASHVILLE/CHICAGO --  How do you sell a car during a global pandemic? With dealerships unable to be open, the auto industry has had to pivot their strategy in ways that they never have before. In an interview with Matt Spiegel, EVP of marketing solutions and head of media vertical at TransUnion, Allyson Witherspoon, vice president of marketing at Nissan, explained [...]

Finding the right audience for marketing messages was already becoming complex. But the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a whole new set of challenges. Audience targeting appears to be entering a third age. After initial buying of ads against content that delivers key demographics, marketers have been in thrall to laser-targeting audiences, no matter they content they are consuming. Now we are [...]

An improving tone in news and current affairs around COVID-19 is prompting some brands to return to advertising in news, according to one ad agency leader. In March, many brands began using brand safety tools' keyword blacklisting features to dodge ad inventory adjacent to coronavirus news, or simply pulled out of news altogether, fearing that association with downbeat stories would harm [...]

LAFAYETTE, CA -- We all know the global COVID-19 pandemic is up-ending the rules of business and accelerating trend lines that were already unfurling beforehand. But exactly how do new media habits provoked by the pandemic change the game for marketers? In this video interview with Beet.TV, Oracle's Michelle Hulst - GVP, Marketing & Strategic Partnerships, Oracle Data Cloud - explains ways [...]

REDWOOD CITY, CA -- As consumption trends shift drastically, brands have found it more important than ever to use market research data to track users closely. In a BeetCam interview, Philip Smolin, chief strategy officer at Amobee, explained how this research data has made way for increased opportunity on both the buy and sell sides. For many on the buy side, [...]

Tune in here Wednesdays at 1pm ET The accompanying video unpacks how sellers of linear TV advertising should adapt their inventory management, pricing and data practices in response to the COVID-19 crisis. It’s the fifth in a series of educational videos Furious has produced in collaboration with Beet.TV. Below is a sampling of Part 5: Here are three universal truths of linear [...]

Now we all realize it's a crazy world where anything could suddenly up-end business fundamentally - but at least we can plan for the next major enforced change. Preparedness and resilience for large-scale resets are emerging onto the agendas of businesses around the world, and marketing is no exception. In the last couple of months, many brands have had to quickly adjust [...]