The upfronts remain central to the annual TV planning process, as brands lock in premium ad buys for the year ahead. But the shift to connected TV (CTV) implications for how marketers capitalize on and execute upfronts. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Beau Ordemann, VP, head of advanced TV, Yahoo Advertising, explains how a partnership with Roku aims to address that [...]

SAN JUAN, PR — Big jumps in Google search activity followed Super Bowl ads for established brands this year, defying assumptions that only new product commercials or DTC advertisers cause such traffic spikes. This shows that two-screening—concurrently using Google and another screen—is becoming “a genetic predisposition”, said Sean Cunningham, president and CEO, Video Advertising Bureau (VAB), in this video interview with [...]

For some brands, the tactic of working with "influencers" may have morphed into "creator" partnerships - but, still, too many are viewing the relationship mechanistically. That's the view of Aaron Miller, head of influencer and activations at MediaHub Worldwide. In this video interview with Beet.TV, he said the best collaborations arise when brands genuinely respect creators' voices and perspectives, co-creating content instead [...]

LAS VEGAS – The media marketplace is ripe for consolidation after becoming even more fragmented in the past few years. The explosive growth of connected-television apps and the variety of businesses that sell advertising, including retailers, airlines, hotels, banks and ride-sharing providers has given brands more touchpoints with consumers. “We're going to see a lot more consolidation in CTV and the [...]

SAN JUAN, PR – Ad fraud hasn’t gone away. Still in 2025, the problem is costing advertisers billions of dollars every year. Some studies estimate that ad fraud now costs $30 billion in the US. Globally, the figure is a staggering $100 to $120 billion, according to Zach Lain, director of global data partnerships at PepsiCo. The problem is prevalent in the [...]

With the world still swirling around media measurement, could AI lend a hand? Digitas North America is kicking the tyres of that opportunity - but it's too soon to get out on the road. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Jen Faraci, chief data officer, Digitas North America, explains the potential. An imperfect world "The state of measurement is very interesting right now, particularly [...]

As marketers seek to quantify the impact of their advertising dollars, the advertising industry is duly obliging, shifting media measurement towards outcome-based measurement. It's the sort of offering that TV, once upon a time, could not hope to have provided. But, these days, TV companies are among those driving the technology. "(We want to) move outcome measurement from the exclusive domain of [...]

As the lines between upper and lower-funnel activity continue to blur on what was once viewed as an awareness channel, advertisers are getting wise to the performance opportunities now available within CTV. Indeed, some marketers have already begun experimenting with shoppable ad units on the platform, though the practice has yet to take off at scale. This is about to change, said [...]

Personalized experiences powered by first-party data are commonplace among marketers aiming to deliver unique messaging as they seek to grow their customer bases. With a fragmented ecosystem, connecting identities is becoming crucial. But, when your audiences are moving targets, how can you pin them down? In this video interview with Beet.TV, Julie Clark, SVP of media and entertainment at TransUnion, discusses the [...]

The perception of television as a performance-driven medium has gained significant momentum over the past 12 to 24 months, reshaping the way advertisers approach TV investments. This shift is being driven by necessity. "TV needs to continue being an avenue in which advertisers invest," Dominick Pace, executive director of investment, Team Unilever, at WPP’s Mindshare, said in this interview with Beet.TV [...]

Connected television has undergone significant transformation in the past couple of years, with evolving capabilities and offerings that continue to reshape the digital advertising landscape. As the medium matures, industry leaders see vast potential in its continued evolution. “CTV starts when you turn on the glass," Aaron Sobol, head of North America media investment and data governance at consumer goods giant [...]

In an era of ad fatigue and media saturation, content creators have become essential to modern marketing strategies, offering authenticity and deep audience connections. "Creators are absolutely critical in the modern marketing landscape," Kerry Doyle, executive vice president of Carat Content at Dentsu International’s Carat USA, said in this interview with Lisa Granatstein, editorial director of Beet.TV. "They have a deep [...]

Thirty-eight percent of people in the US scan QR codes at least once per year, according to Emarketer. But, when it comes to TV ads that aim to drive viewers to websites, some are coming to think that remote control-based interaction wins out over QR. Robert Aksman, president and co-founder of BrightLine, explained why in this video interview with Beet.TV. Closing the loop [...]

LAS  VEGAS - Mainstream news is losing audiences as consumers question its validity and find alternative sources of facts, which have the same potential to mislead or reinforce misconceptions. Amid this cacophony, reliable information becomes more valuable. “Consumers are exceptionally desperate for at least a sense of control and a sense of choice,” Whitney Fishman, executive vice president, futures and applied [...]

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Marketers seek media environments that make audiences more receptive to advertising, and contextual intelligence platform GumGum aims to help. Its mindset graph is built with a consumer-first framework. “The mindset graph is built off of GumGum's AI-powered contextual data in which we analyze what's happening in that digital environment at that moment,” Phil Schraeder, CEO at GumGum, [...]

Somewhere along the line, in the last five years, "influencer marketing" morphed into "Creator partnerships". In bald terms, that's the difference between heavy-handed branding and letting Creators drive their content. For marketers looking to tap into the Creator economy, there are key differences between Creators and influencers that make Creators a more valuable avenue for reaching audiences, according to Vineet Pathak, [...]

It may be a digital world - but executives still look forward to meeting in person to debate the latest industry developments. That's what they will be doing at Beet Retreat San Juan, Beet.TV's executive retreat for industry leaders, Feb. 26 to 28. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Eric Daentz, president, Cognitiv, explains why he is looking forward to the event. Human [...]

Ad agencies may be more tech-savvy than they used to be - but they still lean on a lot of support from pure-play software partners to simplify and streamline their cross-platform campaigns. By utilizing holistic planning and buying activation tools, OMD is able to show consistency through their executions. "Technology providers like FreeWheel play a critical role in really streamlining what that [...]

Streaming video has overtaken traditional linear television among a variety of metrics including viewership time. Advertisers are following these audiences, but additional work is needed to transform the automated buying and selling of commercials on connected television, as attendees of the upcoming Beet Retreat San Juan will discuss in greater detail. “In streaming, it's all about live: bringing more great live [...]

Consumers are dividing their viewing time among a growing variety of devices that include everything from smart TVs to mobile phones to wearables. This more complex environment has pushed brands and media buyers to devise strategies to engage cross-platform audiences. “What we're doing very simply is taking a holistic approach to video that really is about video everywhere on all screens, [...]