“Value” is far more than a financial metric -- it’s about driving meaningful change for clients’ businesses, said Stephan Indich, executive vice president and head of integrated investment at Interpublic Group’s Mediahub Worldwide. While cost savings remain important, value must also come through insights, creativity and collaboration, he said in this interview with Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan during Advertising Week New [...]

Procter & Gamble’s Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard says enduring brands aren’t built on fleeting trends but on a deep understanding of consumers and a clear sense of purpose. Speaking with Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan at the ANA Masters of Marketing conference, Pritchard described how classic brand-building principles continue to guide P&G’s strategy even as technology reshapes the marketing landscape. “The [...]

Consumers spend approximately 11 minutes deciding what to watch when they turn on their televisions, creating a premium opportunity for native advertising placements that influence content selection and brand messaging before streaming begins. “The first thing that you see when you turn on your TV is, well, what do I want to watch? The average consumer spends about 11 minutes deciding [...]

Today’s digital media are the most measurable ever. But does a focus on short-term, addressable media metrics skew the advertising industry, neglecting the important work of brand building? This balancing act between brand and performance, and between automation and ingenuity, is top of mind for Stacy DeRiso, global brand president, Initiative. Having led the agency’s largest market in the U.S. for four [...]

LAS VEGAS — Organizations struggling to move from siloed data to actionable cross-channel insights should start small and prioritize progress over comprehensive solutions that never launch. “It’s about simplification and everyone seems to be wanting to boil the ocean, and that’s always hard," Cristina Marinucci, VP Global Growth & Omni Commercial Insights at Mondelēz International, told Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan at [...]

As new technologies make it easier than ever to place a “buy now” button in front of a consumer, the pressure to demonstrate immediate return on investment is immense. But could this short-term focus risk undermining the long-term work of brand building? This is the view of Brendon Volpe, chief strategy officer US at UM Worldwide, who argued that agencies must help [...]

Advertisers should rethink what “reach” really means, said Kelley Rapport, vice president and director of precision at Publicis Groupe’s Digitas North America. Instead of trying to reach everyone, Rapport said brands should prioritize quality interactions, meeting the right audience, with the right message at the right time. “It’s important to get in front of the right people,” she told Beet.TV’s Lisa [...]

With the audience now firmly established in the CTV environment, the focus is turning toward making those impressions count. For some, the next phase of CTV advertising involves moving beyond simple reach to drive tangible consumer action. That is the opportunity for streaming platforms to evolve advertising from broad exposure to measurable patient engagement, said Jake Piasecki, co-head of enterprise ad sales, [...]

“AI really is reshaping every aspect of media,” said Neala Brown, senior vice president of strategy and insights at Teads, the global digital media platform known for its outstream video formats. Speaking with Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan, Brown said the rise of generative AI is revolutionizing how video is created, adapted and optimized across platforms. From large-scale creative production to real-time [...]

LAS VEGAS — The “too-late target” is a perennial problem of the programmatic age. And it’s particularly cringeworthy when an ad tech professional experiences a targeted ad after they have already purchased the item they’re subsequently seeing on their digital screen.  “If I go into an electronic store to buy a new laptop or a new iPad, and then I complete [...]

In an advertising landscape defined by economic uncertainty and fast-changing consumer behavior, flexibility has become a defining principle of modern media investment, said Marcy Greenberger, chief investment officer of UM Worldwide, during a Beet.TV interview with contributor David Kaplan during Advertising Week New York. “In a world of economic uncertainty and unpredictable client business performance, flexibility is key,” Greenberger said. “You [...]

In the commerce media space, few categories of company are in quite as advantageous a position as those which hold the purse strings. For American Express, the bet is that its unique position as both a card issuer and a merchant acquirer provides an unmatched view into the habits of high-spending shoppers. This strategy is the foundation of Amex Ads, a just-launched [...]

The captive audience has long been the holy grail of advertising. But what about the audience that is literally captive, buckled into the backseat of a car with an average of 20 minutes to spare? Uber Advertising recently surpassed a $1.5 billion annual run rate and is growing at a rapid clip. The goal is to transform passive travel time into [...]

Interactive entertainment has become a cornerstone of omnichannel media strategy, said Ben Hovaness, chief media officer at OMD Worldwide. “We see interactive entertainment playing two key roles,” he said in this interview with Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan. “The first is providing incremental reach plus depth reach because it enables us to reach many individuals who we might not be able to [...]

With AI features becoming commonplace, the differentiator is the data. As artificial intelligence transforms media planning, Katy Varner, global chief growth strategy officer at IPG Mediabrands believes the true competitive advantage lies not in the technology itself but in how agencies and brands harness unique input. In this video interview with Beet.TV, she explains her agency's approach. The AI differentiation challenge "AI is not really [...]

Once upon a time, an advertiser once had a handful of channels across TV, radio, and print.  Modern fragmentation changed all that. For one measurement executive, the solution lies in focusing on attention as a core currency and, more importantly, carefully considering the downstream consequences of the metrics buyers choose to value. “Attention metrics are more important than ever because the way [...]

LAS VEGAS – Retail media’s rapid evolution has made data collaboration an essential tool for both advertisers and retailers, said Liz Roche, vice president of media and measurement at Albertsons Media Collective, during an interview with Beet.TV’s David Kaplan at the Groceryshop convention. “Data collaboration is absolutely the name of the game right now,” Roche said. “Our supplier partners are looking [...]

As retailers look to bridge the gap between digital and physical shopping, T-Mobile Ad Solutions is betting big on the rise of in-store retail media. Cherian Thomas, senior director of retail media and digital out-of-home at T-Mobile Ad Solutions, told Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan that while bringing digital capabilities inside brick-and-mortar environments is challenging, it’s also one of the industry’s [...]

MADRID — For years, contextual advertising has largely been a game of matching keywords on a page to the topic of an ad. But as the technology improves, so does the ambition to move beyond simple semantics - into realm of human nuance. The next frontier involves training systems to understand not just what a piece of content is about, but [...]

Television advertising for pharmaceutical brands has evolved beyond general demographic targeting to enable condition-specific audience layering that eliminates wasted impressions while maintaining the mass reach needed for awareness campaigns. “Where we used to do a broad kind of demo targeting, now we can bring in these condition-based audiences that allow us to become more precise,” Katie Van Horn, associate director for [...]