Reach And Relevance Are Coming Together: Nielsen’s Bradford

COLOGNE — In online advertising, you can either target a specific but small audience like a laser, or reach a broad audience, much of which may be irrelevant. But there is an emerging class of outlet which gives advertisers the best of both worlds, says media measurement firm Nielsen’s UK SVP Andrew Bradford. “There is often […]

Multiple Currencies will Drive Programmatic Video Growth, LiveRail’s Arnstein

COLOGNE — With Nielsen’s OCR, comScore’s vCE and others vying to be the yard stick by which buyers and sellers measure online advertising, is the industry approaching a Betamax moment, in which a single standard will win out? That doesn’t need to happen, says one digital ad exec. “People maybe are trying to focus too much […]

Data-Driven Advertising & Targeting Spur Online Video Spending, Forrester’s Joyce

COLOGNE, Germany — Data and addressability are two trends that are driving increased spending in online video, but also are posing challenges for the business, says Richard Joyce, Senior Analyst with Forrester Research, in an interview with Ashley J. Swartz, Founder and CEO of Furious Minds for Beet.TV. Overall, advertisers are expecting more growth in online video because of  better […]

Video Ad Platform Videology Aims for Universal Mobile ID

COLOGNE, Germany —  The cookie-less nature of the mobile market is challenging for marketers, but video tech vendors are working closely with partners to overcome those inherent hurdles, said Jana Eisenstein, SVP Global Accounts at video ad platform Videology, in an interview with Ashley J. Swartz, Founder and CEO of Furious Minds for Beet.TV. “We are working with […]

Programmatic Video Ads Set for Big Growth in Europe, AOL’s International Chief Explains

COLOGNE – Programmatic video advertising around video on demand, which encompasses some 50 percent of the UK market today, will grow in Europe to some 75% in the months ahead, says Graham Moysey, Head of AOL International, in this interview with Beet.TV He shares observations on the various market conditions from an early-to-adopt U.K. to […]

Quality Supply Holds Back Video Advertising: Videology’s Eisenstein

COLOGNE, Germany — Online video advertising won’t boom until better quality video content exists to encourage TV advertisers in to the medium, according to a video ad tech platform exec. “There are various factors holding us back,” Videology global media director Jana Eisenstein said during a Beet.TV session produced at DMEXCO, moderated by Ashley J. Swartz.. […]

A Record 30,000 Digital Media Execs Headed to Germany for DMEXCO

COLOGNE, Germany – A record 30,000 attendees will listen to over 200 speakers and see the offerings  some 800 exhibitors at next week’s DMEXCO, the tw0-day global conference of the digital media world in Cologne, Germany. At Cannes in June, we spoke with DMEXCO co-founder Christian Muche about this year’s agenda and the rising attraction […]

Campaign Engagement Is Essential: Havas’ DuBoff

In the interactive era, just raising the initial profile of a brand using a campaign just doesn’t cut the mustard anymore, according to media agency Havas’ global strategy director Rori DuBoff. “I don’t think we have a single client who says, ‘I am happy if you just get awareness’,” she tells Beet.TV. So she is building […]

Brands Should Define Goals Before Content: IPG’s Power

At this point, many brands will have heard enough about the “branded content” craze that they might seek out a “native” campaign. But decisions about which campaign tactics are used are best left to agencies, says one agency division exec. “Clients want to tell brand stories – they’re more open to us helping them figure […]

Time Inc’s Marvel: How Editorial and Advertising Collaborate

The wall between editorial and and advertising is lowering a bit at  Time Inc, as writers and ad salespeople collaborate on native advertising, says the publisher’s video and mobile sales director Mark Marvel. “The two can function in a way that’s meaningful,” Marvel tells Beet.TV. “There’s no longer that separation – there’s a little bit […]

TV Upfront Was “Underwhelming,” a Beet Commentary

The 2014 Upfront were “slightly underwhelming” says Furious Minds’ CEO and Founder Ashley J. Swartz. “The numbers weren’t so great.” Although television was up 3.3 percent overall, broadcast volume was down by 800 to 815 million and cable volume was down by 500 million. This was largely due to cuts by major advertisers like P&G, GM […]

VICE News is “One of the Biggest Newscasts in the World”

In five months since its launch, VICE News on YouTube  is “one of the biggest newscasts in America and possibly the world,” says Brian Dietz, SVP of Sales in this Beet.TV session video.   He says that the network has over 650,000 subscribers on YouTube and has had 70 million views of its videos.   […]

Video Ads Perform Better On Mobile: Jun Group CEO

The booming video advertising segment stands an even better chance of ringing up success on mobile devices than it has on desktop so far. That’s according to one video ad platform boss. “Seventy percent of the video views we did were on mobile devices,” says Jun Group CEO Mitchell Reichgut. “The performance is better, counterintiuitively, than […]

Razorfish CEO: Paid Media Should Operate in Real-Time With Social

Paid, owned and earned media can work well on a real-time basis, and brands need to rethink both their allocations for paid media and the timing too, says Pete Stein, CEO of Razorfish, in an interview with Ashley J. Swartz, CEO of Furious Minds, for Beet.TV. “It used to be that paid media was planned years in advance […]

Maker Studios’ Jason Krebs: Collaboration Key for Brands & Creators

Collaboration with creators is vital for brands working with digital producers and talent, says Jason Krebs, Head of Sales at Maker Studios, in an interview with Ashley J. Swartz, CEO of Furious Minds, for Beet.TV. Maker Studios creates and distributes video content focused on millenials and its videos generate 6.5 billion views each month to more than 450 […]

Breaking: LiveRail Acquired by Facebook

In a big move to expand its video advertising capabilities, Facebook has acquired video ad services company LiveRail, both companies announced today.   Earlier this year, LiveRail CEO Mark Trefgarne explained the company’s business model and plans in the video session with Ashley J. Swartz at this year’s Beet  Retreat.   We are republishing that […]

Beet Commentary: Is Aereo Decision Just Napster Déjà Vu?

What some thought would bring about the death of television as we know it encountered its own major setback last Wednesday when the Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision that had been in favor of Aereo. The Supreme Court’s reasoning was that the “cloud-based television antenna” that allowed subscribers to access over-the-air broadcast television […]

Disney Apps’ Reboot Improves Kids’ Engagement

SAN FRANCISCO — The Disney/ABC Television Group says it has increased kids’ engagement with its mobile apps by refreshing the line-up through adding games to video last month. “We’ve already seen some of the stickiness increase,” the group’s video products and technology VP JR Grant tells Beet.TV. “(They place) an emphasis on getting more content types […]