“This is the Year of Addressable TV, It is Totally Transformational” GroupM’s Gotlieb

The opportunity for advertisers to deliver TV ads to specific homes , via cable and satellite boxes and connected TV’s is “totally transformational” and it is happening now, says Irwin Gotlieb, Chairman of  GroupM,  WPP’s media buying umbrella group.  He says the media industry of the future  will see 2015 as the the year that addressable […]

Addressable Television Grows for GroupM with 100 Campaigns in ’15

Addressable TV, delivering advertisements to a specific household’s cable or satellite box, is becoming a viable, albeit a nascent new medium with “hundreds of millions of dollars” being spent.  GroupM’s advance television unit Modi Media has implemented 100 addressable campaigns so far this year, says Michael Bologna, President, in this interview with Beet.TV Addressable works for brands, […]

Interactive TV Future Is Finally Here: AT&T AdWorks’ Dunsche

If you remember the mid-90s futuristic hype about “interactive TV”, you will know the concept goes back a long way. Maria Mandel Dunsche remembers. The VP of AT&T’s AdWorks division has been working with such platforms since 1999, helping brands try to exploit the emerging channel. But it’s only lately the reality has come to pass. “I’ve been in this […]

“Convergent TV” Will Take Front Stage at Cannes Lions, Banker Kawaja

The transformation of television and the emergence  “convergent TV,” will take front stage at the Cannes Lions Festival next month, predicts Terence Kawaja, co-founder and CEO of LUMA Partners, a prominent investment bank in the media and adtech sectors. The discussion of addressable TV, and the emerging opportunities for advertisers to deliver targeted advertising to individual cable and satellite […]

Beet Retreat 2015

presented by & Program of Events Thursday, January 22 Friday, January 23 Saturday, January 24 Special Participants Important Information Thursday, January 22 12 noon – 6:00 p.m. Video interviews will be conducted with early arriving participants in Studio 7 (on the conference floor level). All participants should book a 10-minute block with katy@beet.tv These individual […]

Ad Tech Won’t Kill The Media Agency: Videology’s Castree

Brands that previously let their ad agencies get on with the business of advertising are increasingly using available new technology platforms do do some of the work themselves. So is the very existence of the media agency under threat? Not according to one agency exec who has just crossed to the other side. “More clients […]

AOL Presents iJustine In Chicago: the Beet Video Summit w/ McDonald’s,Target, Digitas, Havas and SMG

iJustine, a pioneering  innovator  in the Web originals space will headlining a two hour video summit on the emerging medium of digital video. Also participating will be  brand marketers  from McDonald’s and Target and media agency execs from Digitas, Havas and Starcom MediaVest Justine will speak about her AOL series about wearable tech called HardWired […]

The Transformation of Television: Exploring the Emerging Opportunities for Marketers, a Beet Leadership Summit, presented by AOL in Chicago

The very nature of television consumption and distribution is changing.  This transformation presents new opportunities for marketers, ranging from sponsored Web original series, to branded advertising to highly addressable cross-screen advertising. In this fast-paced transition, what are the creative considerations around content; what are the pricing dynamics; and how is content  and advertising being delivered […]

Starcom Expands Online Video Research Projects; Brings in B of A, General Mills, US Cellular

In an effort to learn more about online video ad formats, Starcom is expanding its research project called “The Pool” to include new publishers and advertisers focused on short-form content for the Web, said Tracey Scheppach, SVP and video innovation director at Starcom USA. In my interview at the OMMA Video conference in New York […]

LiveRamp And NCC Agree On The Need For Advanced-TV Interoperability

CANNES—Perhaps the best way to summarize a panel discussion with executives from LiveRamp TV and NCC Media about advanced-TV interoperability is the following quote from NCC CEO Nicolle Pangis: “We’re in the bottom of the first inning of a baseball game that’s going to go into extra innings.” This theoretical game isn’t going to be […]

Bank Of America Sees More Dynamic Segmentation As Addressable TV Grows

MIAMI – Having just dipped its toes into addressable television advertising, Bank of America is planning additional campaigns and looks forward to being able to do sequential messaging to specific consumer targets. “I think there’s a ton of opportunity in the space,” says SVP of Marketing Andrew Deming. The company’s overall goal is a shift […]

Finding New Paths in Cross-Channel Addressability

an industry leadership forum presented by DISH Media Sales & Experian Marketing Services As we move into this new age of viewing behavior, TV advertising is defining the standard on how to best to utilize data and technology to get brands in front of their desired audience, the fuel that is driving this standard is […]

Zeebox Launches in the United States, Here’s Why it Matters to Advertisers

CHICAGO – Addressable TV, sometimes called "the holy grail" of video advertising, has reached a key milestone as the media agency Starcom has implemented the delivery of addressable TV ads for Allstate to some 14 million Dish Network and DIRECT TV subscribers, says Tracy Scheppach, EVP/Innovations Director for VivaKi/Starcom MediaVest Group in this interview with […]