Advertising

The New York Times Company has released a new digital program called Ricochet, helping brands better meet audience needs by attaching advertising to Times content says Michael Zimbalist, VP of Research and Development, in his interview with Beet.TV

Vibrant Media, the company known for inserting ads into text advertising in the form of hyplinks which link to a rollover message, has introduced a video ad unit which expands full-screen when visitors choose. 

Selling online video on the basis of total views, known as gross rating points (GRPs), common in the television business, will become increasingly important as consumers and the media stop differentiating between online video and other forms of video and view video holistically across platforms, says Ran Harnevo, SVP, Video, AOL On, in this interview […]

Many brands are focused on the new paradigm of paid media and earned media, but all media should actually be earned, including the ads made for the Web, said Mark Beeching, Worldwide Chief Creative and Strategy Officer at Digitas, during an interview with Beet.TV at the Digitas NewFront in New York last week.

Consumer tolerance for watching longer videos has opened new opportunities for brands and programmers to create more original and long-form content for digital platforms, said Stephanie Sarofian, Managing Director of the Third Act, the branded content arm of Digitas that is hosting the Digitas NewFront in New York this week. Beet.TV connected with Sarofian at […]

Working with brands closely on digital programming requires a fine balance, says digital superstar Felicia Day, who launched four shows on a new YouTube channel earlier this month. Beet.TV connected with Day at the Digitas NewFront in New York this week to talk about her YouTube channel and what it takes to be successful with sponsors.

Yahoo! is investing heavily in original, premium video for the Web, says Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo! EVP for the America's in this intview with Beet.TV at yesterday's Digital New Front event where the company unveiled a slate of new shows.

Digital studio Vuguru has paired up with AOL on several new scripted programs and will roll out the first four throughout the year, including “Fetching,” created by “Sex and the City” writer Amy Harris. The companies announced the details at the Digital Content NewFront in New York, where Beet.TV caught up with Vuguru’s CEO Larry […]

At the Digital Content NewFront in New York, AOL announced 50 new shows including a Jennifer Lopez-produced program, an original production from digital studio Vuguru, as well as shows on technology, auto, style, food and more, said Karen Cahn, GM for Branded Entertainnment at AOL. Beet.TV spoke with her after the upfront presentation outside the event […]

Video on the Internet has come of age and there is a big movement to premium content, says Mickie Rosen, SVP, Media Network, Yahoo! in this interview with Beet.TV

Xbox LIVE is Microsoft’s most innovative and differentiated offering for video advertising, says Rick Song, GM for Microsoft Advertising, East Coast, in this interiew with Beet.TV

At that AOL New Fronts event last night, the main event was the announcement of new video portal called AOL On.  

Microsoft's Xbox LIVE, the fast growing gaming console, which has become a primary video consumption platform for some 40 million users around the globe, allows advertisers to reach highly specific audiences according to interests, gender, location and other factors. 

The demand for premium online video content is much higher than the supply, said AOL SVP for Video Ran Harnevo during a conversation at the BRX Video Summit this month on ad exchanges, premium inventory and the online video ad marketplace needs and wants.

Online video viewers have a much greater tolerance for higher ad loads than most of the premium publishing business is delivering right now, said speakers on a panel at the BRX Video Summit last week in New York.

Show me the metrics. That was the overwhelming request from media buyers speaking on a panel at the BRX Video Summit last week in New York.

Brightroll, the big San Francisco-based online video ad network and exchange has topped the latest comScore rankings for online video ad properties among the its competitive set of ad networks and exchanges.   (Brightroll ranks third in the overall category with Hulu and Google in the first and second spots.)

LAS VEGAS, NV – Mid-roll ads are the most engaging, live is more engaging than on-demand and mobile viewing drives high engagement with advertising, says Adobe's Jeremy Helfand, VP for Video Monetization, citing a report issued this week at the NAB Show.

While video ad exchanges are gaining traction in the digital marketplace, her agency's brands are not ready to put their digital video buys into an exchange.  Clients are more comfortable with video ad networks, says Gina Preziosa, Group Digital Media Director, Mullen mediahub.

The notion of addressable TV, a scenario in which broadcasters and marketers "narrowcast" content on a one-to-one basis to a viewer, is still very much in the early stages, but it can become a reality if marketers use consumer data to reach specific individuals.