Life After DMEXCO: Furious Corp’s Swartz on Where the Industry Stands

COLOGNE, Germany – Now that DMEXCO 2014 has come to a close, thought leader and Furious Corp CEO Ashley J. Swartz gives her take on where the health of the digital marketing ecosystem stands – and what needs to be done. “We are this continual migration from a business that is marketing and communications driven to […]

 
 

VOD Could Shepherd More Programmatic Buying in TV, Ashley Swartz

Video-on-demand inventory is the next logical entry point for programmatic style advertising into linear TV, says Ashley J. Swartz, CEO and Founder of Furious Minds, in an interview with Beet.TV. “VOD is the first inventory that will come online for dynamic ad insertion,” she says. “The inventory is a bit more controlled, it’s not beholden to a […]

 
 

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 […]

 
 

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 […]

 
 

The New Lexicon of Programmatic Advertising, Commentator Ashley Swartz explains

There is great misunderstanding surrounding programmatic marketing, says Ashley J. Swartz, CEO and founder of Furious Minds. “We’re all using the same words to talk about this new world of marketing and advertising, which has really become the new world of technology,” she says. Because people are using the same words to talk about different […]

 
 

Ad Fraud May Harm Programmatic Growth

With web fraud reaching near endemic proportions, advertisers and vendors face a number of hurdles in dealing with the problem. says Ashley J. Swartz, CEO of Furious Minds, in a commentary for Beet.TV on the topic. Issues include who bears the cost of fraud, how do advertisers step up and in what circumstances, and what are […]

 
 

Beet Commentary: Big Upside in DirecTV-AT&T Deal Resides in Mobile & Latin America, Ashley J. Swartz

While programming has been cited as a motivator for the AT&T-DirectTV deal, the biggest benefits may lie in wireless and Latin America, says Ashley J. Swartz, founder and CEO of Furious Minds, in a commentary for Beet.TV. “What does this deal have that Comcast-Time Warner lacks? That’s wireless,” she says. “Think about the opportunity using […]

 
 

Vice, Digitas take “Best in Show” at NewFronts, Beet Commentator Ashley Swartz

For “making the most of the internet and staying on brand” Vice took overall ‘best in show’ at this year’s NewFronts, says Ashley J. Swartz, CEO and Founder of Furious Minds, in her weekly segment for Beet.TV in which she highlights the 2014 NewFronts. “[Vice] takes risks and they deserve to be commended for that,” […]

 
 

Transitioning TV Ad Buying From “Steak Dinners” to Programmatic: It’s Going to Take Time

SAN FRANCISCO — When are we going to see an industry in which a healthy slice of TV advertising is bought using so-called “programmatic” trading techniques? “For the major networks, it’s going to take a long time to eventually go over to this stock exchange process of being able to use data and being able […]

 
 

As Brands Eye Programmatic, Agencies Need to Show Value

As more brand are considering implementing their own programmatic platforms, media agencies need to more clearly present their value, advises Dee Salomon, Chief Marketing Officer of MediaLink, the influential media consulting firm.   In this segment from the recent Beet executive retreat, she says that MediaLink is working with brands in evaluating programmatic solutions. She […]

 
 

BEET COMMENTARY: Framing the Downside of the Comcast/TWC Acquisition

Whether or not the recently announced $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable by Comcast receives government approval, the impact of cable consolidation coupled with an emerging multi-tiered Internet represents a threat to the competitiveness and to the  Internet itself, says Ashley J. Swartz, CEO of Furious Minds, in this  commentary for Beet.TV  

 
 

Commentary: Forrester Report Highlights Shift from GRP’s for Digital Video

The evolution of effective audience measurement is the top priority for most in the digital video industry, according to a commissioned report by Forrester Research sponsored by Videology.   The industry needs to move past measurement via GRP’s says  Ashley J. Swartz, CEO of the the Furious Minds, report in this commentary for Beet.TV.  

 
 

Beet Commentary by Ashley Swartz: Content Must is “Fluid”

VIEQUES, PR — In a fast-changing, multi-screen world, content and consumers are leading, rather than marketers, says Ashley Swartz, CEO and Founder of Furious Minds, in a state-of-the-nation video report from the Beet.TV Executive Retreat. “There is a fluidity of content. We are chasing, we are not leading. Audience behavior is changing faster than we […]

 
 

Beet Commentary: Ashley Swartz’ 10 Takeaways from CES

LAS VEGAS –  From wearables to connected cars to the  new 4H TV’s, here’s the takewawy on the 10 most notable trends emerging from  CES, according and industry analyst and Beet.TV contributor Ashley J . Swartz.  

 
 

Google Expects Consolidation In Programmatic Ad Market

Lately, ad tech vendors have been rushing like bulls out of a gate to bring out new automated ad delivery tools. But this proliferation may not always be the case, according to a top Google exec. “There could easily be some contraction in this marketplace, or acquisition,” Google media platforms sales head Jay VanDerzee tells Beet.TV. “The next […]

 
 

WPP Has “Largest Programmatic Media Platform” with Xaxis and 24/7 Real Media Merger

Automated advertising is about to be executed at some serious scale, after WPP this month announced it would merge its 24/7 Media unit’s collection of publisher-side technologies in to data stablemate Xaxis. “It puts us in some rare air – we are the largest programmatic and media platform,” Xaxis north America MD Brian Gleason tells Beet.TV. WPP merged […]

 
 

FreeWheel has Important Video Report, Ashley Swartz explains why

The newly released report by FreeWheel on digital video consumption and advertising represents something of a watershed moment for TV Everywhere, explains Ashley J. Swartz in this analysis for Beet.TV.  The report also points to the growth of advertising across digital properties. Here is our video interview with FreeWheel’s Brian Dutt who gives his take […]

 
 

AdTonik’s CEO: Mobile to TV Marketing Most Effective When Timed to “Daypart”

Mobile and TV cross-screen buying can be most effective when timed properly to a call-to-action, says Michael Masters, Co-founder and CEO of the mobile and TV advertising platform AdTonik in this interview with Ashley J. Swartz for Beet.TV. For instance, if Pizza Hut advertises on TV, the best time to run a mobile ad might be the next day […]

 
 

Starcom’s Richman: Cross-Screen Investment Rising, Discovery is Next Frontier

The next big push in online video content may lie in discovery, says Amanda Richman, President, Investment and Activation, Starcom USA, in this interview with Ashley J. Swartz for Beet.TV. In the last year, Starcom studied the perception of online video and TV ads and learned that consumers don’t distinguish. “We kept coming up against this perception that […]

 
 

SMG Launches New Unit for Cross-Platform Design, Content

As part of its evolution to become a cross-screen media agency, Starcom MediaVest Group launched a new unit this week called Zero Dot, devoted to consult and create brand experiences and content across platforms, says Amanda Richman, President, Investment and Activation, Starcom USA, in this interview with Ashley J. Swartz for Beet.TV. “Starcom has been […]

 
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