Horizon Media’s Domenic Venuto: AI Positions Agencies As Strategic Partners, Not Vendors

NEW YORK — Rather than reducing ad agencies to the role of “mere service provider,” artificial intelligence tools just might be elevating creatives and media buyers to strategic C-suite partners that address fundamental business challenges. “For a long time in the agency business, we got relegated to the procurement office. It was all about cost […]

 
 

Swivel’s Joseph Hirsch: Campaign Optimization Reaches ‘Peak Efficiency’ at Impression Level

NEW YORK — Campaign optimization can now operate at impression level through real-time agent decisioning, representing peak efficiency for advertising technology that traditionally relied on periodic human intervention across broader campaign segments. “Can you decision an impression with an agent as opposed to the way it was done in the past?” Joseph Hirsch, CEO of […]

 
 

Philo’s Mike Keyserling: CTV’s ‘Paradox Of Choice’ Is the Real Discovery Challenge for Marketers and Media

NEW YORK — Most everyone loves to binge their favorite programs on CTV. But streaming services’ vast content libraries also create decision fatigue that has consumers often pining linear television’s simplicity. Such analog wishes may be the reason that live viewing represents approximately 70% of consumption even on platforms designed for on-demand access, according to […]

 
 

Horizon Media’s Katy Ferguson: Agencies Need ‘Right People’ to ‘Harness and Leverage’ AI Technology

Artificial intelligence impacts client work through efficiency gains, strategic thinking elevation, and outcome-driving tools, though human intelligence remains essential for navigating AI-driven environments effectively. “Where are we seeing AI really impact what we’re doing from a client perspective? The first is obviously efficiency and saving time,” Katy Ferguson, president, Horizon Media East, told Beet.TV contributor […]

 
 

Horizon Media’s David Campanelli: CTV Performance Measurement Still Requires ‘Extra Step’ to Action

Artificial intelligence already drives outcomes through embedded decisioning engines across demand-side platforms, supply-side platforms, and social media. Still, despite the ever-accelerating industry adoption of AI, there’s still a widespread tendency to underestimate how extensively AI optimization currently impacts campaign performance. “AI is really changing outcomes and not just workflows in media because first it’s embedded […]