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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 […]

NEW YORK — Connected TV and commerce have become inseparably linked as streaming platforms increasingly partner with retailers and closed-loop attribution systems enable direct measurement of advertising’s impact on purchase behavior. “You don’t really talk about commerce anymore without thinking about CTV,” Jamie Finstein, vp, Media Center at IAB, told Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan at […]

NEW YORK – Generally speaking, “performance TV” means delivering measurable outcomes for marketers through return on ad spend demonstration, though the challenge lies in proving television’s effectiveness on a consistent, scalable basis rather than isolated campaigns. “What does performance TV mean for Comcast? It means that we deliver outcomes for a marketer. If you’re a […]

Direct publisher relationships are appearing more essential for tapping into connected TV benefits by enabling buyer goal identification, KPI alignment, and optimal signal sharing within bid stream data compared to open marketplace alternatives with unproven supply, contends Tim Ware, vp, Future Today Marketplace at Future Today. “The need for a direct deal is more important […]

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 […]

In this ever-fragmented media landscape, advertisers are forced to visit numerous destinations to find audience segments, while integrated ecosystems provide unified access that functions like an “easy button for connected TV.” “Fragmentation makes buying audiences hard. You have to go to a bunch of different places to find a little piece of the audience that […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Companies that focus artificial intelligence implementation with an eye toward business growth, rather than expense reduction, will outpace competitors. The view is that AI’s transformative power should drive real outcomes that matter to brands rather than operational efficiency alone. But getting brands to accept that remains a challenge. “Who’s going […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Pause ads might just be the ultimate form of advertising kindness to both marketers and CTV viewers alike.. “The results we saw is our pause ad experience drove 79% lower cost per action versus other channels that are running on CTV, in streaming, any other interactive formats,” Adam Gendelman, vp, […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Connected TV attention measurement must focus on actual viewing behavior rather than traditional viewability metrics designed for desktop environments, since ad appearance on living room screens doesn’t guarantee engagement. “Defining attention for CTV should be a real human engagement, someone actually watching the screen,” Erika Loberg, global head of CTV […]

Connected TV’s fragmentation challenges extend beyond inventory distribution to fundamental identity resolution issues that erode audience fidelity as buyers extend campaigns across multiple activation endpoints. “The fragmentation problem in CTV is real, but we as an industry often talk about it as an inventory problem, but it’s very much an identity problem as well,” Alex […]

Brands routinely block entire news or music categories despite content variation within those genres, missing advertising opportunities that artificial intelligence can identify through granular scene-level analysis rather than broad categorical exclusions. “Many brands just block the entire news category. Is every news bad for your brands? I don’t think so,” Yan Liu, CEO and co-founder […]

LAS VEGAS — Walmart Connect’s evolution from retail media network to comprehensive digital platform enables storytelling from “couch to cart to sales,” with research showing CTV advertising combined with linear TV delivers 55% reach increases. “About a year ago, we launched Vizio, and we now have the ability to tell a story from a brand […]

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIF. — Connected TV is emerging as a performance channel, thanks to new ways of marshalling data that allow advertisers to zero in on consumers who are open to a brand’s offer. The only challenge, it seems, is convincing advertisers of the possibility after years of such promises by CTV platforms. “Historically, […]

Connected TV isn’t often considered a primary channel by B2B marketers to target their desired audiences. But Lenovo is not only making the case for CTV as a valuable venue for B2B, it’s also touting the channel’s use for eliminating ad waste. Specifically,  the electronics company boasts achieving over 90% reach against specific enterprise audiences […]

LAS VEGAS — Connected TV’s real value as a performance channel happens when advertisers can know exactly who sits in front of the screen, enabling precise targeting that reaches people in their most relaxed, engaged living room state. It’s been a “holy grail” hope since CTV’s earliest days. And in many ways, that hope is […]

LAS VEGAS — Targeting ads to specific scenes within TV content sounds like the ultimate precision play. The challenge is that precision without scale doesn’t spend budgets, and most scene types don’t appear frequently enough to matter. “Someone’s in a shower scene, going to sell them soap. How many shower scenes are there? There’s not […]

LAS VEGAS — Buyers can now verify connected TV purchases at the show level, seeing specific line items, CPMs, impressions, and total media spend rather than trusting that budgets allocated toward major television events actually reached intended inventory. “Before a couple of days ago, it was impossible for a buyer to know exactly what they […]

Connected TV advertising has reached a tipping point where impression volume, measurement capabilities, and targeting precision converge to create genuine performance marketing opportunities. “CTV’s finally hit that point of critical mass. So there’s enough impressions in the marketplace to really effectively reach consumers who are in that shopping mindset,” Maggie Summers, EVP and head of […]

LAS VEGAS — Artificial intelligence can reshape advertising from disruptive interruption to emotional complement by matching ad tone to surrounding content, preventing jarring transitions that produce negative attention as opposed to the good kind. “Let’s say someone was watching Good Will Hunting. It’s the iconic scene where Ben Affleck’s in the bar in Boston; it’s […]

LAS VEGAS — Pharmaceutical advertising has been the backbone of TV ad strategies since the inception of the medium. But maintaining that central role requires embracing new delivery platforms including YouTube and connected TV as consumer viewing behavior shifts. “It’s about staying the backbone [of TV],” Kurt Robinson, evp, business development at Swoop, told Beet.TV […]