Innovid

The dreams go back a long way. In the 1990s, conceptual fantasies of shopping, browsing and navigating on-demand “interactive TV” were everywhere – and it seemed like the future was just around the corner. Then… not much. The internet boomed and video eventually graced connected screens. But interactive TV was still largely an unrealized dream. […]

LAS VEGAS—With a “nice running start” of 11 years in the streaming video wars, Hulu is beta testing an attribution offering to correlate advertising exposures to advertisers’ business outcomes. Hulu announced the offering at CES 2019 as it revealed a subscriber base of 25 million, representing “pretty dramatic growth” of eight million year-over-year, SVP of […]

SAN JUAN — The value promised by connected TV systems offering addressable advertising always seemed to be that ad buyers could precision-target the viewer they want to reach. So why are so many advertisers either spending so little or using addressable for a different purpose? In this panel discussion at Beet Retreat, a cast of […]

It has been in operation for 12 years now, and video ad technology firm Innovid is welcoming 2019 by taking a $30 million new investment round. The new money comes from Goldman Sachs’ Private Capital Investing, a new backer for the company. It is a Series E – the latest of nine rounds now totalling $95.1 […]

SAN JUAN — It recently became the first vendor to gain accreditation from the Media Ratings Council (MRC) for video ad measurement in a connected TV environment. But what if the future of connected TV was one with fewer advertisements? In this video interview with Beet.TV, video ad-tech firm Innovid says it is working with publishers […]

There are now so many device options for receiving television “over the top“, that the space underneath the bottom of TV sets is becoming cluttered. But one stands head and shoulders above others, according to a boss from one tech company helping advertisers deliver in to the new channels. “(There is) anything from smart TV, a Samsung or […]

MIAMI – The old adage “don’t take it personally” will be upended in the world of advanced television. Respecting viewer attention and guiding them to relevant content are going to be critical elements in perpetuating the ad-supported business model. Such observations arise when people in key positions peer beyond what’s currently happening in the TV […]

MIAMI — Slowly but surely, TV advertising has arrived on the internet. But now it needs to start functioning more like TV advertising again. In this video interview with Beet.TV, one of the leading platforms helping brands deliver ads to over-the-top TV platforms says the potential is huge – but OTT ads are a different […]

VIEQUES, PR — Around the world, television sets are getting connected to the internet – and that is creating a huge new opportunity for a new breed of gatekeeper. But the new broadcast contenders should not just assume they will become all powerful. One executive brokering the future of connected TV advertising thinks quality of […]

Some types of digital innovation are easier to prove than others, among them online travel agencies and streaming video giant Netflix. Then there is the not inconsiderable task of getting marketers to change their worldview about audience targeting. Nine years ago, Innovid chose the latter path, providing an open platform approach to personalizing video targeting […]

VIEQUES, PR – Take several dozen “intelligent, ambitious, excited and passionate” advertising, media and technology executives to a sunny island and you get some amazing conversations during panel discussions, over cocktails and dinners. You also get to experience a sense of shared success—whether the topic is television audience guarantees, addressable advertising, or new offerings from […]

HOLLYWOOD, Florida – The year 2017 will see WPP’s Xaxis increasingly focus on performance outcomes for its clients’ video ad campaigns. “Every campaign that we will run will have a KPI that is considered very important to the advertiser that we will achieve,” says David J. Moore, who is President of WPP Digital and Chairman […]

Video has just been invited to the brand marketing cloud party, courtesy of integration escort Innovid. The new Innovid Marketing Cloud Suite lets marketers link with massive backend systems from Adobe, IBM and Oracle to “synchronize the customer journey across different channels,” Zvika Netter, CEO & Co-Founder of Innovid, says in an interview with Beet.tv. […]

Straight from striking an important partnership with Group M’s advanced TV division MODI Media, video ad-tech outfit Innovid is aiming to buddy up with the Goliaths of the industry – whilst challenging some of their more myopic tendencies. Innovid, which helps brands create, deliver and measure video ads for a range of 25 online TV platforms, was […]

MIAMI — Snapchat is becoming a video behemoth, clocking up a reported six billion daily views in February, up from just two billion nearly a year earlier. Unlike some other video platforms, however, insight in to individual performance is relatively hard to come by inside the app. That’s why Innovid, the video advertising technology company, sought a […]

LAS VEGAS — With $25m raised in 2015, personalized video ad creation and delivery firm Innovid has now taken a total $56.m in venture funding over its eight years of operation. So what does the New York-based company plan to do with the latest money? “That new capital will help us fuel the growth,” co-founder Tal […]

Innovid, a video adtech company that allows marketers the ability to serve and measure interactive advertising across screens, has raised $27.5 million in new funding, the company says. New Spring Capital has become the latest investor in the company, while all previous investors, including Sequoia Capital Israel, Genesis Partners, Vintage Investment Partners, Cisco Ventures and T-Venture, participated in […]

COLOGNE — Today, the price advertisers pay for ads in online videos is set by the number of impressions or clicks from that video. But things are starting to change, says one ad tech vendor. “The pricing for video right now is predominantly CPM,” Tal Chalozin, CEO of Innovid, which helps turn video ad spots in […]

CHICAGO — SMG is expanding the content platform it launched early last year to encompass video and native distribution channels. Designed to help SMG clients with their content marketing efforts, Content@Scale gives quick access to licensed content produced by more than 36 publishers and 135 content contributors, including CBSi, Kiplinger, Mode, Popsugar and AOL, as well […]

It’s been going for seven years with its customer data services. Now eXelate is also one of the companies helping advertisers knit together messaging in the multi-screen era, with some pretty cool-sounding technology. “We’ve partnered with Innovid and connected mobile app data with smart TV boxes to be able to dynamically change advertising based on […]