Matt Van Houten

CANNES – DirecTV is betting that Pause Ads — those advertisements that appear when viewers pause their content — will soon become as common as traditional commercial breaks. “Pause Ads… are going to be mainstream very soon,” Matt Van Houten, SVP of Ad Sales at DirecTV, told Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan at the Cannes Lions […]

It was one of the pioneers of satellite-delivered television. Now DirecTV is carving a role for itself as a provider of streaming TV shows and advertising. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Matt Van Houten, SVP, Product & Business Development, DirecTV Video Advertising, explains what is coming next. Addressable OG DirecTV has been offering ad […]

CANNES – At the start of every episode of The Minimalists, one of the most popular podcasts in the world, listeners hear the hosts declare: “Advertisements suck.” That is the kind of battle facing marketers, as a generation of mindful media consumers grows tired with interruption and commercialization. But many in advertising recognize the concern. In […]

LAS VEGAS –  After its $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV and its alliance with Opera Mediaworks, AT&T AdWorks is delivering addressable ads to the household at scale via its cable and satellite boxes and to IP devices, says  AT&T’s Matthew Van Houten, Director, Strategy and Business Development. We spoke with him earlier this month at CES for […]