‘Real-Time TV Does Not Exist’: Dish, Videa, Google, Experian Discuss

SAN JUAN — It was billed as the revolution for television ad sales – the emerging prospect of using internet-connected platforms and audience viewing data to plan, execute and measure TV ad campaigns in real-time. After all, “programmatic” advertising unleashed “real-time bidding” (RTB) on to the world several years ago now. Today, real-time auctions for […]

 
 

Videa’s Gianunzio Charts The ‘Superhighway’ For Local Media Sales

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—When disruptors like Google and Uber want to reach consumers one on one, “they buy an ad on broadcast television,” says local-TV sales veteran and VP of Sales at Videa Archie Gianunzio. Now what local broadcasters need to do is make it as easy for their advertiser customers to deal with them […]

 
 

Broadcast’s Net Casts Too Wide, Videa’s Gianunzio Says

MIAMI — It’s called broad-cast for a reason. TV advertising, especially when its national, reaches a big audience. But in that reach also lays inefficiency. If TV ads reach consumers who can’t even access the buyers’ services, that’s wastage. But new-wave TV-buying techniques, infused with data, can help the problem. “I live in Manhattan,” Videa sales […]

 
 

Videa Aims For Efficiency And Scale In Local Television Advertising Inventory

BOSTON – Shereta Williams is hoping that 2017 will mark the tipping point for scaled advertising inventory from local television stations, whose power has been diminished by competing and often more efficient media. Although it’s not the only player in the local-sales automation space, Videa, of which Williams is President, has the imprimatur of owner […]

 
 

Digital Ads For Legacy TV To Take Off In 2017: Videa’s Williams

A wave of technology companies is helping advertisers turn traditional TV in to a digital medium, by mashing together data sources and ad slots to enable internet-style consumer targeting. But don’t expect the new practice to become commonplace this year, or even next. “We’ve come a long way, but adoption is still really early,” according to  Videa president Shereta Williams, whose […]

 
 

Cox’s Videa Unit in TV Ad Automation Pact with Videology

LAS VEGAS, Videa, a Cox-owned supply-side platform bringing automation and data-driven decision-making to broadcast television, has entered into a multi-year partnership agreement with Videology, a leading software provider for converged TV and video advertising, to enable media buyers to programmatically plan, buy and report on television advertising. The deal was announced this week at the […]