Vizio

TV has always played a major part in the holiday season. Rarely, however, have TV manufacturers been as central as they will be this year. VIZIO isn’t just a TV maker anymore. Through its VIZIO Ads division, the company leverages its ownership of the viewing device, plus sight of viewing behavior, to give ad buyers targetability and […]

CANNES — The changing face of television advertising is a hot topic among digital innovators, as discussions intensify around experimental technology and consumer-first design. With massive streaming migrations and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) within the sector, executives descended on Cannes Lions to debate the latest. Beet.TV was fortunate to host some of those […]

CANNES — Can UI lead to ROI? Adam Bergman thinks so. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Bergman, VIZIO’s Group VP, Advertising & Data Sales, says he wants a fresh approach to the user experience and advertising model. His vision is centered on transforming the way users search and discover content and encouraging advertisers to […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Thew new ability of TV manufacturers to understand exactly what happens on their customers TV sets is changing the business of ad targeting and analytics. Now, ad buyers can plan campaigns based on known consumption patterns, and can pay for them based on known outcomes. In this video interview with […]

Vizio has been building itself a powerful offering in the application of its viewer data for ad sales on its platform. Now it is ready to extend the offering off the platform, too. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Oz Lang, vice president of product management at the TV maker, explains a just-announced deal through […]

LOS ANGELES — Its smart TVs offer some of the best value in the market, so combining a direct ad offering with a growing sales footprint is proving powerful. Vizio, which has steadily built itself into a leading TV electronics brand, is now transforming itself by helping advertisers go directly to viewers of Vizio screens. […]

CANNES—A direct relationship with owners of television advertising inventory is one of the core premises behind Project OAR, which hopes to develop an open standard for addressable ads on connected TV’s. “As long as there’s someone in the middle, there are levels of complication that just won’t make this work,” says Jodie McAfee, SVP of […]

Omnicom Media Group’s Jonathan Steuer is encouraged by the emergence of solutions that “co-mingle” set-top box and automatic content recognition viewing data, the most recent example of which is FreeWheel Media working with Inscape. At the recent FreeWheel NOWFRONT event in Manhattan, Steuer, who is Chief Research Officer, welcomed the “consistent effort across almost all […]

Comcast’s FreeWheel has new partnerships with Data Plus Math, Vizio’s Inscape data unit and Adobe to augment its attribution, consumer insights and programmatic offerings. In this interview with Beet.TV, FreeWheel Media’s Brian Wallach explains the three deals announced at the FreeWheel NOWFRONT event in Manhattan this week. FreeWheel is teaming with Data Plus Math and […]

Smart-TV manufacturer Vizio is teaming up with nine major media and technology companies to create an addressable advertising standard. Called Project OAR (Open Addressable Ready), the participants will define technical standards for targeting specific households and Vizio will build the technology. Along with Vizio and its data unit Inscape, the consortium’s members are AMC Networks, […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—iSpot.tv has been a third-party television data provider for the past five years. So when Robert Bareuther hears someone at Beet Retreat 2018 talk about third-party verification and measurement as being “royalty right now,” he takes a bow of sorts. “It’s like de facto. And that’s pretty cool. Maybe iSpot should get […]

While there’s no shortage of data available for enhanced consumer targeting, some advertisers still cling to gross rating points and broad demographic targets. “Some clients are opting in a little bit more than others,” says Anthony Laurenzo, SVP, Non-Linear Video, Dentsu Aegis. “We’re starting a slow evolution away from age and gender demography to more […]