The Future Of Television. Dissected Daily.
Digital Ad Giants Are Chasing Commerce Gold
Digital ad giants like Meta and YouTube are partnering with retail media networks to prove their impact on sales, while struggling digital publishers explore potential collaborations to gain similar credit.
How Badly Does The Creator Economy Need Commerce Media to Thrive?
Cannes highlighted a shift towards a star-centric creator economy, where top influencers thrive and smaller creators struggle to balance authenticity with monetization.
Titan OS And The Continued Rise Of The Independent TV Operating System
The launch of Titan OS’s new ad product is jus the latest step forward in the rise of the independent TV operating systems. Alan Wolk unpacks what it all means.
Cannes Is Clearly For Sale. Is Your Identity?
Commerce media dominated Cannes with major brands and retail media networks, highlighting the rise of shoppable content and ad tech battles over ad identifiers.
You Don't Have To Be An Oracle To Know That Digital Advertising Is Brutal
Even big players like Oracle, Adobe, Verizon, and AT&T have a tough time cracking the advertising game, often losing out to tech giants like Google and Meta. It's a good reminder that diving into retail media will come with big risks.
Costco Has Everything - Even Ads
Costco joins the retail media frenzy with powerful new ad network.
Reported New Media Rights Deal Cements NBA As TV’s No. 2 Property
The NBA’s new TV deal is going to change the way we watch sports, and how the league’s perceived as an entertainment property for the foreseeable future.
Ad Networks Come For Your Digital Wallet
Chase Bank and PayPal’s entry into the ad business raises privacy concerns amid the broader push for data protection.
Is the Open Web Worth Saving? Or is it Already Too Late?
The obituaries are being written for the open web left and right. The question is who or what can save digital advertising on the 'long tail’ - or if AI is about to make it all worthless.
Go Big, or Go to a Series of Intimate Dinners
The value of Upfronts is in question for TV and netwarks, as tech giants Amazon and YouTube are on a different playing field.
Despite Strikes, Major Networks Grew TV Season Ad Reach
ABC and CBS were two of the networks that saw notable year-over-year increases in national linear TV ad impressions, per iSpot.
The Upfronts Versus The Chatbots
Despite the flashy Upfronts, tech giants like Google, Apple and Meta are competing to dominate the future of AI.
Navigating Fragmentation In The TV Space
Teads' Charles Lucterhand provides some best practices for navigating the fragmented CTV ecosystem
Everyone Wants A Piece Of Retail Media
Retail media is projected to account for 20% of all advertising spending next year, as major companies like Yahoo and Kroger form strategic partnerships to capitalize on this booming sector.
Tubi's Cynthia Clevenger on How Authentic Content Drives Stronger Viewer Engagement
Tubi’s Cynthia Clevenger explains how culturally relevant series like “Big Mood” help advertisers connect with audiences.
Google's Cookie Delay Upends an Entire Cookie Replacement Industry
Google's decision to postpone cookie elimination shakes the core of a burgeoning industry focused on alt-ad-tech, raising questions about the future…
Why Controlling The TV’s Operating System Matters
This excerpt from our new report explains why controlling the TV OS has become so critical.
The Digital Ad Market's Seemingly Endless Inertia
Despite shifts in the digital ad industry, with emerging players like Walmart and Roku, industry giants Google, Facebook, and Amazon continue to dominate, raising questions about a possibly Triopoly.
The Much Needed Marriage of Brand and Performance Marketing
Paramount’s Dario Spina on why creative still matters in advertising and how brands can take advantage of that.
Big Sporting Events Are Just Part of a Bigger Ad Game
Madhive CRO Jon Kaplan tackles the future of advertising as it relates to sporting events, and what that means in the age of streaming.