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'Super Tuesday 2' was a big night for publishers streaming live on Facebook

Legacy news outlets including ABC News, CBS News, NBC News and Univision, as well as digital stalwarts like The Huffington Post and Vox.com, all went live throughout Tuesday. For all of them, it was an opportunity to inform viewers about the latest primary news and results as well as what it all meant.

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Growing Apps through TV

The pairing of app-based businesses and television advertising may seem as unlikely as General Motors and classified advertising.

But for app-based businesses to grow, the scale of television can be exactly what they need.

 

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Is it November Yet?

Although the impending Presidential election is still months away, TV media buyers are already bracing themselves for what may be the most challenging election season of all time.

What makes 2016 any different from the past? 

 

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Hispanics And Healthcare

The expanding population of 55 million Hispanics in the U.S. represents a very different consumer of healthcare. In particular, Hispanics differ from the mainstream as it relates to healthcare consumption in four key ways:

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Data Drives Political Advertisers to Buy More Cable TV Than Ever

Political advertisers are buying more cable TV than ever, but not necessarily in prime-time or on the networks you'd expect.

Channels that haven't historically seemed like obvious buys for political advertisers, including Food Network and HGTV, have sold more than three times the amount of TV spots to political buyers this election cycle compared to 2012.

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Live TV Still Dominant

Adults 25-54 watch more than three hours of live TV per day in 24 of the top 25 designated market areas (DMAs), with another 30-plus minutes of viewing time-shifted TV, and more than seven minutes consuming on multimedia devices.

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The positive effects of "double screening"

A recent Nielsen study revealed that the increased use of internet-ready devices like smart phones is linked to a corresponding decline in television viewership, especially in the 18-34-year-old age group. This does not mean people are not seeing the same ads on TV as they are on their phone. “double-screening” provides more opportunity for conversion. Check out this blog by our president Bill McCabe!

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