'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.
This Report Shows How Brands Lost Sales When They Spent Less on TV
The study found that for 11 of those brands, sales dropped by a combined $94 million dollars, or roughly 69 percent of incremental sales that those brands could attribute to TV advertising from 2013. Essentially, for every dollar less those 11 brands spent on TV, they lost three times that amount in sales.
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.
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?
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:
Viceland Is Shaking Up TV Advertising by Running More Native Ads That Look Editorial
While other companies are trying to adapt to the changing TV landscape on the fly—Turner recently announced plans to trim ad loads for truTV and new TNT dramas—Viceland is trying to build a better mousetrap from the ground up.
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.
Podcasts Face Advertising Hurdles
About 17% of Americans over the age of 12—around 46 million people—listen to at least one podcast each month, up from just 9% in 2008, according to estimates from Edison Research last year.
Creativity Amidst Chaos
Gawd. It's deafening.
On blogs and news feeds and podcasts and even the printed page(!), all I hear is the relentless drumbeat of The Next Big Media Thing.
Cooking for a Cause
On a cold January Day in Chicago, there is one guaranteed way to warm your belly and lift your spirit.
The Eicoff Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup Day.
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.
Quicken Loans Rockets into American Homes with Company’s First Super Bowl Commercial
“There’s no better place to communicate how Rocket Mortgage will help Americans reach their homeownership goals, and in turn impact the entire economy, than during America’s favorite game,” said Jay Farner, President and Chief Marketing Officer for Quicken Loans.
Cintas Launches First National Brand Campaign in 87-Year History
"Are you ready to open? Ready to compete? Ready to welcome?" different business owners and employees ask as Cintas helps them by delivering uniforms, providing cleaning services and offering safety gear and training.
The current reality of programmatic television
Has there been a more talked about topic in the video advertising world than programmatic television? The potential value of using data and automation in TV buying is clear, but applying the principles of digital programmatic advertising to television has proven to be a challenging proposition.
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!
Hispanic ad spending: Great expectations
Though Democrats have long had a stranglehold on Hispanic votes, Republicans are expected to pursue this key bloc in 2016 with presidential candidates including Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush boasting impressive popularity among Latinos.