Ads tell consumers so much about a brand, but analyzing Google search data can tell a brand so much more about consumers.

NBCUniversal‘s coverage of the Milan Cortina Olympics‘ flashy opening ceremony averaged 21.4 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, a jump of 34% from the opening for the 2022 winter games in Beijing, per preliminary data from Nielsen and digital data from Adobe Analytics.

Wikipedia is still around. It just celebrated its 25^th birthday a few weeks ago. It may have been one of the first times we saw what would become a common theme: a web-based platform unleashing the potential of a latent market by connecting an open community of suppliers (in this case, editors and contributors) and an audience of consumers at scale. It would be repeated by Uber, Airbnb and others.

On Sunday night, sportscaster Bill Simmons will go live on Netflix for the first time. The episode marks the unofficial beginning of Netflix’s move into podcasting. Netflix’s embrace of podcasting is a major moment for the service. Yet it’s a far bigger moment for the podcasting industry, which is praying the experiment will work and turn Netflix into a major new buyer.

Building on ever-increasing demand for linear and streaming live sports, NBCU has sold out the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Games with four weeks to go.

Streaming has officially taken the lead. With 70% of US adults choosing streaming as their primary way to watch TV, Connected TV (CTV) has moved from an awareness play to a core performance channel.

For over a decade, “the right person, the right message, the right time” has been a guiding principle in digital advertising. It has been cited in decks, planning documents and strategy sessions across the industry.

While linear TV remained the dominant viewing platform for these events, streaming was on the rise, especially for emerging sports like the WNBA.

Let’s talk about their advertising and how it’s a terrific example of the powerful roles of brand and performance.

The traditional moats that once protected businesses are deteriorating or gone. Trusted and established brand GOATS are no longer safe. American consumers are actively changing their purchasing behaviors.

Over the many years of casting for TV ads, what are some of the keys to filling these critical roles? Afterall, the right performance can make all the difference for your concept and the brand.

Fubo has launched programmatic pause ads, a development that makes it the first connected TV (CTV) platform to offer this ad format in a programmatic biddable environment.

In today's always-tethered-to-a-device world, our brains rarely get a break. They’re moving from one task, or app, to the next. True boredom, wandering minds, and quiet are quickly becoming an endangered species.