Is Amazon Testing Pre-Roll Promos in Prime Video?
When you sit down to watch Mr. Robot on Amazon Prime, does it matter if the 30- or 60-second message you have to watch first is an ad or an Amazon Prime Video promo?
This Study From Nielsen and Google Says YouTube and Linear TV Help Each Other
YouTube and TV—two competing mediums fighting for the same eyeballs and advertising dollars—might actually be able to find common ground.
Adobe Rolls Out Dynamic Ad Insertion Platform For TV Everywhere
Adobe on Tuesday will roll out a new approach to the concept of dynamic ad insertions.
Forces of Nature: The Media Universe Moves at the Pace of Technological Change
The current state of the media universe presents a bounty of boundless choice to today’s consumer.
The blind spot: Why testing creative often fails
To correctly measure both the medium and the message, you need to re-think your approach to analytics.
The Guardian starts selling time-based ad campaigns
The Guardian joins the Financial Times and the Economist in billing ads by time. The thinking goes that buying ads based on number of impressions doesn’t translate to an effective campaign and can lead to clients paying for ads that are never seen.
Pinterest Is Making a Play for Big-Brand Dollars With Its First Video Ads
Pinterest is ready to compete alongside Facebook, YouTube and others for video ad budgets, but it's going about it differently than its competitors.
Internet-Connected TV Propels Total TV Usage
Total TV usage among key TV viewers was up slightly in July -- with big gains from Internet-connected TV devices.
No brand favorites: 360-degree videos are popular on both YouTube and Facebook
With both Facebook and YouTube aggressively dialing up their 360-degree video efforts in recent months, the immersive video format has emerged as the latest frontier
Procter & Gamble launches direct-to-consumer subscription business
P&G is moving away from its traditional method of selling through local and big-box retailers, such as Walmart or Target.
Meet the Newest Marketing Acronym: What Is UMIA, and Should You Care?
Alison Lohse, Co-founder and COO at Conversion Logic introduces marketers to the newest jargon in the Martech world - UMIA, or unified marketing impact analytics and whether it really benefits the marketing performance measurement
America’s heartland discovers new buzz
Bill McCabe, CEO of Chicago-based Eicoff, says: “The economic viability and diversity of the Chicago and Midwest business community is often far greater than many people
assume.
Fresh Data on How TV Affects Advertiser Success
The new data show how TV can increase advertiser sales volume when budgets removed from TV to fund digital are returned even partially to TV.
Snapchat is ready to place ads between friends' stories as it launches API
Starting soon, we’ll begin rolling out Snap Ads between Stories. As always, we’re being incredibly thoughtful about the experience
85 percent of Facebook video is watched without sound
Facebook might be hosting upwards of 8 billion views per day on its platform, but a wide majority of that viewership is happening in silence.
As much as 85 percent of video views happen with the sound off, according to multiple publisher
Amazon is opening its video platform and YouTube creators are seeing dollar signs
The new self-serve program, called Amazon Video Direct, allows video owners to distribute directly on Amazon’s video platform. The program could be a boon for YouTube networks struggling to create new revenue streams outside of YouTube, which takes a 45 percent cut of all ad revenue generated on its platform.