- German Automotive Engineer Brings DOOH Advertising Platform To U.S., Links To Digital
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, November 24, 2020
UZE Mobility, a mobile marketplace platform for OOH advertising, has debuted in the U.S. The company believes advertisers can offset delivery cost by allowing brands to buy media online, r ...
- Omnicom's SSCG, Nielsen Co-Develop First-Of-Its-Kind Planning Tool
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Tuesday, November 24, 2020
The new planning tool, which is exclusive to SSCG, will enable agency strategists to identify the optimal channel mix for client campaigns aimed at healthcare professionals by pharma and oth ...
- A+E Networks and Crown Media Join Xandr Invest Platform
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, November 18, 2020
The two media companies join AMC Networks, Disney and AT&T sibling company WarnerMedia in making their linear ad inventory available on the platform to enable combined linear and audience-based b ...
- Correction: Gray TV Has A Minority Stake In Premion
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 19, 2020
A story ("Mediaocean Automates Local TV Pre-, Post-Buys") in the Nov. 18 edition of "Television News Daily" made a reference to ownership of Premion. The OTT/CTV ad sales unit ...
- This Just In... IPG Mediabrands Brings NewsGuard To U.S. Media Buys
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, November 18, 2020
At a time when media agencies are creating protocols to ensure their clients' ads don't show up in unsafe and/or unsavory content, IPG Mediabrands has agreed to begin using NewsGuard ...
- Mediaocean Automates Local TV Pre-, Post-Buys
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Mediaocean is automating local TV media-planning and media-buying tools, improving workflow to better compete with digital and other media platforms. New automated features for pre- and post-buy media tasks wi ...
- Need A Lift? The ARF Has A Guide For You
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, November 12, 2020
The ad industry routinely uses terms like "lift" and "ROI" (return on investment) to benchmark and measure the results of advertising, marketing and media buys, but those terms can ...
- With Upfront Fallout, Questions About Connected TV, Cancellations Remain
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 10, 2020
The TV ad upfront market for the 2020-2021 TV season has taken a tumble -- so far -- down 15%. ...
- Amazon Ads Create Halo Effect On Other Channels: Report
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, November 6, 2020
Omnichannel strategies have become crucial, according to Analytic Partners data. Amazon Advertising generates a 20% higher return on investment relative to a brand's average marketing ROI using this type ...
- DSP Trade Desk Revenues Rocket Up 32%, Connected TV Sees Major Gains
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, November 6, 2020
The Trade Desk credits more advertisers driven to its self-service, cloud-based media-buying platform, as well as marketers making shifts from live, linear TV to connected and streaming TV media b ...
- Heineken Unveils New Agency Structure: Consolidates Media At Dentsu, Creative At 'Le Pub'
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, November 4, 2020
For Dentsu, the structure represents a consolidation of all of Heineken's media planning and buying services effective Jan. 1. ...
- Captify Appoints Former Comcast, AOL Exec To CRO, Merging Search, TV, Programmatic
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, October 30, 2020
Brendan Condon brings to Captify his expertise and experience in TV, CTV and video programmatic. The goal is for him to accelerate the company's adoption among programmatic buyers and bra ...
- Citing 'Unparalleled Changes' During 2020, IPG Mediabrands Launches Reprise Commerce Unit
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, October 29, 2020
IPG Mediabrands performance marketing agency Reprise this morning unveiled a new ecommerce specialist unit. The aptly named Reprise Commerce, combines Reprise's traditional ecommerce media planning and buying expertise with ...
- NBCU Completes Upfront, Sees Q3 Ad Revenues Decline
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 29, 2020
NBCU has completed its upfront, with "strong volume commitments and higher pricing." ...
- Upfront Falls Nearly 15% From 2019-20, But Only 2% After Adjusting For Cancellations
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Thursday, October 29, 2020
Following what could be the most uncertain and protracted network upfront ad sales season, Media Dynamics has released official estimates for the 2020-21 season, calculating that total prime-time ad sal ...
- Google Search Boycott: Brands, Agencies Buzz About Possibilities
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Advertisers have yet to boycott Google Search services, as they have with YouTube, but that has not stopped agencies and platforms from considering the idea, as an OpenX survey conduct ...
- GroupM Taps SpotX To Expand Programmatic Video Offering To U.S.
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, October 23, 2020
Participating publishers use the fully auditable GPS supply marketplace to reserve premium inventory for media buyers' clients, and commit to reduced fees and transparency about auction procedures and
fees. ...
- U.S. Ad Erosion Moderates In Q3: Down 5% Overall, Digital Gains 8%
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 22, 2020
Trimming its Q3 declines from the steep drop in Q2, the U.S. ad market had stronger results than the U.K., Australia, and Canada, which all saw declines in digital med ...
- Performance-Driven SocialCode Rebrands To Code3, Reflecting Consumer Attitude Shifts
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 22, 2020
SocialCode on Thursday announced its rebrand, with a focus on performance-driven marketing for brands through media, creative and commerce. Bing, VidCon and others have made similar changes. ...
- 42% Of Advertisers Do Little Or No Creative Testing, 48% Worried About Cookieless Performance
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 22, 2020
Kantar identified three themes: Managing the complexity of media and content, navigating data in a cookieless world, and planning for and proving performance. ...
- New TV Season, Marked By Massive Entertainment Ad Declines, Kicks Off With Fewer New Shows
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Total national TV entertainment advertising sank 25% in September to $2 billion -- mostly due to the lack of TV network prime-time programming for the new TV season, according ...
- Holiday Ad Spending Starts Early As Brands And Retailers Face Concerns Over Shipping Capacity
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, October 19, 2020
Some companies expect the budget allocations to run heavier earlier in the season and less as the holiday season approaches. ...
- Is Digital Audience Accountability Going On Hiatus?
RTBlog, Joe Mandese - Monday, October 19, 2020
At a time when digital media appears to be accelerating share gains vs. traditional media, questions regarding its underlying veracity -- especially the accountability and measurement of its audience delive ...
- How Trust And Transparency Create Healthy Media-Buying Partnerships
MAD, Adam Ortman - Thursday, October 15, 2020
Media is the largest expenditure of modern-day advertising budgets, and dollars are scarce at the moment. Brands and agencies rightfully feel anxious during these uncertain times, which means they requi ...
- Madison Ave. Endorses Biden, Projects Him Winning Two-To-One
Marketing Politics Weekly, Joe Mandese - Thursday, October 15, 2020
By a margin of nearly two-to-one, ad executives -- both advertisers and ad agency media buyers -- believe Joe Biden will win the 2020 presidential election. That's the finding ...
- Half Of Ad Execs Have Adjusted Ad Plans Due To Political Ad Clutter, Most Holding Back
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Thursday, October 15, 2020
Slightly more than half of ad execs say they have modified their normal advertising and media-buying plans this fall due to the presence of heavy political ad clutter. About ...
- Google Analytics Redesign Significantly Improves Measurement For Advertisers
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, October 14, 2020
The move, prompted by shifts in consumer behavior and privacy-driven changes, will help advertisers achieve better return on investments from marketing and understand the consumer journey across the Web a ...
- Local Agency Study Finds OTT Buys Being Funded From Conventional TV Budgets
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, October 13, 2020
A number of recent studies, including recent Wall Street analysts' reports, indicate OTT has been a major beneficiary of shifting media mixes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Preliminary findings from Borrell ...
- NBCU's Yaccarino Promoted To Chairman, Global Advertising, Partnerships
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 12, 2020
Yaccarino will head an effort to create a new data strategy unit -- a unified, "privacy safe identity" platform, and will help NBCU work more seamlessly under its new O ...
- Automaker TV Spending Increases 54% From August
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Tuesday, October 6, 2020
The top three brands by spend were Toyota ($56.7 million), Nissan ($40.9 million) and Lexus ($39.7 million), per iSpot.tv. ...
