- Hair Club For Men Founder Sy Sperling Dies At 78
Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, February 20, 2020
Sperling was known for the line "I'm not only the Hair Club president, but I'm also a client." ...
- Newsy Bet Big On OTT And It Paid Off
Show Daily: Videos, Staff Writers - Thursday, June 20, 2019
The brand has seen a 383% growth in audience since 2016 by offering current headlines plus linear-like curated feeds and on-demand access. Two years ago, it launched a cable netw ...
- ITV To Launch Improved Brand Tracking
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, May 1, 2019
"Marketing Week" has the inside story at ITV pivots away from what it calls its "cosy" reputation to be more leading edge on brand-tracking metrics through partnerships with YouGov a ...
- 'ITV Magazine' Shut After Just One Issue
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Mediatel brings news that ITV has decided to ditch "ITV Magazine" after just one issue. The magazine was being distributed through Waitrose supermarkets, but will now be folded. ...
- Hulu Ad Allows Viewers To Request Promo Emails
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 22, 2019
The campaign reflects an increasing effort by Hulu to drive interactivity. Viewers could potentially request coupons or subscribe to newsletters. ...
- Cable TV News Nets Score 11% More Ad Dollars, Broadcast News Drops 4%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Fox News Channel led all cable news channels with 2.8 million total viewers. MSNBC was next at 1.6 prime-time viewers. ...
- ITV's South Bank Studios Are Up For Sale
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, October 11, 2018
ITV will sell off its famous South Bank studios in London. "The Guardian" reports that the broadcaster is hoping to raise as much as GBP250m from the sale. ...
- World Cup Being Won By Builders, Betting, Beer And Ronaldo
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, June 28, 2018
As England debuts on commercial tv tonight, second screeners show a love of beer, DIY, betting and Ronaldo. ...
- Six-Second Video Ads Explode In Popularity
Digital News Daily, Alex Weprin - Tuesday, May 22, 2018
The number of vendors running this ad format is up 300% compared to the same quarter last year, according to Extreme Reach's Q1 2018 Video Advertising Benchmark Report. ...
- AT&T Not Entitled To White House Communications About Time Warner Merger
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 20, 2018
The ruling comes a month before AT&T and the DOJ are slated to face off over whether the proposed deal violates antitrust law. The federal authorities sued in November ...
- Pringles Plans First-Ever Super Bowl TV Spot
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Wednesday, December 20, 2017
The spot, created by Grey Group, kicks off a Pringles campaign that will run throughout 2018. The integrated marketing campaign includes PR, digital and social media. ...
- YouTube Adds 34 Markets To YouTube TV Service
Digital News Daily, Alex Weprin - Tuesday, December 12, 2017
YouTube is adding 34 local markets to its YouTube TV bundled streaming video service, making it available to more than 80 metropolitan areas, the company says. ...
- Hasker Steps Down At Nielsen, Fourth Top Exec To Resign Recently
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Steve Hasker, a former McKinsey management consultant who has been a chief architect of restructuring Nielsen over the past several years, has stepped down as global president and COO ...
- The Lessons In Keurig's 'No Win' Situation
Marketing Daily, Aaron Baar - Monday, November 13, 2017
In today's politically charged climate, a potential backlash might be waiting around the corner for any brand at any time, and it's likely to move quickly. ...
- Are Viewers Warming To Streaming Sports?
Video Insider, Alex Weprin - Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Live sports, long the linchpin for the traditional television bundle, appear to be finally finding significant viewership online, if early data from this year's Major League Baseball playoffs and Amazon ...
- Studios Sue Over-The-Top Company TickBox For Copyright Infringement
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 17, 2017
"What TickBox actually sells is nothing less than illegal access to Plaintiffs' copyrighted content," Amazon, Netflix and a coalition of Hollywood studios allege in a new lawsuit. ...
- Appeals Court Weighs Video Privacy Claims Against ESPN
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Sports broadcaster ESPN asked appellate judges this week to throw out a lawsuit accusing it of violating a federal video privacy law by allegedly sending some data about Roku use ...
- Appeals Court Sides With CNN In App Privacy Battle
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 2, 2017
An appellate court has ruled in favor of CNN in a dispute over whether its iTunes app violated a federal privacy law. ...
- For A Spectrum Cable Customer, Company's 'New Day' Is Elusive
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, April 3, 2017
In New York, ads for Spectrum cable have become a ubiquitous part of the local TV experience. They seem to be aimed at building image- and brand-awareness for this n ...
- Spanish-Language TV Advertising ROI Outperforms English
Research Brief, Jack Loechner - Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Brand owners are no stranger to the rapidly growing U.S. Hispanic market. With a population of 57 million people and over $1.3 trillion in spending power, it's hard to igno ...
- Bogusky-Backed Brandzooka Enables 13-Year-Olds To Compete With Madison Ave., Big Brands Too
Real-Time Daily, Joe Mandese - Monday, February 27, 2017
Brandzooka, the automated media planning and buying platform backed by Madison Avenue renegade Alex Bogusky, closed a second round of funding and is on track for a "series A" rou ...
- Super Bowl Analysis: Traffic, Cost, Competition, Consumer Behavior
RTBlog, Tobi Elkin - Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Just in case you didn't process enough data from Super Bowl LI, ad-tech firm SourceKnowledge analyzed real-time data on the game, comparing this year's data to data from 2016 a ...
- Cost Drives Traditional TV Viewers To Online Alternatives
AI & IoT Daily, Chase Martin - Thursday, February 2, 2017
The Internet of Things may be welcoming TVs into the mix as the number of Internet-connected televisions approaches market saturation as consumers ditch TV services for streaming alternatives. Many consume ...
- The Only Day For Advertising
Garfield at Large, Bob Garfield - Monday, January 30, 2017
It's not just the Biggest Day for Advertising, it's kind of the Only Day for Advertising -- when armies of frightened marketers, agency people and production houses are at pai ...
- TubeMogul Research Tracks Evolution Of The GRP
RTBlog, Tobi Elkin - Tuesday, November 22, 2016
TubeMogul's research on the changing nature of GRPs-Gross Rating Points--finds that advertisers need to buy 37% more primetime ads to get the same reach on TV as they did fo ...
- Royal Ad Break Joins In Trend For TV Takeover Slots
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, May 16, 2016
During ITV's two-and-a-half-hour live show on 15 May in the presence of Her Majesty, it will air a royal-themed ad break to celebrate the Queen's birthday. Eleven brands, including Riben ...
- Vizio Builds Google SmartCast Into TVs
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Google Cast-based SmartCast technology will appear in future soundbars and stand-alone speakers of Vizio smart-TVs, according to Joseph Palenchar, citing the television manufacturer. The company embedded Google Cast technology ...
- ITV Chief Says Concerns Over Digital's Effectiveness Drive TV Advertising
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, March 3, 2016
ITV's chief executive Adam Crozier has questioned the effectiveness of online advertising, saying that while brands investing in digital "might look like they're being more efficient on paper" they a ...
- ITV Investigates Dentsu Aegis
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, January 21, 2016
ITV is investigating whether Dentsu Aegis Network has stuck to its deal to spend an agreed proportion of its clients' money with the broadcaster, Campaign can reveal. Tens of millio ...
- Top ITV Execs Leave Network In Good Shape
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, January 19, 2016
For all the transformation at ITV in recent years, the top team has remained remarkably unchanged. But in the space of three days, we've learned that the broadcaster's chairman Arch ...