- Consumers See Value In Free Ad-Supported Streaming Video
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Four out of five streaming viewers said they accept ads in exchan ...
- Microsoft Trained Small Language Models To Process, Better Understand Search Queries
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Microsoft improved Bing with new large and small language models that t ...
- NBCU Creates SMB Ad Role, Hires Roku's Shepard To Lead It
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Shepard will lead efforts working with major East Coast independent media agenci ...
- How Apple Could Prepare To Ditch Google Search
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, November 25, 2024
AI Intelligence, Apple's AI engine and agents would enable Apple to lea ...
- 25% Of U.S. Streaming Consumers Shared Passwords, Watched Pirated Content In Last Year
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Fifteen percent of streaming users borrow passwords, while 7% watch pirated sho ...
- More Interactive Ads For Better-Performing Streaming Brand Messages?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 28, 2024
A single exposure of an interactive ad leads to 36% stronger bra ...
- Streaming's Viewership Growth Mostly Hurts Cable TV
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Broadcast television held steady at about 20% of total viewing time amo ...
- Premium Streamers Provide Best 'Ad Experience,' MVPDs Have The Worst: Study
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 31, 2024
A new Hub Research Entertainment survey finds 53% of respondents view advertisi ...
- Ad-Free Streaming 'Stickier' With Consumers, FAST Fills 'Gaps,' Study Finds
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 17, 2024
A Hub Entertainment Research study finds 19% of respondents "might/might not" ha ...
- Hey There, How Much Attention Do I Have?
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, July 15, 2024
Brands and storytellers have few platforms that can get consumers' attention a ...
- Entertainment Bundles: Consumers Want More Than Just Video
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 20, 2024
Consumers - especially young consumers - want streaming "bundles" to be mo ...
- Roku Channel Looks To Hit A Fastball With FAST Baseball Deal
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
What better way to appeal to a wide range of TV viewe ...
- AVOD's Rocketing Future Growth - But With Higher Subscriber Fees Attached?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 4, 2024
Despite the major growth of AVOD platforms - including free CTV channe ...
- FAST Channels Still Rising, But How Fast? And For What Viewers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 23, 2024
FAST channels have mostly inexpensive, low-cost content. But analysts believe that whi ...
- Top 6 Streaming Platforms See 8% Decline In Ad Spend
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Tuesday, December 19, 2023
The financial industry including insurance companies slashed spending on ad-supported streaming servi ...
- FAST Media Buyers Plan To Boost Spending On Streaming Channel In 2024
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Three in five media buyers said they spend on FAST channels ...
- Streaming Growth Drives Demand For Data About Programming
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Monday, September 11, 2023
Granular metadata have become more important as content distribution moves away fr ...
- Ad-Supported Streaming Drives Most Growth For CTV
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Streaming growth has crowded out the portion of subscribers to more tradition ...
- Viewers Boost Time Spent With Ad-Supported CTV
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Ad-supported services from Netflix and Disney+ have helped to increase viewing ti ...
- TV Has More Reach, Time Spent With Ad-Supported Viewing
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Ninety percent of ad-supported streaming viewers also watch linear TV, ...
- NBCU Bows Vast FAST Licensing Portfolio, Signs Freevee, Xumo Play
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, June 29, 2023
Freevee and Xumo Play will each add 50 channels to their offerin ...
- Roku Channel Viewership Highlights Growing Popularity Of FAST
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Thursday, June 22, 2023
Streaming services that don't charge a subscription fee are gaining viewers. ...
- Wurl, Frequency Team To Offer CTV FAST Solutions
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, June 9, 2023
Companies' customers now have access to Wurl's monetization, content discovery capabilities pl ...
- Ad-Supported CTV Apps Capture Biggest Share Of Viewing Time
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Friday, May 12, 2023
Netflix has the widest reach in the United States with CTV a ...
- Tubi Offers Comscore, VideoAmp As Alternate Currencies, Intros Pause Ad Format
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, March 23, 2023
The FAST is also expanding planning capabilities through VideoAmp and LiveRamp. ...
- Streaming Viewers Most Prefer Standard Video Ads
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Friday, February 17, 2023
Most viewers are looking for a more traditional "lean-back" viewing experience wh ...
- Amazon Prime Video, Netflix Have Most Brand Power Among Streaming Apps
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Brand power measures how well a brand has built consumer interest ...
- Sling TV Launches FAST With Paid Access Options
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, February 10, 2023
Sling is making it easy for users of the free service ...
- Spending On Video Programming Forecast To Slow To Decade Low
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Economic pressures on advertising revenue are expected to force media companies ...
- Deep In The Holidays: Ecommerce Home Delivery Places Intense Pressure On Retailers, CPGs
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Retailers and consumer pacakaged goods companies are scrambling to meet customer dema ...