Hearing about a product in the trusted, familiar environment of broadcast radio increases the legitimacy of the advertiser.
Following Microsoft and Meta into the unknown, AI startup Anthropic - maker of Claude - has a new technique to prevent users from creating or accessing harmful content - aimed at avoiding regulatory
actions against the company, gaining investment funding, and convincing advertisers and other types of businesses it is safe to adopt its models.
Although ad-supported streaming and digital platform businesses continue to show gains, a GfK study for the TVB says, ad-free streaming platforms are still a big part of the streaming marketplace.
How do podcasts, streaming and radio drive actions and connect consumers with search? Podcast and creator-based video ad agency Oxford Road ran tests to find out.
ByteDance has developed technology that allows humans to have a conversation with a "socially intelligent agent," based on human traits. The technology is called introverted, intuitive, feeling and
perceiving (INFP). It's an audio-driven head generation framework for dyadic interaction that can make one image talk with a human or talk with another agent.
The magazine will use Headliner's Disco to provide relevant podcasts.
The Google Political Content Policy now has new settings and policies for digitally manipulated or synthetic content in audio, pictures, and videos, as ad platforms and agencies release partnerships,
services and technology to support campaigns.
Consumers - especially young consumers - want streaming "bundles" to be more than just TV-video programming, according to a new study from Hub Entertainment Research.
How does a company conduct a study of visual attention and performance on retail video screens when participants only receive directions on when and where? Trust played a role, with very little
information on why they were there.
Despite the decline in digital revenue for U.K. publishers, strong gains in subscriptions, audio and sponsorships mitigated the damage.
Attention quality scored the highest for audio ads with the highest voiceover volume compared to ads with the lowest voiceover volume and the ads that had too many competing elements within the
creative at 25%, according to a controlled-study data released Tuesday.
Scott Simonelli, CEO of audio research and analytics platform Veritonic, believes that as more people listen to audio and podcasts, ad dollars will shift in unexpected ways.
Meta's new AI code AudioCraft combines three separate AI sound-creation models, which are expected to appeal to musicians, creators and advertisers.
"Radio shined as the most efficient of the audio formats studied, proving to be 10 times more efficient when compared to the average online video ads measured" by Dentsu Media's proprietary media
attention benchmarks.
Research and analytics platform Veritonic found that 78% of people in a recent survey said they are likely to listen to streaming audio and podcasts when outside in the summer.
BeatSting is costing advertisers up to $1 million per month by creating fraudulent inventory that allows fraudsters to siphon money from legitimate audio channels and apps.
An in-depth study the IPG Mediabrands agency conducted with audio giant SXM found culturally relevant audio ads outperform general market ones.
The TelevisaUnivision agreement starts in Jan. 2023, and includes Nielsen Marketing Cloud and Gracenote's Advanced Discovery suite. It offers measurement and advanced planning across
TelevisaUnivision's national, digital, local and audio affiliates as well as its streaming service, ViX.
In a fragmented, multichannel programmatic ad landscape, audio has emerged as one of the more impactful formats. But what are data-driven audio spots good for in the larger marketing mix? Are
programmatic ad insertions as effective as traditional host reads? And how trackable and accountable has this medium become since the days of vague download counts? Spark Foundry's VP, Programmatic
Consulting, Natasha Morris, shares best practices and learnings from Spark Foundry's work across many audio formats for a range of clients.
Forty-one percent of U.S. consumers said they own a smart speaker as of the second quarter of this year.
Why simply drop a podcast when you can build an audio media network with sponsors, a web of social influencers, and a range of discreet shows? Providence St. Joseph Health's VP of Community
Engagement, Clinical and Patient Communication, Mary Renouf, discuss's how their Providence Future of Health podcast series has become a main driver not only of brand awareness and patient acquisition
but the core of its educational mission, a new revenue stream and even a source of staff retention and recruitment.
For a 220 years-young brand like the New York Post, innovation, adaptation, and diversification are essential. The Post Digital Network now spans print, digital, video, audio, social, television, and
commerce. Product innovation continues to be a key focus for the Post. The New York Post's Shannon Toumey, VP of Strategy and Co-Head of Post Studios, will share examples and learnings from the media
company's experimentation and testing of shoppable video as it strives for success in this emerging medium.
The most common reason to cancel any kind of subscription is an increase in price -- indicating that inflation is having an effect on spending power.
But many see skills and measurement as key barriers to growth, WARC and MMA report.
The growing audience for streaming audio tends to consist of listeners who subscribe to ad-free versions of platforms like Spotify.
Audio can change the way consumers feel about a brand. Recent studies conducted by neuromarketing analytics firm Neuro-Insight set out to prove it.
Marketing budgets climbed to 9.5% of total company revenue in 2022 -- up from 6.4% in 2021, but down from 11% in 2020 and 10.5% in 2019, according to Gartner.
Pre-roll ads have also become more popular as marketers seek to reach listeners when they begin streaming audio content.
As COVID-19 cases ebb again, foot traffic at stores and restaurants is expected to surge.
Traditional U.S. radio listening got back to its pre-pandemic levels in mid-2021, partly due to the return of mobile usage, in cars and other places.