Netflix Turns Up Heat In Online Video’s Shark Pool As Three More Services Jump In
As if the pool of big fish in on-demand video wasn’t already stuffed full, this past week saw three more sharks dive in, just to make it interesting, along with... Read More
Could An Amazon With Sports Be Pay TV’s Waterloo?
For a long time, we’ve been rolling our eyes at the whole cord cutting myth, at the gullibility of mainstream journalists who insist on repeating the canard about the “tidal... Read More
How Facebook is Tapping TV for “Portal”
On September 28, Facebook revealed a breach of personal data for some 50 million users, which also included data from whatever sites users authenticated in using Facebook. Just a few... Read More
Maddow Shares Viewers with Hannity? And More Election Day Stats
There is so much made of how divided America is– but there are things we all have in common. We watch TV, we post on social media, and we express... Read More
TV and the Gaming of Our Brains (F*CK Fortnite)
TV doesn’t just have to compete with social platforms, mobile screen time and them ad-skipping bastards. Now it has to compete with machine learning — brain-twisting engines tweaked to induce... Read More
How Can Networks be Better Than Netflix? Follow the Math
Remember when the cloud concept came along and everyone joked about it meaning nothing and then it transformed the way everything is done in like 3 years? Those jokes were... Read More
How Nike’s Advertising Just ‘Does’ It.
Nike’s advertising style has never been conventional. We took a look at the numbers behind the brand’s approach on digital and TV.... Read More
(Not So) Crazy Rich Asians TV Marketing
“Crazy Rich Asians’ made a splash at the box office in week one — but it ends up the advertising strategy wasn’t as “crazy” as it was just “smart.”... Read More
Social TV 2.0
Remember the dawn of social TV when pioneers like @MarkGhuneim @Trendrr were walking the old TV horses to water to feed off the real time, data-driven web and 2nd Screen... Read More
People Pay Attention To Beer Ads in the Summer
The times represent the arts and vice versa. And so very often the times– the things people care about, are drawn to, and can’t look away from– can now be... Read More
8 Cannes Facts and 20 Observations
I was lucky enough to spend time in France last week at Cannes. I stuffed my face with delicious food, and stuffed my brain with insights from amazing people in... Read More
Wanna Bet? Gambling Laws Will Make TV a Casino
As a guy who grew up in the city of Boston- everything was always open for gambling (with everyone). Ten bucks I can hit this soda can in the trash... Read More
TiVO’s Report: Truth Shifting
Before I jump on TiVo for its latest report on how set-top and ACR are changing TV, let’s give them some props for being an innovative brand that changed the... Read More
Beet of the Week: iSpot x NBC Connecting TV Ads to Business Outcomes
We love Andy Plesser and the crew at Beet.tv. Andy is always on the scene, there to ask good questions of interesting people. In fact, we like and respect Beet... Read More
TV’s New Punch Combo: Segmenting & Attribution
If you’re in TV advertising, the quaking ground just shook a little harder. But also, maybe some clouds just cleared and a rainbow promising the ole’ pot of gold showed... Read More
Did Zuck Open a Window in Time for Upfronts?
As we enter the big ad media buying season, some might think TV networks are licking their lips. The Facebook privacy fiasco, if nothing else, sets the stage for reminding... Read More
Why Are Super Bowl Brands Shanking Easy Chip Shots?
In 2015 and again in 2016, brands adopted a strategy of releasing multiple Super Bowl “teasers” and took to flooding social media channels with different takes on a creative concept.... Read More
Three Reasons Why Viacom’s Bet on Influence Marketing Is Smart
Viacom’s latest move, buying influence marketing firm WHOSAY acknowledges where the industry’s headed and a world outside of Facebook’s algorithm.... Read More
Pre-Mature Decoration: Brands Deck the Halls, But Are Viewers Paying Attention?
I turned on the TV Halloween night and kid you not, I saw sleigh bells. What the hell? Then last week, I walked into a Starbucks to the sound of... Read More
In-Hannity: Insights about Hannity Advertising
Hannity’s been creating a stir, and advertisers are moving away from his program — according to data from iSpot.tv — in recent weeks.... Read More
ACR Is So 2018. TV Ain’t Close to Dead It’s Meta-Morphing
You see studies about peak TV and how overwhelming it is, and it’s hard to disagree. And you hear talk of the NFL in the context of sagging ratings all... Read More
Why Networks Love Game 7
The World Series on Fox: 9,784,428,297 Billion TV ad impressions 181 brands 299 spots 858 ad airings 85.37 Attention score ... Read More