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NinthDecimal, TiVo measurement partnership

Mobile audience intelligence company NinthDecimal has launched LCI TV in partnership with TiVo Research, a subsidiary of TiVo. Through the integration of TiVo Research’s TV viewership data and NinthDecimal’s mobile audience intelligence and location data, the partner solution establishes whether exposure to a TV commercial correlates to incremental foot traffic to a brand’s physical location, […]

October 16, 2015

Rentrak data partner for AMC

Rentrak the specialist in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, announced a partnership with AMC Networks to develop cross-platform analyses of program viewing by integrating viewing behavior from Rentrak’s massive and passive television and Video on Demand information with census-level video viewing collected from AMC’s digital platforms. The combination of Rentrak information and AMC digital […]

September 24, 2015

VideoPulse single source multi-platform measurement

At a time when advertisers are seeking to reach consumers via the continuously fragmenting TV ecosystem, Symphony Advanced Media has launched VideoPulse, which it claims is the first single source TV multi-platform measurement service for advertisers, agencies and media companies. VideoPulse captures and provides in-depth insights into consumer media usage in real-time from over-the-top (OTT), […]

September 24, 2015

Watchwith touts contextual advertising for TV

Data-driven advertising platform Watchwith plans to enable TV networks to deliver in-programme advertising relevant to the context of their shows. It says that for the first time ever, networks will be able to automate the deployment of in-programme ads against metadata within shows, at scale. Watchwith says that its ability to identify details within a […]

September 24, 2015

All4 ‘Ad Journey’

Channel 4 has introduced a new digital ad product for its VoD service All 4 which allows brands to target viewers sequentially in real-time. O2 and Vauxhall are the first partners for ‘Ad Journey’, which enables advertisers to serve different creative using data already held by them. O2 are using Ad Journey with their campaign […]

September 23, 2015

Programmatic TV should unify broadcast and digital sale

The TV industry must focus on the unification of two distinct content business models – broadcast and unicast – to capture the shifting advertising budgets, according to a new whitepaper – Programmatic TV Guide For Sellers: A Focus on Holistic Audience Monetizationfrom – produced by video inventory management platform, SpotX. Instead of debating the merits […]

September 23, 2015

Instagram to offer 30-second ads

Online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service Instagram has revealed at the DMexco digital marketing event in Cologne that it will feature direct response, 30-second video ads and integration with Facebook. According to IHS Technology senior analyst Eleni Marouli, the introduction of a 30-second ad demonstrates once again that advertisers are more comfortable with […]

September 17, 2015

Marketers increasing spend on Connected TV

Spend on Connected TV is set to increase, as almost half of current connected advertisers plan to allocate more funds to the medium in the coming year, according to the ANA/BrightLine 2015 survey report, The Connected TV Opportunity. Key findings from the study include:

September 1, 2015

Cross MediaWorks acquires BlackArrow

US independent media services firm Cross MediaWorks, has acquired BlackArrow, a specialist in advertising and data solutions for the pay-TV industry. Reaching more than 40 million homes, BlackArrow provides software solutions that help the global pay-TV industry deliver more timely and efficient sales and marketing messages, extend TV services to new platforms, and gain real-time […]

August 25, 2015

Comcast buys This Technology ad insertion

Following news earlier this week that it’s planning to launch a new online video platform, Comcast has purchased video delivery and ad tech specialist This Technology. In a statement on the This Technology site, CEO Jeff Sherwin announced that the company’s products and services will now be available through Comcast Wholesale. This Technology is a […]

August 19, 2015