Recognising that historically, media companies have needed to juggle separate back-end systems for managing live online events and the rest of their premium video assets, white-label video publishing company thePlatform has introduced a single Web-based console to schedule and manage live signal acquisition and encoding, handle dynamic advertising insertion and metadata creation, and automatically archive […]
Multi-screen video and brand advertising platform smartclip and Samsung Electronics have agreed a global advertising partnership for Samsung Smart TVs and Blu-ray players through Samsung’s digital advertising platform, Samsung AdHub. Samsung AdHub has been supporting advertising on smart devices including smart phones, tablets and Smart TV devices, and smartclip will be a key partner to […]
Shazam the media engagement company, has hired Daniel Danker as Chief Product Officer. In this newly created position, Danker will be responsible for leading the product expansion of the Shazam service which is used by more than 300 million people globally. Danker is General Manager of Programmes and On Demand at the BBC and has […]
As revealed February 11 by advanced-television.com, UK supermarket retailer Tesco has confirmed the launch of Clubcard TV to its 16 million Clubcard loyalty card customers. Hundreds of movies and TV shows are available to watch for free online, with content specifically tailored to family and kids. Michael Comish, CEO of Tesco Digital Entertainment, said: “Clubcard […]
According to digital measurement and analytics specialist comScore, the coming year will present marketers with a range of opportunities to connect and engage with consumers. The findings are contained in the 2013 U.S. Digital Future in Focus report. This annual report examines how the prevailing trends in social media, search, online video, digital advertising, mobile […]
BSkyB used its results to confirm the launch of targeted advertising to its customer base this summer. Its Cisco Videoscape (formerly NDS) AdSmart technology stores the ads on the set-top box and then delivers different ads to those watching the same live programme using criteria selected by the advertiser. “A high street bank could show […]
Gracenote is teaming with INVIDI, a specialist in advanced television advertising solutions, to develop an addressable advertising system that can identify what TV programmes and commercials viewers are watching in real time and determine which commercials should play next. Typically TV viewers experience the same commercials regardless of their household needs, income or unique profile. […]
Research from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and its Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence suggests that 63 per cent of digital video screening on mobile phones does not happen on-the-go, but rather at home. Over a third (36 per cent) of these home-based digital video activities happen in a room where a second screen – […]
Sky followed up Virgin’s new commitment to targeted advertising with its own promising AdSmart from next summer. Sky AdSmart will launch in seven million homes on Sky’s wholly owned channels, and will offer advertisers up to 90 different attributes including age, region, financial outlook and affluence. Jamie West, director of AdSmart and commercial development, told […]
Virgin Media says it will start targeted advertising ‘soon’ but that it would launch a full-scale service in 2013. Virgin originally promised targeted services for the second quarter of 2012 – see here Mark Brandon, commercial director of Virgin Media told the Future TV Advertising event that the operator would leverage data provided by third […]