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Why CTV Ad Rates Have Posed a Costly Challenge

Connected TV ad rates for premium publishers are typically priced from two to six times that of national linear TV ad rates, and the biggest reason is scarcity. How is that possibl

Rewarded Video Ads for Gamers

Rewarded video game ads lets players earn valuable rewards in exchange for watching premium brand-sponsored videos on free-to-play consoles and PC gamers.

AVOD Is Growing But Needs Time to Become Big

Most of the largest and most dominant CTV services (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+) still carry no ads and the two larger services that do (YouTube and Hulu ) carry very

3 Ways DTC Brands and Performance Marketers Are Winning With TV Ads

DTC brands and performance marketers have been able to win with TV, especially when taking advantage of Simulmedia’s digital approach to the mass medium, which utilizes surgically

What Marketers Need to Know About Full-Funnel TV Advertising

A conversation with 1-800-Flowers Chief Growth Officer Robert Tas that touches on the need for marketers to own and control their audience and campaign data. It’s not just essentia

How TV Must Retool to Avoid a Rerun of That ‘70s Auto Show

The TV ad industry is at risk of losing massive market positions from a failure to change legacy products, processes and business models that weren’t previously so badly broken tha

The State of TV and Video: 4 Things to Know at Mid-Year

From the launch of new ad-supported platforms to crumbling cookies to mega-mergers, we look at the state of TV and video as we enter the second half of the year.

Why Games Will Be the Next Dominant Tech Platform

Games will become the dominant platform for digital activities over the next decade. As a result, games will become one of the most important platforms for advertising and marketin

Gauging The Gauge: How Does the Nielsen CTV Metric Measure Up?

Nielsen's CTV metric, The Gauge, aims to be the gold standard for both linear TV and CTV measurement. Will it become the gold standard for measuring all of television?

5 Ways Video Advertising Will Radically Change by 2024

The video ad world will change more in the next three years than it has in the past 60. What was built originally as a brand-building channel has evolved into one of the most impor

Debunking the Top 4 Myths About TV & Video Measurement

We debunk the most common misconceptions about TV and video advertising around costs, measurement, campaigns goals and more.

As CTV Grabs Headlines, Roku Heats Up Linear With Nielsen Deal

Roku’s move, which will allow it to deliver dynamic advertising into linear TV programming, makes it clear that the company isn’t planning to sit back and wait for linear TV ad bud