With streaming viewership and ad spend snowballing, measuring reach, frequency, overlap and incrementality across linear and CTV is critical for marketers to get a true understanding of advertising performance. From there, marketers can optimize CTV campaigns to reach new audiences that are not accessible with linear buys. Frequency can be better managed, avoiding oversaturating households… Read More
On Tuesday, March 15th, iSpot.tv and Crown Media Family Networks announced a new TV advertising measurement agreement covering Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and Hallmark Drama in the United States. The deal gives Crown Media access to a suite of ad measurement capabilities across its network portfolio, including always-on ad verification and impressions covering… Read More
By Shane Leinster, VP Content Operations Are you looking to measure your TV ads compared to benchmarks and direct competitors? Need to track the performance of different ad creatives with only subtle variations? Want to test out alternative TV currencies? What you will need is a measurement solution built on a comprehensive and extremely precise… Read More
With the industry-wide shift to a multicurrency marketplace and more modern measurement well underway, it is time for OOH measurement to evolve as well. That is why iSpot has acquired Tunity – an innovative measurement and analytics company that measures consumer TV viewing and engagement habits in public locations – such as bars, restaurants and gyms – nationwide.
First-Ever Unified Cross Platform Measurement of America’s Biggest TV Event Reveals Average Minute Audience of 121 million Half Time Show Gives In Home Viewing a 12% Lift of 10.5 million People Super Bowl and Olympics Accounted for 69% of All TV Ad Impressions on February 13 Feb. 15, 2022 — Bellevue and New York City… Read More
Super Bowl ads have evoked many emotions – joy, sadness, empowerment, etc. – over the years. But sometimes, emotions about a specific ad are better captured by a single phrase: “WTF?” The declaration doesn’t necessarily connote an ad that scored poorly with audiences. At times, it can mean uncertainty, confusion or just a certain randomness… Read More
After watching Cheetos’ “Can’t Touch This” commercial during the 2020 Super Bowl, we feared we’d never see a funnier ad in the Big Game. Another clever combination of humor, defining product truth, great script, and perfect song just seemed so improbable. Until 2021, when the Frito-Lay brand struck again during the Big Game and came… Read More
This year’s NFL Playoffs have rewarded TV audiences with some thrilling games, and brands have benefitted as a result. Still, some brands produced more likeable creatives than others, which further optimized their TV ad impact at this point in the Playoffs. Using the Likeability Score from our survey-based Creative Assessment, we were able to pinpoint… Read More
Likeability. The concept is pretty straightforward, but what defines how Likeable an ad is? Might the notion change from year to year, as fortunes, politics, and social issues fluctuate? Can anyone agree, and if so, what drives that feeling of liking an ad? With the Super Bowl being the ad world’s biggest stage, mass appeal… Read More
TV currency is transforming and iSpot is leading the charge. Learn why NBCU selected iSpot as their trusted alternate measurement partner in a multi-year landmark deal, starting with a massive pilot during Super Bowl LVI and the 2022 Winter Games.
By now you’ve heard the news that NBCUniversal announced the selection of iSpot as a trusted alternate measurement partner in a multi-year landmark deal that paves the way for transforming how TV is bought, sold and evaluated for years to come. As one of over 100 companies evaluated by NBCU’s team of more than 30… Read More
iSpot is honored to share today’s news that it has been selected as an alternative measurement company by WarnerMedia, one of only three chosen after an extensive discovery process to vet alternative currencies. We are excited to expand our long-standing partnership with WarnerMedia to provide a unified cross-platform TV measurement solution. Our unique approach for… Read More