TV data isn’t new, but this past year really underscored just how important it is to apply the right data to ad buying decisions. Without many primetime shows, live sports or upfronts, brands had to quickly adjust to follow migrating audiences on TV. While some of the TV ad trends that surfaced during the pandemic… Read More
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In our “Ask the iSpot Expert” blog series, one of our very own at iSpot walks us through their area of expertise in TV and video ad measurement. Benchmarking has long been the norm (pun intended) in digital marketing. However, that hasn’t been the case for TV advertising until recently. With real-time, syndicated cross-platform TV… Read More

The pandemic completely disrupted TV as a whole last March, but unlike many other live sporting events, the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments were both at the forefront of the shutdowns and completely cancelled. As a result, a billion dollars up and vanished. Networks needed to quickly pivot programming. And brands needed the right… Read More

While many live sporting events were postponed in 2020, the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments were among the only ones to be completely cancelled. The billion-dollar loss was not only felt by the teams set to play in the event — but the networks and brand advertisers, too. Thankfully, for everyone involved, both the… Read More

In our “Ask the iSpot Expert” blog series, one of our very own at iSpot walks us through their area of expertise in TV and video ad measurement. Largely driven by disruption from the pandemic, addressable TV is gaining its long awaited traction in the marketing world. Steve Murtos, VP of Customer Success, explains how… Read More

By Stuart Schwartzapfel Music video network Vevo reaches a billion daily views on average, making it an attractive destination for brands to leverage its cultural cachet. And with the proliferation of cord cutting and streaming TV viewing, Vevo has been rapidly expanding its OTT distribution to match changing consumption habits and deliver premium music videos… Read More

In our new series “Ask the iSpot Expert,” one of our very own at iSpot walks us through their area of expertise in TV and video advertising measurement. To kick things off, we sat down with Peter Daboll, Chief of Strategy and Insights at iSpot and the former CEO of Ace Metrix (an iSpot.tv company). … Read More

From a brand perspective, we already covered who won the “Big Game” with the top creative from this year’s Super Bowl. Taking a wider view, however, we can also observe which industries made it their own, generating buzz and positive feedback during game day. Below are quick spotlights on five different advertiser industries from Super… Read More

The dust has settled on this year’s Super Bowl. And while it was abundantly clear who took home the win on the field, the off-the-field battle between advertisers requires some additional analysis. In 2021, 67 different brand spots (and 87 ads overall) generated $481.2 million in est. ad revenue for CBS, plus 6.3 billion TV… Read More

The Super Bowl is the biggest TV event every year, and despite all of the potential attention brands can garner by advertising, the game can also create a lot of noise that makes it more difficult for messages to come through. Or at least it does for brands not armed with the right data and… Read More

For the first time in 37 years, Budweiser is not getting Super Bowl airtime. The brand’s decision (which doesn’t include all ABInBev brands) is part of a trend where legacy Super Bowl advertisers are opting out of the 2021 game. That’s right: This year Hyundai, Kia, Avocados From Mexico, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and many more will… Read More

A storyline, CTA, or celebrity might make perfect sense in the boardroom, but what if as soon as your ad goes to market, consumer response is lukewarm? Or, worst-case scenario, your ad sparks social media uproar and leaves your brand image tarnished. Sales lift might be the ultimate goal of an ad campaign, but there… Read More