The CTV ecosytem may soon have its ‘year of mobile’
Quantcast VP EMEA Matt White discusses the growth of connected TV, and draws parallels with a time before Facebook went mobile and the mobile ecosystem exploded.
How FMCG brands are benefiting from second-party data
From retail media to data partnerships and ‘clean rooms’, FMCG brands have many opportunities to take advantage of second-party data to better target customer or prove the effectiveness of their marketing.
Integral Ad Science’s Csaba Szabo on contextual advertising and CTV
Csaba Szabo is Managing Director EMEA at Integral Ad Science. I recently caught up with Csaba to find out more about his role, trends in advertising such as contextual advertising and connected TV (CTV), and what’s next for IAS. Tell me about your role at IAS – what are you most focused on right now? […]
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Digital advertising: which trends will dominate 2021?
From the increased prominence of digital and programmatic to an emphasis on advertising flexibility, resilience and agility, here are some themes that our experts believe will define advertising in 2021.
Four ways to unlock the true power of TV through programmatic
If I asked you to think of your favourite advert, what comes to mind?
A day in the life of… Damon Westbury, Interim Managing Director for EBX
Damon Westbury is Interim MD at European Broadcaster Exchange (EBX), a joint venture founded by some of Europe’s largest TV broadcasters (including Channel 4) to address the demand for brand-safe environments and high-quality online video campaigns. Westbury joined EBX from Clear Channel and has previously held roles at Microsoft. He tells us: “After starting my […]
Connected TV: How to use the final weapon in the cross-device arsenal
Connected TV (CTV) is taking the world by storm.
We’ve seen an annual increase of nearly 100 million CTV sets per year over the past five years globally, and the market is growing rapidly in the UK.
Advertising on the channel is expected to grow to £220m by 2020, surpassing countries like France (£215m), Germany (£112m), and Spain (£94m).
How to achieve what QR codes promised, but couldn’t deliver
What was the year? 2009? 2010? QR codes were ‘the next big thing’. They had such great promise. Turn any print advertisement, packaging or promotional experience into a digital touchpoint.
Richer engagement. Richer analytics. But they never delivered. (Some people perpetually say ‘next year’ is the year for mass adoption).
But there is one technology that comes pre-installed on 100% of handsets and which can exceed both the engagement and analytics that QR codes promised.
Shazam: from gimmick to major player
At the beginning of September 2013, Shazam announced a huge milestone: the 10 billionth use of the music identifying app.
The song: Lady Gaga’s ‘Applause’. The man: some guy in New Jersey who was officially the last human being in the Western world not to recognise Lady Gaga.
If you’re unaware of Shazam, quite simply it’s an app that you can use to identify a song you don’t know the name of that’s playing in any location (as long as it’s audible) in a matter of seconds. The process is called ‘tagging’.
Shazam currently processes more than 100m tags a week, this is 150% more than a year ago, and currently has more than 80m global users.
Connected retail: the future of the high street
The speed with which new technologies are being adopted by consumers is breathtaking. The use of tablets and mobile is unprecedented.
New customer touch points have burst onto the scene, leaving retailers struggling to decide where to prioritise their marketing and digital spend: should the focus be on websites, stores or mobile?
Great British Bake Off and the rise of social TV
The Great British Bake Off finale achieved 156,000 tweets during its 8pm-9pm broadcast last night.
The flagship BBC2 show has also seen a steep rise in audience figures over its 2013 season, achieving 9m viewers during its finale, up from 6.5m who watched the crowning of last year’s winner.
Although an assured move to BBC1 and a 32.6% audience share is a huge success, perhaps The Great British Bake Off’s greatest legacy is highlighting our changing viewing habits and how Twitter is transforming the way we watch TV.
Eight mobile push notification mistakes to avoid
Though potentially a powerful tool for marketers, push notifications on apps can be a real pain for many people.
This means marketers need to be very careful about their use of this tactic but, sadly, not all do.
In one case, a nine year old was told “you’ll pay for this on judgement day” after failing to feed a virtual pet.
Courtesy of Urban Airship, here are some mistakes to avoid, and examples of good and bad (mainly bad) push notifications…