Why are we still making it so hard to understand Addressable TV?

The marketplace for addressable TV cannot truly scale until the industry speaks the same language, understands the opportunies and creates standards.  — Read on adage.com/article/cadent/why-are-we-still-making-it-so-hard-understand-addressable-tv/2202041

TV’s Most Interesting Ads: Served by CBS, Hulu, Samantha Bee – Variety

TV is heading for a commercial breakdown. TV networks are set to broadcast many of the same old ads viewers have grown accustomed to seeing for dozens of years. And yet, executives hope they can make those spots more interesting, more timely and harder to ignore by finding new ways to distribute them and measure … Continue reading TV’s Most Interesting Ads: Served by CBS, Hulu, Samantha Bee – Variety

Six-Second Commercials Are Coming to N.F.L. Games on Fox (…just catching up with digital advertising)

Seems television is trying to catch-up with digital video advertising. According to a recent NY Times article, “A new kind of advertising is coming to N.F.L. games and other programming on Fox Sports this fall: the six-second television commercial. Fox Networks Group will offer the bite-size slots alongside its standard 15- and 30-second ads for … Continue reading Six-Second Commercials Are Coming to N.F.L. Games on Fox (…just catching up with digital advertising)

Oscar Advertisers Paid Record Prices for a 15% Drop in Audience

“A slate of boutique films and an uneven, torpidly paced broadcast conspired to put a whammy on Sunday night’s Oscars ratings, as overall viewership dropped 15% versus last year’s big show. According to Nielsen fast national data, ABC’s presentation of the 87th Annual Academy Awards averaged 36.6 million viewers, down from 43 million a year … Continue reading Oscar Advertisers Paid Record Prices for a 15% Drop in Audience

Report: 1.4% of Consumers Have Cut the Cord, But 7% Think About It

While only 1.4% of consumers have cut the cord in the last two years, 7% of current pay-television subscribers are considering canceling their service, according to a survey in the May 2011 issue of… Original Link: http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/D_htp0rjVqU/ via my6sense