VideoNuze Posts

IRIS.TV’s VP of Publisher Partnerships Lauren Gabriele explains the role of contextual data in connected TV inventory in the 10 minute interview below. Lauren notes that ad buyers considering CTV inventory are focused on brand safety, transparency, measurement and attribution, especially relatively to traditional linear TV.

Content providers can address these areas by enabling improved contextual analysis of their video segments which Lauren believes can be a a strong signal of brand safety. Lauren provides examples of how content providers, especially in news, are doing this already, helping unlock value in their CTV inventory.

To learn more, attend the session Lauren is moderating at next week’s VideoNuze Connected TV Ad Summit virtual, “Targeting in CTV: The New Data Paradigm” with panelists from Xumo, Index Exchange and Icon Media Direct. Registration is complimentary and you can win a Roku TV and Streaming Soundbar.

Watch the interview!

Welcome to this week’s edition of Inside the Stream, the podcast where nScreenMedia’a Chief Analyst Colin Dixon and I take listeners inside the world of streaming video.

After weeks of rumors, Amazon officially announced its acquisition of MGM for $8.45 billion. On this week’s podcast Colin and I explore what the deal means to Amazon and to its Prime members. Colin sees benefits to Amazon beyond bolstering Prime member retention and acquisition, whereas I think these are the deal’s primary rationale.

Nearly five years ago, Jeff Bezos articulated the “flywheel” dynamic of Prime - how video contributes to member acquisition, usage and retention (jump to the 37 minute point in the video interview). I’m guessing that Amazon did extensive consumer research on different parts of the MGM massive catalog to understand how filtering them into Prime could move the membership needle.

While the James Bond franchise has received a lot of attention, the MGM catalog includes 4,000 movies and 17,000 TV show. These, plus the potential spinoffs or as Amazon’s Mike Hopkins put it - “the treasure trove of IP in the deep catalog that we plan to reimagine” - give Amazon a huge amount of programming optionality for years into the future. It will be fun to see how Amazon curates all of this programming into Prime.

Listen to the podcast (26 minutes, 13 seconds)

Browse all previous podcasts

Subscribe to Inside the Stream
Apple Podcasts  Google Podcasts  Spotify  Amazon Music  RSS


Note I’ll continue to publish Inside the Stream in the prior feed

Reminder that VideoNuze’s Connected TV Advertising Summit virtual is two weeks from today, on June 9th and 10th afternoons. The CTV Ad Summit will be the most in-depth conference of the year focused specifically on CTV, with 45 speakers on 14 sessions. Registration is complimentary and all attendees will be entered to win a Roku TV and Smart Soundbar generously provided by Roku.

Executives from Roku, NBCUniversal, Bloomberg, Tubi, Amplifi/Dentsu, Publicis, LG, Samsung, VIZIO, Vevo, A+E Networks, eMarketer, fuboTV, Digitas and many more will share data and insights that attendees can use to succeed in CTV.

Many thanks to our Gold partners Beachfront, Comcast Technology Solutions, DoubleVerify, Evergent, Extreme Reach, IRIS.TV, Mediaocean, Roku, Verizon Media, Wurl and Xandr.

REGISTER NOW!

Mediaocean’s Chief Product Officer Anupam Gupta discusses how ad buyers can successfully navigate the omnichannel world in the 10 minute interview below. Anupam notes the rise of closed ecosystems by different content providers and platforms. Each brings its own first-party data and strong measurement of business outcomes. Mediaocean has been investing in workflows for buyers in an omnichannel world and creating data warehouses for analytics and optimization.

For more in-depth insights, Anupam will be speaking at VideoNuze’s CTV Ad Summit virtual on June 9th and 10th, on the session “Navigating the Omnichannel World” with executives from NBCUniversal, Publicis Media and the VAB. Registration is complimentary and you can win a Roku TV and Streaming Soundbar.

Watch the interview now!

At VideoNuze’s upcoming Connected TV Advertising Summit on June 9th and 10th, Beachfront’s Head of Strategy and Operations Laura Wu will be on a panel, “The Great Transition: From Linear TV to Streaming” with executives from Crackle Plus, fuboTV and Verizon Media. In the 10 minute interview below, Laura previews where Beachfront is positioning itself in the shift, the role of addressability and what’s ahead.

Reminder that registration is complimentary for the CTV Ad Summit and you can win a Roku TV and Streaming Soundbar!

Watch the interview now!

DoubleVerify’s director of product strategy John Ross explains how improving CTV ad transparency is critical to bolstering advertisers’ trust in a 10-minute interview below. DoubleVerify found a 3x increase in fraudulent CTV impressions in 2020 vs. 2019, which John attributes to CTV’s higher CPMs.

This is a huge problem DoubleVerify is addressing, because CTV ad buyers are increasingly coming from TV, where brand safety and highly specific details about where ads ran are the norm. CTV needs to tackle these challenges in order for advertisers to gain further confidence in CTV and grow spending. John also talks about the role programmatic is playing in CTV and related transparency issues.

John will be speaking at VideoNuze’s CTV Ad Summit virtual on June 9th and 10th, on the session “Programmatic’s Role in CTV Advertising” with Philo and Xandr. Registration is complimentary and you can win a Roku TV and Streaming Soundbar.

Watch the interview now!

Extreme Reach’s CTO and Co-Founder Dan Brackett discusses innovation in connected TV advertising in a 10 minute interview below. With its recent acquisition of Adstream, Dan explains how Extreme Reach’s technology enables advertisers and agencies to manage their creative supply chain and seamlessly activate their video campaigns across devices and services globally. Extreme Reach also handles all the talent rights management.

Dan explains that these ongoing innovations in creative asset workflows reduce friction and enhance advertisers’ campaign ROIs. They’re also helping unify data and reporting so advertisers have better insight into campaign performance.

Hear more from Dan at VideoNuze’s CTV Ad Summit virtual on June 9th and 10th, on the session “CTV Innovation: What’s Coming Next?” With Origin Media and Vevo. Registration is complimentary and you can win a Roku TV and Streaming Soundbar.

Watch the interview now!