Ad campaigns unfurl across screens, and that’s the way they should be measured. Nielsen Catalina Solutions (NCS) released a cross-screen measurement tool on Wednesday that links incremental offline sales for an ad campaign to total views across channels, including linear TV, mobile and desktop video, over-the-top (OTT) and connected TV. NCS, which provides purchase-based targeting […]
Zefr, a contextual targeting software platform for YouTube, has appointed Toby Byrne as president. Byrne, the former president of ad sales for Fox Networks Group, including its broadcast, sports and cable networks, vacated his post last September. During that time, there was a heavy transition in top sales talent at several linear TV networks as […]
Greater automation in TV introduces more nuances to the viewability debate, in addition to maintaining the right frequency of ads to content. Just ask Joe Marchese, the newly appointed president of advanced advertising for Fox Networks Group. His promotion follows 21st Century Fox’s acquisition of the interactive video ad platform true[X], which he oversaw, in December. In addition to the standalone […]
