Tags : Advertisers

Instagram is Letting Advertisers Create Posts With Users’ Accounts

Instagram is giving advertisers the ability to publish sponsored posts from users’ accounts through an update to branded content ads.Branded content ads were introduced last year as a way for influencers to identify when their posts are sponsored by a company or brand. The ads look just like organic Read More

Why Netflix Remains Adamantly Against Ads

The idea of Netflix someday adding advertising to its service remains a perennial topic among investors and analysts. Needham analyst Laura Martin recently renewed her call that Netflix should use ads as a way to subsidize lower price points in the face of intensifying competition, while a separate survey of Read More

How Amazon is selling ads on Fire TV

Amazon is throwing a whole kitchen sink of streaming inventory at advertisers, based on a recent pitch deck that the company has shared with ad buyers. The sales pitch by Amazon largely centers on the ads it can sell across apps on its Fire TV platform. But that isn’t Read More

How YouTube shields advertisers (not viewers) from harmful videos

The difference between the protections YouTube offers its advertisers and those it provides consumers is stark. A read of advertiser-friendly content guidelines for videos uploaded to the platform, last updated in June 2019, shows the company has rigorous standards to protect advertisers from harmful content and the algorithmic ability to do Read More

How the BBC is setting the bar for creative outdoor advertising

Back in January 2016, the BBC launched its own in-house creative agency, BBC Creative, which now comprises over 150 staff. Alongside a number of well-received digital ad campaigns – BBC Creative has also received praise for its out-of-home-activity.  Here’s a look at why its most recent campaigns have been so effective, and Read More

AET, Wizely say collaboration streamlines delivery of OEM-compliant advertising

AET Media describes its services as providing an advertising asset design and generation capability “that allows for at-scale delivery of unique, visually appealing advertisements.” Wizely says that with its co-op reporting and pre-approval automation platform, advertisements can get OEM approval and reimbursement at scale. The company offers an advertising audience Read More

NBC’s Peacock Enlists Advertisers and Cable Companies in Marketing Push

Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal is planning an expansive marketing rollout for its coming streaming service, Peacock, including ads on and off its TV networks and websites, cross-promotions with launch sponsors and pay-TV companies that distribute its channels, and a major presence during its coverage of the Olympics this summer. NBCUniversal’Read More