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Last Tuesday was VideoNuze’s CTV x AI virtual conference, bringing together 18 speakers across 5 sessions. On today’s podcast we highlight the top takeaways from the conference from the consumer, advertiser and content provider perspectives. All of the session videos are available for on-demand viewing.

It is still early days for understanding the eventual impact of AI on CTV, but the speakers provided an array of insights of what’s happening already, and what’s likely in the future.

Listen to the podcast to learn more (23 minutes, 42 seconds)

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Last Wednesday was VideoNuze’s Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW: 2024 virtual which featured 19 senior executives on 5 sessions in 1 high-impact afternoon.



Below are links to each of the session recordings along with descriptions of each session and its speakers.



Many thanks to our 3 generous partners PadSquad, Roku and Wurl!

Colin and I distilled some of our key takeaways on last Friday's Inside the Stream podcast.

Enjoy!

[VIDEO] CTV Advertising in 2024: $30 Billion and Robust Growth Ahead

[VIDEO] Exploring CTV's Key Trends and Opportunities in 2024

[VIDEO] How to Make CTV Ads More Engaging

[VIDEO] Why Premium Streaming Video is Increasingly Ad-Supported

[VIDEO] Achieving Viewership At Scale: Netflix’s Focus on the Mid-Tail
 

The following video was recorded at VideoNuze’s Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW: 2024 virtual on February 28, 2024.

CTV Advertising in 2024: $30 Billion and Robust Growth Ahead
eMarketer forecasts CTV advertising to grow 22% in 2024 to over $30 billion in the U.S. alone. In this opening presentation, learn what's driving this growth, which companies are gaining the most, and what's ahead in the next several years.

Ross Benes - Senior Analyst, eMarketer

The following video was recorded at VideoNuze’s Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW: 2024 virtual on February 28, 2024.

Exploring CTV's Key Trends and Opportunities in 2024
TV viewership is fundamentally changing, and CTV is a clear beneficiary. In particular, ad buyers are excited about how CTV combines the best of TV advertising’s reach and impact with the best of digital advertising’s targeting and engagement. Learn about all of CTV's key trends and opportunities in 2024 and beyond.

Beth Anderson - SVP/GM, FAST Channels & VOD Sales, BBC Studios
Ashley Arena - Head of US Advanced Video Activation, PHD
Carly Friedman - Head of Industry, Gaming, Tech and Telco, Roku
David Pudjunis - VP, Revenue Operations & Digital Partnerships, AMC Networks
Danielle DeLauro - EVP, VAB (moderator)

The following video was recorded at VideoNuze’s Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW: 2024 virtual on February 28, 2024.

How to Make CTV Ads More Engaging
CTV gives advertisers and publishers brand new opportunities to engage viewers far beyond conventional 15 and 30-second spots. What kinds of innovations are already working in CTV interactivity and what's on the roadmap for 2024? How will new forms of viewer engagement change how CTV ads are bought and their success measured?

Tyler DeNicola - VP of Programmatic Revenue & Partnerships, A+E Networks
Jordan Greene - Chief Media Officer and Co-founder, Alpha Precision Media
Rose McGovern - Head of Programmatic and Digital Ad Sales, DIRECTV Advertising
Lance Wolder - Head of Client Strategy and Marketing, PadSquad
Alan Wolk - Co-Founder and Lead Analyst, TVREV (moderator)

The following video was recorded at VideoNuze’s Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW: 2024 virtual on February 28, 2024.

Why Premium Streaming Video is Increasingly Ad-Supported
All across the streaming landscape, premium video is increasingly supported by advertising, in both free and hybrid subscription services. This session will explore the range of different reasons behind this evolution and what it means for the industry and viewers going forward.

Dave Bernath – VP, Sales & Partnerships, North America, Wurl
Bill Condon – VP, Enterprise Sales & Partnerships, Xumo
Erick Opeka – President and Chief Strategy Officer, Cineverse
Tejas Shah – SVP, Commercial Strategy and Analytics, FilmRise
Jen Soch – Executive Director, Channel Solutions, GroupM
Colin Dixon – Chief Analyst and Founder, nScreenMedia (moderator)

The following video was recorded at VideoNuze’s Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW: 2024 virtual on February 28, 2024.

Achieving Viewership At Scale: Netflix’s Focus on the Mid-Tail
Ultimately, to achieve success with CTV advertising, streaming providers need viewership at scale. Based on new research, learn how Netflix has focused its “mid-tail” content investments to build a foundation for its new ad-supported tier’s success – and how other streaming providers can do the same.

Jonathan Hurd - Partner, Altman Solon

Last Thursday was VideoNuze’s fourth annual Connected TV Advertising Summit virtual which featured 27 senior executives on 6 sessions in 1 high-impact afternoon.

Below are links to each of the session recordings along with descriptions of each session and its speakers.

Many thanks to our 5 generous partners Beachfront, Extreme Reach, PadSquad, Pixability and Roku.

We covered a lot of ground during the Summit which Colin and I tried to distill into our 5 key takeaways on last Friday's Inside the Stream podcast.

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[VIDEO] Welcome and How CTV’s Omnipresence is Reshaping the TV and Advertising Industries

[VIDEO] Inside CTV’s Biggest Opportunities and Challenges - The Three Year Perspective

[VIDEO] Understanding CTV/Streaming Business Model Choices: Paid, Hybrid, FAST

[VIDEO] Why CTV’s March to Full-Funnel/Lower-Funnel and Shoppable TV is Inevitable

[VIDEO] How Innovation is Driving the Value of Content and Advertising in CTV

[VIDEO] Unraveling the Measurement and Attribution Imperative

The following video was recorded at VideoNuze’s third annual Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW: 2023 virtual on February 28, 2023.

Welcome and How CTV’s Omnipresence is Reshaping the TV and Advertising Industries
CTV is now omnipresent in U.S. households, in turn completely reshaping the TV industry. Viewers are embracing streaming and wide array of streaming choices. In this stage-setting session, one of the industry’s leading researchers lays out all most important data, including newly-released survey results underscoring the extent to which viewers are shifting their behaviors.

Bruce Leichtman – President and Principal Analyst, Leichtman Research Group (presenter)
Will Richmond – Editor and Publisher, VideoNuze (interviewer)

The following video was recorded at VideoNuze’s fourth annual Connected TV Advertising Summit virtual on June 8, 2023.

Understanding CTV/Streaming Business Model Choices: Paid, Hybrid, FAST
Media executives face an array of business model choices for their streaming services: pure paid/SVOD, hybrid paid/ad-supported, FAST, or a combination. This insightful session will explore the strategic, financial and real-world foundations for choosing optimal CTV/streaming business models - especially when resources are highly constrained. And then, once decisions are made, how to stay the course in a really noisy environment.

Erick Opeka - Chief Strategy Officer and President, Cineverse
Rene Santaella - Chief Digital and Streaming Officer, Estrella Media
Robert Schildhouse - EVP, North America and GM, Group Marketing Services, BritBox
Brian Wallach - Chief Digital Officer, Extreme Reach
Jonathan Hurd - Partner, Altman Solon (moderator)

The following video was recorded at VideoNuze’s fourth annual Connected TV Advertising Summit virtual on June 8, 2023.

Why CTV’s March to Full-Funnel/Lower-Funnel and Shoppable TV is Inevitable
In 2023 the vast majority of CTV ads will be bought with upper-funnel KPIs, as TV ad buyers seek to replace GRPs lost due to traditional TV’s decline and cord-cutting. With a $70 billion TV ad market in the U.S. alone, the shift from linear TV to CTV has lots of runway ahead. But more strategically significant are myriad initiatives that are transforming CTV into a full-funnel/lower-funnel channel. In an era when the importance of first-party data is rapidly increasing, engaging viewers on their TVs will soon become table stakes. In this session, learn how CTV is going to create a multibillion-dollar bonanza in shoppable TV, as well as new frontiers in content creation and personalization.

Jenna Chen - Director, Strategy and Business Development, Partnerships, Walmart Connect
Lindsay Pullins - Director, Ad Revenue Business Strategy, Partnerships, Roku
Lance Wolder – Head of Strategy and Marketing, PadSquad
Eric John - VP, Media Center, IAB (moderator)

The following video was recorded at VideoNuze’s fourth annual Connected TV Advertising Summit virtual on June 8, 2023.

Unraveling the Measurement and Attribution Imperative
There is likely no single topic that generates more coverage and industry hand-wringing than measurement and attribution. For many in the industry, establishing a single, or possibly multiple credible currencies, is priority #1. Yet tens of billions of dollars of spending are transacted in digital without such currencies, and rather are based on actual outcomes. With a full-funnel/lower-funnel future ahead for CTV, how should CTV’s transaction backbone be informed by a traditional TV currency paradigm? Join us for a robust discussion of how critical measurement and attribution issues are being addressed, with an eye to unlocking CTV’s ultimate success.

Bharad Ramesh - Executive Director Research & Investment Analytics, GroupM US
David Sederbaum - EVP, Head of Video Investment, Dentsu Media US
Andrea Zapata - EVP, Head of Ad Sales Research, Measurement and Insights, Warner Bros. Discovery
Maggie Zhang - SVP, Measurement Strategy and Operations, NBCUniversal
Lynda Clarizio – General Partner/Co-Founder, The 98 and former President, US Media, Nielsen (moderator)

At this past Tuesday’s VideoNuze Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW: 2023 virtual, 22 speakers on 5 sessions provided critical insights about the industry and its future direction. We discuss our key takeaways on today’s podcast.

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Yesterday was VideoNuze’s third annual Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW: 2023, which featured 22 senior executives on 5 sessions.

Below are links to each of the session recordings along with descriptions of each session and speakers. There are many great insights about CTV advertising and what’s ahead as it evolves to full-funnel capabilities, FASTs continue to expand, the UX for both advertisers and viewers is reinvented and publishers invest heavily in delivering innovative experiences for viewers.

Thanks again to all the 22 speakers, and especially to CTV PREVIEW’s four amazing partners, Beachfront, PadSquad, Roku and Wurl.

Enjoy!

[VIDEO] Welcome to Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW 2023

[VIDEO] The Big Picture: Trends and Opportunities in CTV in 2023

[VIDEO] Is CTV’s Future at the Bottom of the Funnel?

[VIDEO] Interview With TMB’s President and CEO Bonnie Kintzer

[VIDEO] CTV UX Innovation – The 2023 Roadmap

[VIDEO] FASTs – Road to Gold or Road to “SLOW?”

The following video was recorded at VideoNuze’s third annual Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW: 2023 virtual on February 28, 2023.

Welcome to Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW 2023 virtual
Connected TVs and streaming are transforming the TV and advertising industries. CTV has become the hottest corner of the advertising business, forecast by eMarketer to grow another 27% in 2023 to $27 billion, in the U.S. alone. All in the face of significant economic headwinds. Yet, we are still in the very early innings of the CTV era.  

This afternoon’s program will explore topics including:

- Key macro trends and opportunities in CTV in 2023

- How/when CTV advertising will be optimized for the bottom of the “purchase funnel,” which will in turn attract huge buckets of ad spending

- If the proliferation of FASTs might lead to “SLOW” (SVOD Losses On the Way)

- How CTV UX innovation (in both content and ad formats) is driving new value for viewers and advertisers.

- How Trusted Media Brands (TMB), as a traditional publisher that includes a portfolio of digital-first brands, is successfully capitalizing on CTV and streaming

Will Richmond – Editor and Publisher, VideoNuze

The following video was recorded at VideoNuze’s third annual Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW: 2023 virtual on February 28, 2023.

The Big Picture: Trends and Opportunities in CTV in 2023
Connected TV is the hottest sector of the advertising industry, forecast by eMarketer to grow 27% in 2023 to $27 billion in the U.S. alone. Despite significant economic headwinds, CTV continues to enjoy significant advantages by combining the best of TV advertising’s site, sound and motion, with the best of digital advertising’s targetability, interactivity and optimization. Still, many challenges remain. This session will explore all the most significant factors influencing CTV’s evolution in 2023.

Aaron Goldman - Chief Marketing Officer, Mediaocean
Paul Josephsen – Chief Strategy Officer, WMX Content & Media Division @Warner Music Group
Brian Wieser – Principal, Madison and Wall
Laura Wu – Head of Strategy and Operations, Beachfront
Danielle DeLauro – EVP, VAB (moderator)

The following video was recorded at VideoNuze’s third annual Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW: 2023 virtual on February 28, 2023.

Is CTV’s Future at the Bottom of the Funnel?
With linear TV’s decline, CTV ad spending has surged as advertisers “follow the eyeballs” in order to achieve their reach and frequency objectives. But rather than CTV being viewed solely as a “top of funnel” branding channel, its biggest opportunity may be as a “full funnel” or even “lower funnel” opportunity. This would unlock performance-oriented advertising budgets that are based on high impact targeting and measurement, much the same as the successful playbook Google has run in search and Facebook has run in social. Learn how and when CTV may evolve into full funnel and what this means for all market participants.

Sean Doherty, Jr. – Co-Founder and COO, Wurl
Eric Smith – US Head of Verticals, Auto, Tech, Gaming & Entertainment, Roku
Jen Soch – Executive Director, Channel Solutions, GroupM
Olga Weinraub – Senior Director, Enterprise Marketing Partnerships, Cox Automotive
Colin Dixon – Chief Analyst and Founder, nScreenMedia (moderator)

The following video was recorded at VideoNuze’s third annual Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW: 2023 virtual on February 28, 2023.

Interview With TMB’s President and CEO Bonnie Kintzer
How a Traditional Publisher is Succeeding with CTV and Streaming
The venerable magazines “Reader’s Digest,” “Family Handyman” and “Taste of Home” may not be first to mind when thinking of CTV and streaming. But their owner, TMB (formerly Trusted Media Brands), has an expansive vision of how its strong brands and their super-fans can be leveraged for success in the modern era. Turbocharging TMB’s growth are its 2021 acquisition of Jukin Media and a portfolio of digital-first brands. In this interview, TMB’s president and CEO Bonnie Kintzer explains how TMB is evolving and fully capitalizing on all of the opportunities of CTV and streaming.

Bonnie Kintzer – President and CEO, TMB (Trusted Media Brands)
Will Richmond – Editor and Publisher, VideoNuze (interviewer)

The following video was recorded at VideoNuze’s third annual Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW: 2023 virtual on February 28, 2023.

CTV UX Innovation – The 2023 Roadmap
CTV viewing experiences benefit from dynamic, constant innovation, which in turn bolsters the value of advertising inventory as brands look to execute more interactive campaigns that achieve ever-better returns on spending. With so much happening so fast, what are the key programming and advertising changes primed to enhance the CTV viewer experience, and how will they improve engagement and boost the performance of the market in 2023 and beyond? Join us for an insightful discussion of CTV’s innovation roadmap in 2023.

Ashley Arena – Head of Advanced Video Activation, PHD
Krista Panoff – SVP, Global Enterprise Development, Innovid
David Pudjunis – VP, Revenue Operations and Digital Partnerships, AMC Networks
Lance Wolder – Head of Strategy and Marketing, PadSquad
Mary Ann Halford – Partner, Altman Solon (moderator)

The following video was recorded at VideoNuze’s third annual Connected TV Advertising PREVIEW: 2023 virtual on February 28, 2023.

FASTs – Road to Gold or Road to “SLOW?”
Free ad-supported TV or “FAST” has become one of the buzziest terms in the streaming and CTV industries. Content providers are eagerly launching FAST channels to capitalize on two key trends: advertisers’ insatiable demand for premium CTV ad inventory and viewers’ SVOD fatigue as economic uncertainty escalates. All of this makes FASTs a “road to gold” in the short-term. But in the longer-term, is flooding the market with a lot of free premium programming going to precipitate "SLOW" – “SVOD Losses On the Way?” as viewers are further conditioned to consume free premium video via FASTs and expect ever-better shows to be accessible without payment required?

Beth Anderson – GM, FAST Channels, BBC Studios
Tejas Shah – SVP, Commercial Strategy and Analytics, FilmRise
Josh Sharma – VP of Advertising Partnerships, Allen Media Group
Aneessa Steilen – VP, Media and Distribution Marketing, Vevo
Eric John – VP, Media Center, IAB (moderator)