That is something video and TV programmers – all facing competition from digital-native ad platforms that have long offered super-targeting – need to remain competitive.
“I think there are finally real ways for them to bring addressability to television,” says Vikram Somaya, Nielsen chief data officer, in this video interview with Beet.TV.
“I think a lot of the issues had been – certainly from the sell side when I looked at it – was, ‘How did this actually work with measurement on which everything was transacted?'”
In February, Nielsen formed Advanced Video Advertising (AVA), a new group focusing on developing addressable advertising initially for internet-connected smart TVs.
That came after it acquired Sorenson Media, which had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, for $11.25 million.
Somaya says gives Nielsen the ability to give programmers addressable capabilities which also address how the opportunity is managed against ratings.
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]]>But that’s all changing now, as new technology allows ad-tech platforms to show live data and let clients respond by tweaking campaigns mid-flight.
That’s according to one ad-tech exec whose company helps advertisers use data segmenting to target linear TV ads.
“We’re seeing a lot of companies using data in ways that haven’t been used before,” says Cadent CTO Stephanie Mitchko in this video interview with Beet.TV.
“Data has really become actionable. Companies are using it not just to create reports and post-buy analysis to tell clients what happened in the past, but using data in real-time to actually adjust campaigns, use campaigns in ways they haven’t been used before.”
Cadent’s offering takes cable set-top box viewing data and adds in first- or third-party behavioral data to let ad buyers target viewers more precisely.
Mitchko says attribution and measurement transparency is the hot topic for 2017, as ad-tech customers increasingly look to peak behind the curtain at the numbers behind the numbers.
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