At the end of an otherwise “crazy” year, DISH Media sees a way forward after strong momentum in the growth of addressable TV ad sales.<\/span><\/p>\n In June, DISH Media<\/span> told Beet.TV<\/span><\/a> it was selling 60% of ads programmatically.<\/span><\/p>\n In this video interview with Beet.TV, Kevin Arrix, Senior Vice President, DISH Media, says players in an increasingly splintered industry need to come together in pursuit of openness and a common goal.<\/span><\/p>\n Arrix sees strong momentum around the advancement of advertising technology, with plenty of healthy competition amongst distributors and programmers, tech companies and measurement providers.<\/span><\/p>\n DISH’s goals are two-fold, Arrix says:<\/span><\/p>\n “Our goal is to bring clarity to the forefront around what the biggest priorities are not only for DISH,” he says, “but everybody in the addressable space, so that we can lock arms as we hit 2021 and keep bringing what the industry does want and keep evolving to a world of better data-driven advertising.”<\/span><\/p>\n Arrix continues: “We’re big proponents of open. Open from our point of view is going to be key to success in this fragmented media market going forward. There isn’t going to be one central technology that everyone is going to use. You have to be interoperable, and you have to plug in as a supply side, and as a publisher side. It’s our obligation to plug into tech and platform that our clients select, so interoperability is really important.”<\/span><\/p>\n DISH Media has been expanding its addressable capabilities for a few years now. Twelve months ago, it launched <\/span>Reach Booster<\/span><\/a>, a tool that can extend the national reach of brands\u2019 ad campaigns.<\/span><\/p>\n It also launched a creative versioning tool for campaigns. But Arrix says most momentum is happening on national minute enablement.<\/span><\/p>\n “For us, addressable has been incredibly successful. It’s been a very strong growing line of business. That has primarily focused on the two minutes of addressable (per hour) that distributors have. And now we’re at the dawn of enabling the national minutes for programmers.<\/span><\/p>\n “So from our point of view, what we want to know is, what are the biggest priorities and hurdles that we need to get over and solve for? And it really spans across the industry, from tech players to programmers, distributors and measurement companies.<\/span><\/p>\n “We all should have the same north stars. At the end of this project, if we can have two, three, four north stars that we’re collectively marching towards, I think that’s going to make a big, big difference.”<\/span><\/p>\n Identity Graphs Will Improve Ads: DISH’s Bokhari<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nCatalyzing collaboration<\/b><\/h2>\n
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