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According to iSpot.tv, a TV ad catalog and measuring service, commercials including Mahomes “have had more than 173,000 airings over the past 30 days” (K.C. STAR, 2/6)

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Inside the Taylor Swift effect on Super Bowl marketing—and how brands are reacting

It’s no wonder networks want to capture Swift though during the games. Her fans are tuning in to watch her, and her star power moves ratings. Chiefs games were among five of the top 10 highest-rated regular season NFL games this year, according to iSpot, the TV measurement firm. The Chiefs-Ravens game earned a record as the most-watched AFC Championship game with 55 million viewers.

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N.F.L.’s Rapid Embrace of Gambling Creates Mixed Signals

Still, more Americans saw sports betting advertisements during N.F.L. games than on any other nationally televised programming in each of the last three years, according to data from iSpot, a TV measurement company. Three betting ads will run during this year’s Super Bowl broadcast, Mr. Highhill said.

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Super Bowl Ads Show Storytelling Decline

Narrative-focused ads may provide better results for brands advertising during the Super Bowl, yet in recent years, that emphasis has declined in favor of a focus on celebrities and humor – according to recent research from iSpot.

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Personalisation and the battle for customers’ attention

The lawsuit, filed Jan. 31 in federal court in Delaware, brings to nine the number of patent infringement cases Nielsen has filed since 2021 against now four competitors. Those include four suits against TVision and three against HyphaMetrics. Those companies provide panels that help VideoAmp and, in the case of TVision, iSpot.tv, calibrate data from set-top boxes and smart TVs.

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Alt Currency Race: Why It's Time For A Pit Stop

With the recent news of iSpot.tv’s acquisition of 605 -- both leading TV ad measurement companies -- and premium publishers’ adoption of VideoAmp’s dataset as a new video currency, it’s hard to ignore the race toward alternative currencies across the media industry.

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CTV Ad Quick Bites: Google TV, Samsung, Vizio, and Amagi

Vizio aimed at different targets for its myth-busting. The company says that the widely held belief that attention paid to FAST channels and the ads they carry is lower than traditional TV is wrong. Citing research from Adelaide using its AU[i] a-effectiveness metric, the company says that CTV FAST apps outperform Adelaide’s CTV AU attention benchmarks by 20%-25% and best traditional TV by 35%-40%.

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Freight Elite Struggle to Hit Climate Goals as Demand Surges

Since 2021, it spent over $17 million on two new U.S. television spots showcasing its commitment to EVs, including one with country legend Willie Nelson, according to an estimate from iSpot, an ad measurement company. “We’re delivering for the earth by investing in more electric vehicles,” intoned the narrator in one ad as an electric truck emerges from an oversized FedEx box in a pristine forest.

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