01/21/20: Cynopsis Media Tech Update

Tuesday January 21, 2020

Verizon Media has launched a “privacy-focused” search engine, OneSearch, offering no cookie tracking, data-storing or data-sharing with advertisers. “OneSearch doesn’t use your search habits or profile data to filter or optimize search results,” said the company. “OneSearch gives you a wider, deeper range of results without bias.” Its Advanced Privacy Mode encrypts search items and search URL, masking users’ search intent from third parties.

Fastly, provider of a global edge cloud platform, announced Origin Connect, a direct private network connection between an organization’s origin server and a Fastly Shield point of presence. Comparing Origin Connect to plugging directly into an outlet instead of connecting to an extension cord first, Fastly says companies will be able to reduce transit costs as well as the risks of content lag associated with any additional path content travels to get from initial client request to an origin server, and back to the end user.

Vibenomics, a provider of streaming audio experience solutions and the industry’s first audio out-of-home programmatic advertising marketplace, has joined DPAA. The company enables location-based businesses to create and control their background musical vibe. “Vibenomics is a welcome partner that helps fulfill our promise of ‘digital out-of-home everything’ by offering brands a unique opportunity to speak directly to target audiences at the point-of-sale through background audio advertising, which has been shown to have a positive impact on how much time consumers spend in a store, what they buy and how much they spend,” said Barry Frey, DPAA President & CEO.

The value of pirate video services accessed by pay TV and non-pay TV users will exceed $67 billion worldwide by 2023, according to a report from Parks and Associates, Video Piracy: Ecosystem, Risks and Impact. “Credential sharing falls into two categories. Most sharing is casual, with no intent to profit. But the bigger risk is from pirates that purchase large stolen consumer databases via the ‘Dark Web’ and use automation to discover penetrable end user accounts,” said Steven Hawley, contributing analyst at Parks Associates and managing director of Piracy Monitor.

Instagram is removing the orange IGTV button form its homepage. “As we’ve continued to work on making it easier for people to create and discover IGTV content, we’ve learned that most people are finding IGTV content through previews in Feed, the IGTV channel in Explore, creators’ profiles and the standalone app. Very few are clicking into the IGTV icon in the top right corner of the home screen in the Instagram app” a Facebook company spokesperson told TechCrunch. “We always aim to keep Instagram as simple as possible, so we’re removing this icon based on these learnings and feedback from our community.”

TiVo’s Video Trends Report: Q4 2019 found that in a digital age, major networks still have broad appeal. The most popular nets survey respondents said they’d want in an a la carte bundle were ABC (61.2%), CBS (55.1%), Discovery (48.3%), A&E (47.8%), NBC (47.4%), Fox (46.7%), History (41.4%), FX (40.2%), AMC (38.3%) and Food Network (37.9%). Other findings include:
· 72% of survey respondents want the ability to view, browse and search available content from a unified experience or interface.
· Consumers spend an average of 11+ minutes discovering new shows or movies through major OTT platforms.
· 54% of respondents indicated learning about new shows or movies from commercials or ads running within their content.
· More than 85% of respondents said recommendations from their pay-TV and/or streaming provider(s) are either “sometimes” or “always” accurate.
· Respondents want an average of 22 channels in their TV packages and are willing to pay $33+ per month to access them.

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Tru Optik, the identity resolution company for OTT and CTV, struck an agreement with NCSolutions, a company aimed at improving advertising effectiveness for the CPG ecosystem. NCS segments will now be available on the Tru Optik Data Marketplace for OTT/CTV, streaming audio and gaming advertising campaigns.

What does Sir Isaac Newton have to do with TV today? Media consultant Brad Adgate, an expert in digital strategy, market research and competitive intelligence, suggests the scientist’s third law of motion – for every action there is an equal reaction – has everything to do with the impact of the NFL on television, and why the FCC could help station groups achieve the scalability they need to negotiate effectively. “In recent years, station groups have petitioned the FCC to expand ownership caps to no avail,” says Adgate. “With the chance stations could lose NFL games to digital media, perhaps next time the FCC will relax the ownership caps for stations.” For more from Adgate, go to Cynsiders.

Google offered a timeline for phasing out support for third-party cookies in Chrome. In addition to its plans to limit insecure cross-site tracking starting in February, the company intends to end support within two years. “By undermining the business model of many ad-supported websites, blunt approaches to cookies encourage the use of opaque techniques such as fingerprinting (an invasive workaround to replace cookies), which can actually reduce user privacy and control,” said Google in a blog post. “We believe that we as a community can, and must, do better.”

Google’s approach is “quite brilliant in that it appears Google will hold themselves to the same standard as the industry, however we shouldn’t be naïve,” opined Matt Keiser, Founder and CEO of LiveIntent. “For Google, Google and YouTube is where the majority of their money comes from, and first-party cookies from YouTube will be unaffected by this change.” Said Adam Solomon, CMO of Lotame, “The real question is whether Google’s actions will speak louder than its words, namely all good actors being given equal opportunity to leverage this tech similarly without undue advantage given to Google in the process.”

How people react to an ad varies on the individual, the ad type, and the situation. First-party data platform Disqo released a report, Ad Reactions Study, that gauged how people feel about the most common kinds of advertising. The most negative reactions came from pop-up ads that take users away from the site they’re on (10%), ads on social for a brand they don’t know (13%), and ads within an app that are for another brand (14%). “Unsurprisingly, people react more positively when advertising is either related to their current browsing interests or pertains to a brand for which they already have a positive affinity,” said the report. “While pop-up promotions on a given site or app may elicit a positive reaction when it provides a meaningful message – such as a discount – that is related to the current content the person is browsing, ads that are both interruptive in nature and disconnected in context are not advised.”
Findings include:
· 63% said advertising has a negative impact on their experience
· 60% feel strongly negative when seeing a pop-up ad take them away from the site they’re on
· 52% would react positively to a visual ad for a product they’re shopping for
· 48% expressed they are okay with viewing ads while browsing social media

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ION MEDIA/NYC: Focus on developing new and growing business among major agencies via strong relationships and superior client service. 5+ years of sales experience with national cable, broadcast ad sales or media buying background required. Full info HERE (1/31)

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First Look Media/NYC: Maintain, understand & leverage the organization’s quantitative/qualitative data in support of its premium video streaming offer. 3-5yrs exp w/video content analytics w/focus on subscriber acquisition & retention, pref within TV, film, ent, music or video enviro. Full info HERE (1/30)

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FX Networks/LA: Oversee all phases of pre-production, production, and post-production ranging from show set-up to wrap. Exp interpreting ATL contracts. Min 7 yrs finance exp. Req’d w/5 yrs prod finance exp. Full info HERE (1/28)

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