Out of Home has taken on new meaning these days. During the first half of the week of March 9, OOH usage levels remained consistent with previous weeks. Then the media world changed on Wednesday with Trump’s address on the coronavirus, and Thursday and Friday, OOH usage was down 16% and 18% from earlier in the week. Saturday and Sunday were down 50% and 47%, respectively, as the seriousness set in.
On Thursday night, “Jimmy Kimmel Live” chose to post an interview with Texas State Senate candidate James Talarico (D) on YouTube rather than air it on television.
At a recent industry event, an executive described a meeting with a major distribution platform. The platform had agreed to share audience data. When the meeting finally happened, they arrived with a printout. They wouldn’t let anyone keep it.
It’s finally here. Versant-owned news cable network MS NOW launched its dedicated streaming service on Wednesday. Memberships cost $7.99 per month or $79.99 annually.
The startup Qortex launched as CatapultX in late 2020 and was best known for building a series of addressable in-video ad experiences called On-Stream. Over time, however, company leadership realized that the consumer interaction data they’d accrued could help advertisers better understand what kind of content drives that consumer behavior in the first place.
Journalist and author Maria Bartiromo will part ways with Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network (FBN) after more than 10 years as a news anchor for Fox specializing in financial markets.
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