In this Meet the Analyst Webinar, eMarketer’s senior analyst Ross Benes, and forecasting analyst Eric Haggstrom presented our latest CTV ad spending forecast for the US and discussed the challenges advertisers face with this medium.

In this eMarketer Quiz, you’ll test your knowledge of the event marketing space. As a reward, you will receive a complimentary eMarketer Roundup “Event Marketing Trends,” a collection of data, insights, and perspectives from your industry peers.

Consumers are always on the hunt for a great deal, and that’s even more true because of the pandemic—especially if it yields a serious recession. Knowing that value is top-of-mind for many, General Mills recently launched a national rebates program that lets shoppers receive cash back to their PayPal account by submitting an itemized receipt via the Coupons.com app.

The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) has been investigating how TV viewership is measured. CIMM CEO and managing director Jane Clarke joins eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Nicole Perrin to discuss what the company has learned about using both set-top box and ACR-based measurement, why different attribution providers might show marketers different results, and how close marketers are to speaking the same language about traditional TV and digital video advertising.

On July 1, 2020, many advertisers pulled their spending from Facebook and Instagram, and in some cases Twitter, to show solidarity with the racial justice movement and for other reasons. While it got a lot of media attention, the ad boycott did not negatively affect the social properties’ ad revenues.

Early data of digital sales on Thanksgiving and Black Friday fell below expectations, possibly as a result of a pull-forward effect or a consumer spending drag.

OTT: The number of US subscription over-the-top viewers will grow the fastest it’s grown in five years as the pandemic and streaming wars drive viewership—but growth will decelerate significantly again in 2021.

Recent estimates indicate that Facebook CPMs will be at a historic high this holiday season, despite recent news that the company’s conversion lift tool may have been overvaluing select campaigns.

Salesforce and Slack are in late-stage discussions of an acquisition, with Slack potentially providing Salesforce a goldmine of first-party data.

Business Insider Intelligence senior research analyst Audrey Schomer, eMarketer senior analyst Ross Benes, forecasting analyst Eric Haggstrom, and vice president of content studio at Insider Intelligence Paul Verna discuss TV: How are sports audiences changing, and how does that affect pay TV? They then talk about T-Mobile's new skinny TV bundle, Roku's Q3 earnings, and live TV streaming prices.

Relevancy, personal benefits, and the opportunity to take action matter most in emails, according to our latest report on email marketing.

In light of Apple's IDFA changes, marketers are anticipating negative effects on their audience targeting and measurement capabilities.

Our ad spending forecasts were revised downwards for 27 of the 37 markets we measure, but a better-than-expected Q2 in the US means our lookout for the ad market overall is slightly more optimistic than it was in June.