Peacock soars but has catching up to do: Olympics gave the streamer its best month ever in August, but viewership was still dwarfed by Netflix and YouTube.
New privacy features include parental control, content filtering, and restricted messaging to protect minors and address growing concerns.
25% of US consumers will avoid traveling to cut back and save during the holiday season, according to an August 2024 survey by Censuswide and Invoice Home.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss the significance of a democratic country like Brazil banning X, how it will impact the platform in terms of users and ad dollars, and how advertisers in America are viewing the situation. Tune in to the discussion with host Marcus Johnson, vice president and analyst Jasmine Enberg and analyst Matteo Ceurvels.
“The holiday season really starts October 1,” Megan Gaffey, senior director of publisher partnerships at Rakuten Advertising, said on our Tech-Talk webinar Performance Marketing Playbook for Q4 Holiday Success. “And you see a lot of advertisers launch Black Friday promotions the Tuesday before Thanksgiving to get ahead of the noise.”
Netflix’s ad tier is less than two years old, but is growing due to its password-sharing crackdown and high demand for connected TV (CTV) advertising. One in 10 US Netflix users will opt for its ad-supported tier next year, and the company’s US ad revenues will surpass $1 billion, per our March 2024 forecast. Here are five charts demonstrating the progress Netflix has made —and the potential it still holds for advertisers.
“In 2022, retail media hit the first of many milestones when it became the fastest US ad channel to eclipse $30 billion in spending—nearly twice as quickly as it took social media,” our analyst Max Willens said on a recent Meet the Analyst webinar. “That was just the start.”
Last week, retail marketplaces Thrive Market and Faire joined the growing number of retail media.
Western companies lose confidence in China as consumer spending softens: Weaker-than-expected August retail sales are just the latest data point to push retailers to reevaluate their investments.
The gap is closing between AI customer service agents and humans, according to Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: But customers have plenty of concerns—including their shrinking ability to access human assistance and the possibility of hallucinations.
With AI delays and sluggish preorders, the iPhone 16 launch is testing investor patience and could signal trouble ahead for the tech giant.
Sophisticated shoppers have long been the lifeblood of the affiliate marketing industry. But as affiliate marketing has grown more visible, many of those shoppers have gotten choosier about the kinds of deals they take, squeezing the margins of both advertisers and publishers.
DirecTV bends the knee to Disney: After a major blackout, the pay TV provider is offering a path to join Disney+ and Hulu.
What to look for in the TikTok ban court case: Oral arguments began yesterday in a battle that will determine TikTok’s future.
WNBA breaks viewership and attendance records: Rookie stars fuel the surge, but financial challenges remain.
Salesforce’s AI agents are tackling real business decisions, marking a major shift toward secure, automated workflows across industries.
Verizon slashes 4,800 jobs: With 5G growth slowing, Verizon is buying rivals and cutting staff, sparking fears of weakened service and higher prices in a shrinking telecom market.
In Q2 2024, worldwide clickthrough rates (CTRs) for search was 1.63%, more than double that of social (0.66%) and quadruple that of retail media (0.39%), according to a July 2024 report by Skai.
Major retailers like IKEA, Walmart, and ThredUp are launching peer-to-peer resale marketplaces, aiming to capture a slice of the booming secondhand market. This trend comes as US marketplace ecommerce sales are projected to surpass $500 billion next year, according to our forecast.
Compared with other traditional media channels, out-of-home (OOH) is resilient. US OOH ad spend will grow 5.2% this year, per our March 2024 forecast, significantly more than TV, radio, and print, which will mainly see declining figures over the next few years.