Monday, May 4, 2026

Access, and Analysis, of Cross-Media Campaign Data Comes To FreeWheel

Users of the FreeWheel Strata ad management platform now have access to a single source of insights, giving them greater knowledge of how to budget for a cross-media campaign from the Comcast Company-owned system.

Client Consistency: The Spot Ten Radio Snapshot

It's been said that less fluctuation means more continual participation, breeding a group of believers -- rather than experimenters. That seems to be the scenario shaping up at spot radio, the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten Radio report suggests.
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Room For Growth: New Entrants Join Recurring Spot TV Players

Yes, GEICO and Liberty Mutual Insurance are ahead of Progressive for yet another week, showing the continued dominance of auto insurance specialists in the Spot Ten TV report from Media Monitors. That said, new activity is seen from a health and beauty aide brand, and from a furniture retailer.

A Privacy-Focused Addressable Ad Platform? Here’s One To Consider

Blockgraph is owned in part by NBCUniversal, Charter Communications and ViacomCBS and is known for its privacy-focused audience connectivity, collaboration, and authentication platform. It is now leveraging TransUnion’s portfolio of identity and data-driven audience products, focused on privacy-focused identity, data modeling, audience creation and activation.

FOX, Scripps, TEGNA Link With MadHive For ‘Frequency Control’

Frequency control remains one of the biggest pain points in TV advertising. Now, three major broadcast TV station owners are addressing this issue. It involves the use of a "full stack solution" — an infrastructure-as-a-service adtech platform designed to increase local reach.

Say Goodbye To Alphonso: It Has A New Name

Alphonso in recent months enjoyed renewed and expanded agreements with such broadcasting companies as TEGNA, for its Premion service; CBS; and Cox Media Group. Now, the entity that made its name by offering “granular TV and OTT measurement” — along with its “rapid closed-loop attribution to local advertisers" — is getting a rebrand.

A Lone Retailer Returns To Spot TV Activity

The latest Spot Ten TV report as measured by Media Monitors finds that one brick-and-mortar retailer is using spot television to reach audiences than any of its competitors. It makes Target the lone member of its category on a chart dominated by auto insurance specialists.

Spot Ten Stability For National Radio

The latest Media Monitors Spot Ten Radio report is out, and for the week ending Feb. 28, there's not much movement among advertisers using national radio to reach consumers.
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Horizon L.A. Head Serena Duff Dies

She's been General Manager of Horizon Media's Century City-based operation since 2012 and joined the ad buying giant in October 2009. In her time at Horizon, she was responsible for a diverse portfolio of client business including Corona Beer, Jack in the Box, STX and ABC. Today, the media and advertising worlds are mourning the loss of Serena Duff.

A Multimedia Company Implements Matrix Platform

A major radio and TV station owner will now have what Matrix calls "complete visibility into their aggregated data while also providing extensive CRM capabilities and media intelligence designed to increase revenue opportunities and extend operational efficiencies."

Alpha Inks A Long-Term Deal With vCreative

One of the top providers of media workflow software products to broadcast media companies across the U.S. has signed up Alpha Media as a client. As such, the Portland, Ore.-based owner of radio stations will extend its vCreative vPPO service while adding the vTrade service across all of its properties.
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NBCUniversal Expands Addressable Footprint With Big MVPD Deal

NBCUniversal's U.S. household addressable footprint is set to expand by nearly 40%. To accomplish this, it has agreed to a newly formed advanced advertising pact with one of the nation's top cable TV service providers. Importantly, NBCUniversal says the deal makes its advanced advertising offering one of the largest offered in the market by a TV publisher.

Total TV Advertising Declined Last Year. Broadcast TV Grew

Here's some obvious news from Kantar: Total TV advertising declined in 2020. But, just how bad was the carnage at broadcast television created by the COVID-19 pandemic? There was none.
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Digital vs. Linear Advertising: Bridging Two Worlds Together

Comcast-owned FreeWheel Advisory Service’s latest research report, “The Definitive Guide to Video,” explores the differences between linear and digital TV advertising. Author David Dworin examines the progress the industry has made in bringing these two worlds together, specifically across two dimensions, in this report.

An Automotive Acceleration At Spot TV

With McDonald's establishing itself as a category leader among QSRs using Spot Television, it would be easy to overlook some of the other noteworthy activity that's emerging of late at Spot TV. The biggest takeaways from the latest Spot Ten TV report: big new campaign bursts for a dealer association, and for a compact SUV that's popular with younger consumers.