Snapchat ad campaigns are reportedly up to $600K cheaper this year

However, marketers working with YouTube, Vine and Instagram influencers get performance reports, those working with Snapchat are relying on screenshots of that influencer’s personal metrics screen.

By David Kirkpatrick • Nov. 23, 2015

Mobile video viewing is on the rise: Yahoo study

Smartphone video views are up 60% over PC and laptop views year-over-over, according to new Yahoo research.

By David Kirkpatrick • Nov. 23, 2015

Sports marketers bring brief, impactful content to life on Vine

Sports marketers are using the fast-loop video app Vine for everything from a highlight reel to crowd shots.

By David Kirkpatrick • Nov. 20, 2015

Pepsi amps up 'Empire' deal, reaches viewers who skip ads

The hit Fox series will feature a three-episode story arc on the making and debut of a Pepsi commercial. 

By David Oliver • Nov. 20, 2015

Sales of Wal-Mart's Patti LaBelle pies skyrocket after viral video

Singer James Wright's video is not the stuff of corporate marketing, yet it's a marketer’s dream: fun and hugely effective.

By Daphne Howland • Nov. 19, 2015

In time for the holidays, YouTube makes Shopping ads available to all

The holidays came early for advertisers: TrueView for Shopping and Shopping ads on YouTube are now both available in AdWords.

By David Kirkpatrick • Nov. 17, 2015

Little boy in Barbie's Moschino ad steals the screen

A little boy with a faux-hawk has the advertising world abuzz about the latest Moschino for Barbie ad, which is the first time the brand has included a boy in its advertisements.

By David Kirkpatrick • Nov. 17, 2015

Video ads with bot-blocking had 22% more engagement: Study

Security firm White Ops estimates advertisers stand to lose some $6 billion in fake impressions this year.

By David Kirkpatrick • Nov. 16, 2015

TV programmers are pushing for increased branding on Netflix

As of now, Netflix viewers watching ABC’s "How to Get Away With Murder," get a four second pre-roll branding spot.

By David Kirkpatrick • Nov. 16, 2015

Who will benefit from DoubleClick's new mobile ad offering? Publishers

Google’s DoubleClick ad exchange is boosting publishers’ rates as much as 30% for mobile ads.

By David Kirkpatrick • Nov. 16, 2015

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga croon for new Barnes & Noble holiday ad

The TV ad featuring Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga is the brainchild of former Barnes & Noble CEO and current Chairman Leonard Riggio.

By David Kirkpatrick • Nov. 13, 2015

6 advertisers are already testing Facebook's updated 360-degree videos

Facebook on Thursday pushed out an update to 360-degree video making it viewable on the web, Android and iOS devices.

By David Kirkpatrick • Nov. 13, 2015

Snapchat now offers call-to-action ad unit

Snapchat’s new ad unit requires users to swipe up to view a campaign, in this case, a full trailer for the Activision game "Call of Duty: Black Ops 3."

By David Kirkpatrick • Nov. 12, 2015

With video traffic spike, Snapchat looks to zoom past Facebook

Snapchat’s video views are getting close to Facebook’s numbers, with the Financial Times reporting the messaging platform's video views have tripled in the last six months.

By David Kirkpatrick • Nov. 10, 2015

TubeMogul rolls out programmatic video ad sales for Univision, A&E, Discovery

The new product from ad tech firm TubeMogul is “programmatic direct,” meaning the automated ad sales are only via direct deals with selected media entities.

By David Kirkpatrick • Nov. 4, 2015

YouTube pushes shoppable ads for product reviews and 'unboxing' videos

The holiday shopping season is here — and so are YouTube's clickable in-video ads. 

By David Kirkpatrick • Nov. 3, 2015

Facebook unveils 'video light' ad unit called Slideshow

Facebook’s latest ad offering is designed to create a video-ad like experience and is geared for areas with slow or unreliable mobile connections in emerging markets.

By David Kirkpatrick • Oct. 30, 2015

Power play: Mondelez looks to digital in marketing overhaul

The company is spending nearly 50% less on TV advertising than five years ago.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Oct. 29, 2015

NBCUniversal is testing an ad-free streaming service

NBCU’s ad-free subscription streaming product, Seeso, is a comedy service.

By David Kirkpatrick • Oct. 27, 2015

James Bond gets his own Snapchat Discover channel

“Spectre,” the newest James Bond film, is the first brand to get its own Snapchat Discover portal channel.

By David Kirkpatrick • Oct. 27, 2015

YouTube Red causes ESPN to opt out of YouTube altogether

Even though parent company Disney is remaining on YouTube, ESPN chose to yank its videos off the service rather than take part in the ad-free YouTube Red.

By David Kirkpatrick • Oct. 26, 2015

Atlantic Media's Quartz nixes pre-roll ads

Quartz has already been known for controlling its display advertising through a custom ad service with a larger client service team than its sales group.

By David Kirkpatrick • Oct. 23, 2015

YouTube's ad supported channels have spiked 471% over the last year

Right before the launch of YouTube Red, an ad-free subscription service, analytics firm OpenSlate found ad supported channels on YouTube have increased from 146,755 to 837,738 in the U.S over the last year.

By David Kirkpatrick • Oct. 23, 2015

Twitter is beta testing in-app native video ads

At Twitter’s Flight developer conference, the social media company also announced features to help brands manage customer service functions.

By David Kirkpatrick • Oct. 23, 2015

YouTube Red, its paid ad-free service, officially launching next week

YouTube Red subscribers to get ad-free access to the video library, offline downloads and a subscription to Google Play Music.

By David Kirkpatrick • Oct. 22, 2015