#NBCUniversal Shakes Up Ad Sales Division For Streaming-First Restructure

#NBCUniversal Shakes Up Ad Sales Division For Streaming-First Restructure

NBCUniversal Shakes Up Ad Sales Division For Streaming-First Restructure NBCUniversal is the latest media and entertainment company to rework its organizational structure to account for a declining linear TV environment and a booming streaming ad market. On Tuesday, NBCUniversal ad sales and partnerships chief Linda Yaccarino outlined a new structure that will combine brand and…

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#A Free Ad-Supported Netflix Service? Ted Sarandos Says Company Is “Open” to the Idea

#A Free Ad-Supported Netflix Service? Ted Sarandos Says Company Is “Open” to the Idea

A Free Ad-Supported Netflix Service? Ted Sarandos Says Company Is “Open” to the Idea Is a free, ad-supported streaming service in Netflix’s future? The company’s top executives seem quite open to the idea. Asked on the company’s Q4 earnings call whether Netflix would pursue a so-called “FAST” service, newly-minted co-CEO Greg Peters smiled and passed…

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#Entertainment Giants Teaming Up on Advertising Currency Initiative, Announce Plan to Unify Streaming Viewership Data

#Entertainment Giants Teaming Up on Advertising Currency Initiative, Announce Plan to Unify Streaming Viewership Data

Entertainment Giants Teaming Up on Advertising Currency Initiative, Announce Plan to Unify Streaming Viewership Data There’s significant movement in the evolution of premium video advertising’s “currency.” On Monday, OpenAP, the advanced advertising firm founded by the owners of most of the large TV networks, says that it will create a joint industry committee to focus…

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