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Amazon decision to use Nielsen is big boost for beleaguered rating service

Martech

Nielsen got a big win this week when Amazon picked it to measure ratings of Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football.” Amazon’s decision is a much-needed win for Nielsen. The accuracy of their broadcast and cable ratings has been questioned for a long time and earlier this year they made a huge gaffe with streaming ratings.

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Cord cutting gains steam after 4% drop last year

Martech

Cord cutting is gaining steam again, with 30% of US cable users saying it’s likely they will end their subscriptions in the next six months. Cable subscriptions down. Overall, there are about 30 million fewer cable subscribers in the US this year than in 2020 where there were slightly more 140 million. Top streamers.

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The complete history of CTV advertising

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This content is streamed through smart TVs, connected devices (such as Roku, Amazon Fire Stick, Chromecast, and Apple TV), gaming consoles, smartphones, tablets, and other computing devices. But what MBone was able to do is start the ball rolling, encouraging other companies to invest in the development of better streaming technology.

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Embracing Disruptive Tech: Insights for Marketers from CES

Digilant

Additionally, many SSPs are actively seeking more ways to leverage top-tier data companies and first party publisher data (that the SSPs have access to) that enable enhanced targeting and measurement capabilities. However, a key aspect of CTV’s appeal, especially highlighted during CES, lies in its inherently cookieless environment.

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3 Companies Winning the OTT Race With Advertisers

readwrite

By the end of 2017, more than 22 million people had dropped their cable or satellite TV providers; millions more have chosen not to sign up for cable or satellite TV services at all. All in all, a whopping one out of three Americans is expected to forgo cable or satellite as the primary source of content viewing by 2021.

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Flip yourself into leadership with exponential growth publishing

Biznology

Giant digital platforms push entire industries into downhill slides, with Amazon ’s advances triggering new waves of bankruptcies and fears. Both people and companies need new disruptive options. . Lead this with an exponential growth publishing platform that people and companies need if they are going to rise again, to reach the top.

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2017 Retrospective: Things I Didn't Predict

Customer Experience Matrix

In no particular order, things I didn’t quite expect this year include: - pushback against the walled garden vendors (Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, etc.) Did you know that Amazon accounted for more than half of all Black Friday sales last week?) growth in alternative personal data sources. onboarding”) are part of this too.