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By James Ramelli, Partner, Fyllo The federal government’s move to ban pharmaceutical advertising on linear TV is set to disrupt one of the most significant categories in media. Pharma has long been a $5B engine for television, underwriting primetime programming and stabilizing network ad revenue. The potential ban in 2026 could reshape not only how […]

Companies are getting inventive in the converged TV space, finding new ways to bridge linear and streaming. Those deals will be a hot topic at ScreenShift, taking place October 14 in NYC. Eric de Cholnoky, EVP, Distribution & Business Development at AMC Networks, who will be on hand for that discussion, offers a preview of […]

The manufactured complexity of CTV Is rigging the game against publishers, contends Scott Ryan, founder and CEO at revenue operations platform TVIQ. Ryan outlines the problem – and offers a solution. In CTV, it’s becoming standard practice for OEMs and streamers to take a significant share of publisher inventory. What impact does that have on […]

By Amy Tucker, Co–Founder, Springboards AI, especially Large Language Models (LLMs), is no longer a fringe concept; it’s deeply embedded across industries, revolutionizing even the most creative sectors. While AI offers immense efficiency, we must critically examine its impact on the essence of creative output and guard against a descent into uniformity. Machine learning only […]

Before most legacy outlets had started thinking seriously about YouTube, Rachel Stockman, President of Law&Crime, was employing a truly YouTube-first strategy, shaping its content from the ground up – with distribution as the priority, not the afterthought. Stockman shares her thoughts on leveraging the platform.    What does a YouTube-first strategy look like in practice […]

By Julie Clark, SVP, Diversified Markets, Media & Entertainment Streaming habits, social behavior and content choices shift by the day. Brands that cannot adapt in real time will miss the moment. As an audience, Gen Z is a moving target. They spend hours online but drop platforms the moment they lose utility. Their loyalty is […]

By Will Bachrach, Chief Revenue Officer at Next Millennium Media Many publishers today find themselves in a tough position of having relinquished control of their inventory to automated auctions, and placing too high of a bet on programmatic. And they’re losing a lot of money in the process. But now, a crucial shift […]

By E.B. Moss Shoppable will be a hot topic at ScreenShift, coming up on October 14. We asked Julie Haleluk, Global Head of Growth, Amazon Shopping Videos, for a preview of the insights likely to emerge from her panel, Watch. Want.  Buy: The Promise of Shoppable TV. What do you think are the biggest […]

By Hope Horner, founder & CEO of Lemonlight Lights, camera…glitch? Everywhere you turn, AI video is being pitched as the future. The problem? The future isn’t here yet. For all the dazzling demos and breathless headlines, the reality is far less cinematic: the tools are clunky, the outputs uneven, and very few brands are actually […]

By Alexandra Theriault, Chief Growth Officer, Lotame Retail media gets framed as a win for retailers. Which it is. But it’s also quietly rewriting the playbook for consumer packaged goods. For brands that never had direct relationships with customers, never owned the transaction, never got real-time data, this is the closest thing to a reset. […]