Streaming services continue to prioritize subscriber growth and customer retention, but Q3 presented unique challenges due to entertainment industry disruptions. Enter football season, which gave many of the NFL’s media partners a valuable opportunity to attract streaming service sign-ups through promos.  In Q3 2023, NFL games delivered 9% of TV ad impressions for streaming services… Read More

Earlier this year, the Independent Streaming Alliance (ISA) – which counts Allen Media Group, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Scripps, Vevo, Tastemade and Trusted Media Brands as members – announced that it had tapped iSpot as its official measurement partner.  The alliance chose iSpot because it needed third-party measurement that was trusted, transparent and always-on… Read More

Leading mutual insurance company, Amica, found broader unique audience reach beyond linear TV when it expanded ad efforts to streaming environments. Using iSpot Unified Measurement, Amica analyzed the incremental reach and performance of ads running across linear TV and major streaming providers. iSpot Unified Measurement analysis determined the brand’s streaming ads converted at a 6x… Read More

Today is an exciting day at iSpot — and for the industry. We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of 605, a next-generation TV measurement platform with some truly great technologies, a unique suite of data, significant marketplace adoption and immensely talented people.  You can read more about the deal in our press coverage and… Read More

Co-viewing, or the understanding of how consumers watch programming together, or alone, maintains a valuable role in the CTV measurement ecosystem. Big data alone gives insight into a household’s viewing behaviors. With personification, advertisers gain a more granular, person-level understanding of viewership. Through TVision and iSpot’s partnership, advertisers can access passively collected viewer behavior and… Read More

In today’s dynamic TV ad landscape, advertisers need to embrace evolving measurement strategies to gain a competitive advantage. Recently, at the ANA Data, Analytics and Measurement Conference in Chicago, Brad Feinberg, Vice President of Media & Consumer Engagement at Molson Coors, sat down with Steve Murtos, SVP of Brand Partnerships at iSpot, to discuss how… Read More

In recent research, iSpot and GroupM found that on average, 8-10% of streaming impressions are counted when the TV is shut off, primarily through ancillary devices. Together, the two companies set out to bring greater transparency to CTV ad measurement by solving for the issue of continuous play.  In the new “Industry Perspectives” Series from… Read More

While women across industries push for equal opportunities and pay, soccer stands out with some progress – thanks to key female stars and the global success of the USWNT. The rising focus and viewership of women’s sport, is driving new marketing prospects. Brands aim to captivate both female and younger viewers – the latter of… Read More

As measurement and currency continues to get a much-needed overhaul, it’s table stakes for agencies to look for the most modern ways to help their brand clients make the best business decisions. This includes who, where, when and how often consumers are connecting with content – and on what platform – in order to accurately… Read More

Two major challenges that plague the TV ad industry – inflation and excess frequency – are fueled by flawed measurement that doesn’t accurately account for unduplicated audiences across linear and streaming. Advertisers often risk making decisions based on incorrect variables if they don’t have a clear understanding of the true reach of viewers who have… Read More