Digital
mitúTV App launches on Comcast Entertainment Platforms
Beginning September 15, the mitúTV app will be available on X1 and Flex. It will offer viewers more than 120 hours of original programming directed by Latinos. Likewise, mitúTV will offer hit series from Latino creators such as Inland Entertainment Network, Digital Bodega, and the Immigration Archive Project.
Worried About the End of the Cookie? Turn to Your Own Data
As we countdown to our last year with browser cookies, many marketers are still concerned about achieving marketing performance in a post-cookie world.
A Major Shift Is Coming to the Digital Ad Industry: Are You Prepared?
The foundational business model of the ad-supported internet, which revolves around offering free content in exchange for behavioral tracking, is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Over the past two decades, the focus of digital advertising has been on targeting individuals to deliver increasingly personalized and relevant ads. This has created a vast and intricate infrastructure for tracking people's online behavior.
The Importance of All-Party Data in a Cookieless World
Why brands need to leverage third-, second-, first-, and zero-party data to overcome a shifting marketing landscape
Bilingual U.S. Hispanic Speakers More Likely to Pay for Popular Streaming Services Compared to Spanish-Only Speaking Counterparts
App Science announced that it has released audience insights comparing bilingual and Spanish-only U.S. Hispanic streaming audiences. The findings in the Report provide unique analysis into how bilingual (English and Spanish) and Spanish-only speaking Hispanics may differ from each other. It highlights the unique preferences among Hispanic subgroups, providing audience data to help brands deliver a more targeted, relevant message within their ads to these audiences.
Streaming Reaches Milestone as Top Choice for U.S. Hispanic Viewers; Spanish-Language Dominant Audiences Continue to Embrace Broadcast Television [REPORT]
Nielsen released new data showcasing a milestone among U.S. Hispanic audiences. Hispanic adults' total time spent on streamed content surpassed 50% (50.7%) in July 2023, which is 13% higher than the general population at 37.7%. Spanish-language dominant viewers continue to turn to broadcast channels, at just under 30%. In a new report, Hispanic Audience in Focus: Trust in media - the key factor driving the shift to streaming, Nielsen found that trust plays a pivotal role in steering Hispanic audiences toward streaming platforms. In a recent Hispanic sentiment study,1 more than half of Hispanic audiences indicated that quality and trust in media content are very or extremely important.
Will AI boost DEI efforts in advertising or destroy them?
Several years ago, I launched a website called rentaminority.com where — clue is in the name — you could quickly and easily rent a minority. If you were a multinational corporation who’d realized, in a panic, that your conference panel or client meeting consisted entirely of white men, you could go on my site and, with just a couple of clicks, order the minority of your choice to make your organization look more woke. It was like an Uber for diversity.
State of Play Report [ REPORT]
Nielsen released its 2023 State of Play report outlining new findings on the fast-evolving streaming video landscape highlighting data and insights from Gracenote, Nielsen’s content solutions business unit. The new report illuminates the surging number of program titles and streaming video services, as well as the resulting challenges for viewers who now spend 10.5 minutes per session deciding what to watch.
The Marketer’s Role in the Fight Against AI Bias
Though AI-powered technologies are "just machines," the algorithms they're built on often reflect the biases of the individuals who programmed them. As such, these technologies come with some of the same flaws that humans possess. Luckily, marketers are well-positioned to combat bias in AI throughout the development, deployment, and monitoring stages. Find out how with this POV from Marketing Futures.
Innovative Ways to Use AI in Marketing
Artificial intelligence (AI) uses computer systems to perform tasks that would typically require human intelligence. It can continually process and learn from large amounts of data — a powerful capability that can help a range of businesses see cost savings and efficiencies. A 2020 global study by MIT Sloan Management Review found that of the 3,000 business leaders surveyed, 87 percent agree that AI will allow them to obtain or sustain a competitive advantage.
ChatGPT is not taking over the world yet, but it may lead to legal trouble [REPORT]
While AI systems can unlock new levels of creativity and acumen, creators, brands and agencies need to be wary of key legal risks – from potential intellectual property infringements to transparency about uses of consumer data – writes the 4A’s Ashwini Karandikar.
Canela Media names Eric Tourtel as President of Latin America
Canela Media announced the appointment of Eric Tourtel as its President of Latin America to usher in a new era of opportunity and growth in the region. Eric will oversee Advertising Sales Strategy, Commercial Operations and B2B Marketing for Canela Media in Latin America.
A new era of programmatic advertising beckons but questions remain whether advertisers are prepared
WARC, the global authority on marketing effectiveness, has released The Future of Programmatic, the latest WARC strategy report produced in partnership with ID Comms, covering the major trends shaping programmatic advertising over the coming 12 months together with practical guidance for advertisers evolving their programmatic and ad tech capabilities.
‘The rest of the ad industry is playing a loser’s game’
Author and consultant Michael Farmer talks about ad agency decline, why selling creativity is a cop out, and why introducing AI to advertising is like pouring gasoline on a fire
Canela.TV launches the Canela Deportes Original show Campeonas
Canela Media launched its latest sports-focused original programs on Canela Deportes.
Canela Media appoints Peter Gonzalez as Chief Technology Officer
Gonzalez will be responsible for leading Canela Media's technology initiatives, including the development and execution of the company's technical strategies. He will work closely with the executive team to enhance Canela Media's digital infrastructure, optimize operational efficiencies, and advance the company's position as a leader in digital media.
Next wave measurement: Marketing mix modelling in the age of retail media [REPORT]
This report, developed with Amazon Ads, explores how MMM is evolving, and how they are now being used with a particular focus on the impact of retail media.
De Los, Powered by the Los Angeles Times
De Los, a new brand and multimedia platform exploring everything Latinidad. De Los, a community-driven brand and platform powered by the Los Angeles Times, launched. Created as a space to explore all things Latinidad – in Los Angeles and across the country – De Los offers reporting and commentary, graphic comics and topical social videos, a forum to celebrate or critique the news of the day, and a way to connect through a shared sense of culture and identity.
Generative AI: A Creative Revolution in the Marketing Landscape
Over the past several months, the increased availability of high-quality generative artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the way we write and create. Epitomized by systems like ChatGPT and Midjourney, this new game-changing technology is having a ripple effect across all industries, actively bestowing on us the ability to generate content, solve problems, and answer questions faster and often more accurately than most people can manage.
Mexican consumers seek value and convenience—and find it online
Consumers in Mexico are feeling slightly more optimistic about both their country’s economy and their own ability to meet financial commitments in the coming year—but that doesn’t mean they’ve stopped looking for ways to spend less. In fact, their persistent quest for value is the main reason many of them continue to shop online: e-commerce still has a larger market share than it had before the COVID-19 pandemic. These are among the findings of a ConsumerWise survey conducted in early 2023 among more than 1,000 Mexican consumers across income groups. The following five charts show highlights from the survey.
