Hearst Television moves to impressions-based selling of Local TV ad inventory
Hearst Television has announced that its stations will begin transacting advertising-sales agreements based on audience impressions – a metric reflecting a program's viewer numbers and the common audience-measurement currency for video-viewing platforms. Read full story...
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