Digital TV News: Comcast Advertising

U.S. MVPDs align on terminology for multiscreen TV advertising
Feb 13, 2025 – U.S. MVPDs, plus Ampersand and the VAB, have announced unified guidance on multiscreen TV advertising terminology, aiming to align the industry around the various TV advertising delivery types.
News categories: Comcast Advertising, Video Advertising Bureau, James Rooke, Jason Wiese, Advertising, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Streaming, USA

Comcast to launch cross-publisher advertising solution
Jan 6, 2025 – Comcast has announced Universal Ads, allowing advertisers to buy premium video as easily as they buy from social media platforms. Universal Ads is built on FreeWheel's ad technology.
News categories: Comcast Advertising, FreeWheel, Universal Ads, James Rooke, James Borow, Mark Marshall, Gary Vaynerchuk, Jeff Collins, Advertising, CES2025, Digital TV, USA

Comcast Advertising releases annual Comcast Advertising Report
Dec 9, 2024 – Comcast Advertising has released its Comcast Advertising Report, showing that over half of advertisers rank maximizing specific reach and frequency in their TV and video buys as their biggest challenge.
News categories: Comcast Advertising, James Rooke, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, USA

Xumo teams up with Target to offer Hisense Xumo TVs
Nov 4, 2024 – Xumo has teamed up with Target to offer Hisense Xumo TVs, launching in U.S. stores and online next week. They will be available in 55” and 65” models and be priced at $249.99 and $359.99 respectively.
News categories: Xumo, Hisense, Target, Stephanie Cassi, Craig Gunther, Digital TV, Smart TV, TV OS, USA

CIMM to assess case for universal content watermarking in the U.S.
Oct 8, 2024 – The CIMM has announced an initiative to assess the role that universal watermarking on TV platforms could play in supporting improved measurement of content and advertising in the US market.
News categories: CIMM, XR Extreme Reach, Jon Watts, Kevin O’Reilly, Irwin Gotlieb, Advertising, Big Data, Content Identification, Digital TV, USA

Comcast releases research on how viewers discover new TV content
May 1, 2024 – Comcast Advertising has released a report analyzing trends in how consumers navigate and discover TV content across traditional and streaming in the U.S. and Europe.
News categories: Comcast Advertising, Travis Flood, Marcien Jencke, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, USA, UX

FreeWheel and OrkaTV bring FAST channel access to advertisers
Nov 30, 2023 – FreeWheel and OrkaTV have partnered to provide advertisers working with FreeWheel with access to more than 3,500 FAST channels available through OrkaTV's streaming TV marketplace.
News categories: FreeWheel, OrkaTV, Emily Bromley, Mike Woods, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Go Addressable becomes industry trade body
Nov 21, 2023 – Go Addressable has been incorporated as a non-profit trade organization, comprising a4 Advertising, Spectrum Reach, Comcast Advertising, DIRECTV Advertising, DISH Media and Paramount Advertising.
News categories: Go Addressable, Paramount, Larry Allen, Maribel Becker, Advertising, Digital TV, USA

84% of U.S. advertisers to increase FAST investments in 2024
Nov 8, 2023 – Xumo and Comcast Advertising have released a report exploring the growing usage of FAST among advertisers and consumers in the U.S., and the role it is playing in multiscreen TV advertising plans.
News categories: Comcast Advertising, Xumo, Marcien Jenckes, Megan Halscheid, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA