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Barb Ads Hub was launched in January of this year as a platform combining both pre-campaign planning and post-campaign reporting under Barb’s joint-industry C-Flight methodology. In this asiCast our Executive Director John McCarthy interviews Barb’s Director of Partnerships and Communications, Luca Vannini, and Tom Stimpfig, Head of Video at PHD/Omnicom,… Read more

A group of agency professionals in the UK recently launched a collaborative organisation they called The Media Planning Group (MPG)  to address what they regarded as a troubling decline in the craft of media planning. They were concerned about the use of confused and inconsistent terminology when, for example, strategy… Read more

With many broadcasters looking to make their content widely available across many platforms, how are they monetising their programmes and ensuring the true value of their inventory is assured when this hyper-distribution strategy is adopted? In this asiCast, John McCarthy discusses with Guy Bisson, Director and co-founder of Ampere Analysis,… Read more

‘There are more lawyers in Meta than social media directors in Brooklyn’, the inimitable Bob Hoffman says, expressing doubt that the recent court rulings against Meta and YouTube in the US would represent a ‘tobacco moment’ in the regulation of social media platforms. In conversation with Brian Jacobs of BJ&A… Read more

Exploring the latest developments in the USA’s advertiser-backed cross-media measurement initiative, asi’s John McCarthy interviewed Tina Daniels, President and COO of Aquila, and Josh Chasin, Aquila’s Chief Research Officer. The interview serves as a reminder of what Aquila sets out to do – and what’s behind the name. Seeking to… Read more

Following our two earlier asiCasts on the theme of Measurement in 2030 (Panel 1 and Panel 2), this third panel was recorded live on November 5th at this year’s conference in Copenhagen and considered the future of currencies. Traditionally in Europe, JICs and MOCs provide industry research and a single… Read more

YouTube turned 20 years old this year and TikTok turns 10 years only in 2026. In the years since their arrival many broadcasters and TV networks felt they represent a threat, seizing audiences from long-form to short-from content and fostering a reduction in consumer attention. So how do the many… Read more

In July of this year, Barb Audiences started to include TV set viewing to certain YouTube channels in its service. In his first asiCast John McCarthy, the latest recruit to the asi team, interviews Barb’s Chief Executive Justin Sampson and Chief Operations Officer Caroline Baxter to find out what has… Read more

We interviewed the Media Rating Council’s CEO George Ivie for the first time some three years ago and, in this interview, our Research Director, Richard Marks, asks him to help resolve some misunderstandings about the Council’s role that seem to have arisen over this period. Of the two main functions… Read more

This is the second edition of our special series of three panels where we pull together a group of measurement experts to help understand what measurement will look like in 2030. The first panel published in May focused on transparency and auditing, and the final panel in September will look… Read more

Now would be a good time for Europe to challenge the creative and technological dominance of the US in video production and distribution argues Christian Knaebel, Founder Director of Global Media Consult in this conversation with our Research Director Richard Marks. How can the use of subtitling, dubbing and AI-powered… Read more

Our latest podcast is a special edition, the first in a series of three panels where we pull together a group of measurement experts to help understand what measurement will look like in 2030. In later episodes we’ll look at the skills the industry are going to need and how… Read more

What are the key financial and strategic considerations for broadcasters when partnering platforms like YouTube? Can they effectively leverage YouTube to reach younger audiences whilst maintaining their brand identity and values? In this asiCast, our Research Director Richard Marks brings together two high-profile commentators with differing views to discuss the… Read more

Is it possible to arrive at a consensus on the essential requirements for cross-media measurement? In this asiCast, our Research Director Richard Marks speaks to Julien Rosanvallon, Executive Vice President of Médiamétrie, about the aims of the working-group that Médiamétrie has pulled together to work on this and which held… Read more

Barb Audiences recently announced the introduction of its Data Hub, a way to simplify access and use of Barb data by offering more choice in data access and reduction in duplication. In this asiCast, our Research Director Richard Marks speaks with Barb’s Head of Data Science, Khaled El Serafy, and… Read more

How have the streamers been performing financially since they switched from pursuing growth to achieving profitability? Our Research Director Richard Marks interviews financial analyst Ian Whittaker, Managing Director of Liberty Sky Advisors – an interview we are publishing on a day Netflix makes history in the UK with its drama… Read more

A decline of 25% in the content investment of streamers post-pandemic would seem to have settled as a new steady state which Guy Bisson, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Ampere Analysis,  has referred to as ‘75% Peak TV’. Having returned to the UK after three years in LA, Guy talks… Read more

There has been a great deal of interest shown in human attention to communications for very many years and in this asiCast Brian Jacobs of BJ&A talks to Karen Nelson-Field, Founder and CEO of Amplified Intelligence, about how it has taken so long for the subject to be taken seriously.… Read more

There was undoubtedly a buzz around the annual gathering of the global audience measurement community when they met this year in Venice. This was because, as the conference progressed, there was an increased recognition of progress being made on a number of fronts which contributed to discussions during the breaks… Read more

Increased financial pressure on advertisers to optimise their media spend in recent years has contributed to the significant growth in interest on attention over this period.  In France, CESP and the advertising research organisation IREP decided to set up a working group to look at best practice in measuring attention… Read more

How has the focus on consumers’ attention moved on over the ten years or so since Karen Nelson-Field, Founder and CEO of Amplified Intelligence, first argued that the industry needed to take it seriously? In this asiCast Brian Jacobs, Founder and CEO of BJ&A, talks to Karen about her new… Read more

In recent years, especially post-pandemic, there has been a great deal of emphasis placed on performance marketing. In this asiCast our Research Director Richard Marks discusses with Thinkbox’s Director of Research and Planning, Matt Hill, how its Profit Ability 2 study seeks to address some of the misunderstandings that have… Read more

What are the main challenges facing radio in attracting and retaining audiences and securing the ad revenue it deserves given its enduring appeal? In this asiCast our Research Director Richard Marks interviews Jason Brownlee, CEO of Colourtext, about the involvement he has had over many years in the development of… Read more

What are the major trends in podcasting and in audio more generally? Ahead of his session at this year’s asi conference, James Cridland, the Editor of Podnews and its weekly companion podcast, talks to asi’s Research Director Richard Marks about how he got started with the daily email global briefing… Read more

Does television get the credit it deserves for the contribution it makes to advertisers’ profitability? Commercial broadcasters in the UK have come together to collaborate in an initiative which will demonstrate the positive relationship between TV viewers and advertising outcomes. In this asiCast, Sameer Modha, Measurement Innovation Lead at ITV,… Read more