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B-to-B Events
Scientific Methods
In an age of decreased attention spans, digital fatigue and discerning, label-checking consumers, brands are zooming in on the secret sauce of their products by taking a decidedly scientific approach to engagement. From sampling laboratories, to hands-on learning and demos, experiential deep dives are helping audiences get to the core (or, shall we say, the […]
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Programming
New York Minute: YES, Comcast Spar Over Carriage Standstill
Carriage negotiations involving YES Network and Comcast were the talk of NYC over the weekend, and the battle over a new deal has grabbed the attention of some big names beyond the five boroughs.
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Programming
UFL Kicks Off Second Season
Year two of the United Football League got underway this weekend in a sign that maybe spring football has a place in the sports ecosystem after all.
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Cynsiders
To Better Address Challenges, Look To The Consumer
By Bill Livek, Co–Founder, Tenetic NAB 2025 is highlighting the impact of AI in advertising, the creator economy, sports programming and streaming. All, important challenges/opportunities for the industry. But equal focus should be placed on the consumer. Ultimately, success – for both publishers and advertisers – is dependent on making advertising work better. It […]
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Branding/Marketing
Burger King’s Left-handed Whopper and Other April Fools Fails to Learn From
Think deeply about the potential impact to an audience. Not all April Fools brand jokes are good ones.
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B-to-B Events
10 Things We’re Fired Up for at the 2025 Experiential Marketing Summit
There’s only one place where professionals who are all in on event marketing, all the time, come together as one community to forge new connections and new perspectives on an ever-evolving industry—and that’s EMS. This year at the 23rd annual Experiential Marketing Summit, April 14-16 at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, event peeps will together contemplate a “Big Bold Future.”
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B-to-B Events
Crowd Safety: How One Nonprofit is Improving Training for Event Profs Globally
The Pink Bows Foundation, launched after the Astroworld Festival tragedy, is co-producing training events across the world in partnership with leading safety experts On Nov. 5, 2021, 23-year-old Madison Dubiski was one of 10 concertgoers who lost their lives in the Astroworld Festival tragedy. About 50,000 people gathered at NRG Park in Houston to watch […]
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The Big Story
In The Room Where (The Ad Auction) Happens
The IAB Tech Lab is proposing that ad auctions move to a Trusted Server from the browser. Why its prototype attracted controversy. Plus, should data privacy be viewed as a badge of honor, or a baseline standard?
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CTV Roundup
Exploring The Science Of Eye Tracking And Ad Attention
Attention is not always a good thing. Just ask Barbara Streisand.
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: PR Lessons from the Signal Crisis, PR Employee Engagement and Job Satisfaction, UPS Launches Tariff Tool
This week’s PR Roundup looks at the crisis issues surrounding the fallout from sending of government Signal messages to a journalist, a new study about PR employee engagement not reflecting job satisfaction, and how a new online tool created by UPS is helping to alleviate tariff stress for customers.
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