Insights


Read about the latest insights, trends, and resources in TV and premium video advertising.


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FreeWheel Viewer Experience Lab: Maximizing Brand Recall Through Contextual Alignment

The FreeWheel Viewer Experience Lab’s latest report dives into the impact of contextually aligning program content and ad content on the viewer’s memory for brands and offers considerations for how advertisers and publishers can capitalize on the benefits of contextual alignment.

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FreeWheel Video Marketplace Report: 1H 2024

The latest edition of the Video Marketplace Report (featuring both U.S. and European data) explores the expanding digital video advertising landscape, programmatic growth, addressability, and more.

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As Sports Move to Streaming, Viewer Experience Matters More Than Ever

Discover how the shift to streaming is transforming live sports viewing in FreeWheel's latest Viewer Experience Lab findings. Learn how this shift creates new opportunities for buyers and sellers, and the importance of enhancing the viewer experience, not harming, in the process.

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Prescribing Premium - What does 'High-Quality' Mean to Viewers?

New research from FreeWheel & NBCU defines what makes a high-quality video experience for most viewers and identifies the impact of different quality viewing experiences on brands within those environments. Find out more in the full report.

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Political Buyers’ Guide to Ensuring Programmatic and Streaming Advertising Campaigns Are Successful

Political buyers have a condensed period to deliver their campaigns to reach valuable voters and need to make every dollar and impression count. The following guide lays out tips on how to build a winning programmatic streaming strategy for political.

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Working Smarter: How Strata's Next-Generation Digital Solution Optimizes Workflow

Learn how Strata can help you streamline operations and make a bigger impact for your clients with less legwork.

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The Impact of Disruptive Ad Breaks

Discover how disruptive ad breaks impact viewer experience and brand perception, based on insights from FreeWheel's Viewer Experience Lab.

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The Importance of a First-Party Data Strategy in an Evolving Identity Landscape

There is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to identity, and publishers need a multi-faceted approach to identity resolution.

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Unlocking the Programmatic Opportunity in Live TV Events

The future is programmatic. Now is the time for advertisers to get more comfortable using programmatic tools to buy live TV — and for publishers to do the same in using those tools to sell it.

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Retail Media Is Having Its Streaming Moment

Ad spend for retail media in streaming is expected to double by 2027. Learn more about the current state of retail media and what is needed to further expand this medium and capabilities for advertisers looking to tap into what it can offer when it comes to streaming.

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From CTV to Automation: Insights from FreeWheel’s Premium Programmatic Summit

Hear from executives at FreeWheel, Comcast Advertising, Spectrum Reach, Discovery, Dentsu, and Albertsons as they share their insights on the rapid evolution of retail media, CTV, data system automation, and much more.

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How Buyers Can Make Their Live Programmatic Campaigns a Success

As advertisers consider undertaking a programmatic approach to ad buying for live, they face both challenges and opportunities. This checklist breaks down the factors advertisers need to consider to set up their live programmatic campaigns for success.

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FreeWheel Beach at Cannes 2024: Canal+ and Warner Bros. Discovery on How Max is Changing the Game

FreeWheel welcomed Estelle Zeitoun, Ad Sales Director at Warner Brothers Discovery and Fabrice Mollier, President at Canal+ Brand Solutions, to the FreeWheel Beach at Cannes 2024 to discuss how Max is changing the game for advertisers.

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Advertising Workflow Challenges and How You Can Overcome Them

Advertisers need new technologies to keep up with the rapid evolution and growing complexity of the industry. We sat down with Rich Baudo, Head of Strata Revenue, to discuss the state of the industry, advertisers’ workflow challenges, and how Strata can help.

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Expanding the Addressable Universe

FreeWheel’s Advisory Services team explores certain challenges impacting audience addressability, and how publishers can tap into their own first-party (1P) data to combat signal loss and strengthen their audience strategy.

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It's Only Live Once: How TV Advertisers Can Capture Audiences in the Moment

This new report breaks down the what, where, and why of advertising in live events, with a focus on how advertisers and programmers should approach live event advertising on streaming. It’s only live once, so as an industry, we need to get it right.

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FreeWheel Innovators: Spectrum Reach

In the latest episode of the FreeWheel Innovators series, we hear from Jackie Perez, Director of Programmatic Sales, and Michael Kuntz, National VP of Programmatic Sales at Spectrum Reach.

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Why Ghost Bidding Isn't as Spooky as It Sounds

Ghost bidding is a modern approach for programmatic traders to optimize ad campaigns and maximize budgets in streaming environments.

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Streaming Platform Leverages Beeswax for Scalable User Acquisition

By implementing the CPA bidding strategy on the Beeswax DSP, the streaming platform was able to efficiently scale its in-app display campaign and optimize ad delivery.

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