Facebook launches Canvas, a full-screen mobile ad format

Its features include a full-screen immersive user experience and fast load times.

By David Kirkpatrick • Feb. 29, 2016

Instagram passes Twitter in active advertisers

The social platform says it now has over 200,000 active advertisers after rolling out numerous new ad formats over the last six months.

By David Kirkpatrick • Feb. 25, 2016

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Video ads accelerate shift from desktop to mobile: Study

According to research from comScore Inc., Nielsen and ZenithOptimedia, 2015 was the first year that average daily time spent watching video on mobile devices surpassed desktop viewing.

By David Kirkpatrick • Feb. 23, 2016

Mobile rich media ads top completion and engagement rates: Study

Research from RhythmOne on mobile advertising in 2015 found interactive in-stream ads were next in completion rate.

By David Kirkpatrick • Feb. 18, 2016

Facebook's Anthology partnered video program is gaining traction

Almost a year after its launch, Facebook’s Anthology branded-video program has added seven publishers after making some changes to its pricing model.

By David Kirkpatrick • Feb. 17, 2016

96% of sales professionals say sales training needs improvement: Study

Research from Allego on sales enablement and training found a strong majority of sales professionals think the current state of sales training needs an overhaul.

By David Kirkpatrick • Feb. 12, 2016

Instagram: Video views are the 'best measure of viewer intent'

Instagram is adding view counts to videos on the platform with the thinking that this metric will help content creators better measure engagement. The new metric will roll out in the coming weeks.

By David Kirkpatrick • Feb. 12, 2016

AT&T bets on mobile video in a deal with social media influencers

AT&T and Fullscreen partnered to create Hello Lab, a project that taps 10 influencers for mobile video, podcasts, concerts, meetups and giveaways.

By David Kirkpatrick • Feb. 12, 2016

Kohl's will make the most of Oscar-night sponsorship

The department store chain will invite followers to an exclusive viewing party on Persicope, and more. 

By Ian P. Murphy • Feb. 12, 2016

Marketers want more mobile ad inventory: Study

Research from Inneractive found requests for mobile video ad inventory on its platform rose from 4% H2 2014 to 40% H2 2015.

By David Kirkpatrick • Feb. 11, 2016

Facebook zooms in on video ad metrics

Facebook has continued adding to its video advertising options this time with automated captions for autoplay videos and expanded reporting and buying options.

By David Kirkpatrick • Feb. 11, 2016

Twitter has launched a 24-hour video ad option for marketers

Twitter’s First View ad unit gives marketers a 24-hour promoted video at the top of the targeted audiences’ timeline.

By David Kirkpatrick • Feb. 10, 2016

The 7 best Super Bowl 50 ads to watch again (and again)

Marketing Dive kept a close eye during the commercials and round up the seven spots you have to rewatch.

By Natalia Angulo • Feb. 8, 2016

Instagram now lets marketers run minute-long ads

The move by Instagram to allow 60 second video ads allows marketers with existing minute-long spots created for TV to recycle those assets on the social media platform.

By David Kirkpatrick • Feb. 4, 2016

Why the future of Super Bowl marketing goes beyond TV

“What a really good Super Bowl campaign will do is maintain interest ... it should have stay power,” according to a Kellogg School of Management Professor Derek Rucker.

By David Oliver , Natalia Angulo • Feb. 3, 2016

Google CEO: Mobile helping us make connections for marketers

In Alphabet’s Q4 2015 earnings call, CFO Ruth Porat said programmatic contributed to video advertising rising 7% year-over-year at more than $4 billion.

By David Kirkpatrick • Feb. 2, 2016

Amazon teases star-studded ad for its Super Bowl debut

The teaser shows Alec Baldwin, Dan Marino, and Amazon's digital assistant Alexa brainstorming ideas for a Super Bowl party. 

By Ian P. Murphy • Jan. 28, 2016

Twitter is introducing 30-second-plus pre-roll video ads

According to Digiday, Twitter is offering 30-second and longer video ads, a quantum leap from its previous six-second limit.

By David Kirkpatrick • Jan. 25, 2016

Oh baby? Parenting, hard soda collide in new ad from MillerCoors

Beyond the heavily targeted millennial market, the company is looking to appeal to Gen-Xers instead.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Jan. 22, 2016

Yahoo's BrightRoll Exchange now includes native ads

Advertisers, agencies and trading desks that use Yahoo’s BrightRoll Exchange now can bid programmatically on native mobile inventory.

By David Kirkpatrick • Jan. 21, 2016

Facebook advertisers saw 87% hike in return on ad spend in Q4: Report

Nanigans’ Global Facebook Advertising Benchmark Report Q4 2015 found retail marketers achieved increases across key revenue metrics and continued to increase video ad spending.

By David Kirkpatrick • Jan. 14, 2016

Snapchat is really catching up to Facebook in video views

Snapchat has a fraction of Facebook’s user base, but it gets almost as many video views, now counting seven billion daily views.

By David Kirkpatrick • Jan. 13, 2016

Opera MediaWorks, Nielsen Catalina team up to target video ads

The deal will help CPG companies use consumer purchase data to test and target video ads.

By David Kirkpatrick • Jan. 13, 2016

MediaCom looks to leverage emotional analytics for its media planning

MediaCom is using Realeyes’ technology to detect facial expressions and intuit emotions based on analytics.

By David Kirkpatrick • Jan. 13, 2016

Yahoo responds to accusations its video ad business is riddled with fraud

A CNBC report accuses Yahoo's programmatic video ad platform for misrepresenting where ads have run and that most of the ad views are nonhuman and fraudulent.

By David Kirkpatrick • Jan. 12, 2016