VideoWeek

In this episode, Vincent Flood, Editor-in-Chief at VideoWeek, is joined by Ryan Spicer, CRO at Atmosphere, a streaming TV service for businesses. Atmosphere specialises in curated content for screens in out-of-home (OOH) environments, such as restaurants, bars and waiting rooms. Spicer discusses:

In this episode, Thomas Bremond, SVP & CRO, International at FreeWheel, joins Vincent Flood, Editor-in-Chief at VideoWeek. Bremond discusses how FreeWheel has changed in light of its acquisition by Comcast, the role of social networks in TV distribution, and what it means to be a broadcaster in 2024.

This episode features Andrew Casale, CEO of Index Exchange. He joins Vincent Flood, Editor-in-Chief at VideoWeek to discuss how he started Index Exchange, the state of publishing, the looming identity crisis and Google’s Privacy Sandbox, the blurring of the roles of the DSP and SSP, Index Exchange’s rapidly growing CTV business and where he’d invest $10 million today.

In the first episode of 2024, Paul Wright, Head of Uber Advertising, UK and Ireland, joins Vincent Flood, Editor-in-Chief at VideoWeek. Wright has helped launch Uber's advertising business in the UK and Ireland, opening up the unique targeting potential of the Rides and Eats apps. One year into the role, Wright lays out the direction of travel for the young ads business, including its video plans and first-party data offering. He also discusses his inroads into the industry as an early media sales employee at Sky, and reflects on his days at iAd, Apple's first advertising venture.

This week’s guest on the VideoWeek Podcast is Elizabeth Anyaegbuna, CEO at 16x9, a contextual media agency who work with brands to create ads and content for brands across multiple channels. Elizabeth is also President of Bloom, an organsation that supports women in the UK communications industry, and a founding member of Join Our Table, a group celebrating female Black talent in the advertising industry. The conversation flows from Elizabeth’s early experiences in the industry, the role of content marketing and how to best distribute it, and the state of equality and inclusion in the industry.

In this episode, Nicola Lewis, Global Chief Solutions Officer at GroupM, joins Vincent Flood, Editor-in-Chief at VideoWeek, to explore her personal and professional journey, her transition from sales to agency-side, and Finecast's rapid expansion since its inception in 2019. The conversation follows Nicola's early forays into advertising, and the inspiring story of receiving a key promotion while undergoing treatment for cancer. She discusses the importance of support from her GroupM colleagues, the creative potential of TV, and the challenges of unifying measurement across 20 markets.

In this episode we speak to various industry luminaries and some of the VideoWeek Villa partners about what they think are the big conversation topics in Cannes this year. Joining Vincent Flood, Editor-in-Chief at VideoWeek are:

In this episode Joe Evea, CEO at Media16, joins Vincent Flood, Editor-in-Chief at VideoWeek, to discuss the CTV advertising market. Media16 specialise in advertising sales, campaign management and content distribution, and bring children’s channels like Pop, Tiny Pop and Pop Max to the market. The conversation topics include how Joe got started in the industry, the growth of FAST services and the role they're playing in the market, the opportunities for new entrants in CTV advertising, the considerations when dealing with the children's market, the role of data and the growing influence of the various CTV platforms.

This week's episode is with Toby Jenner, Global CEO at Wavemaker. Toby joins Vincent Flood, Editor-in-Chief at VideoWeek to discuss how he got into advertising in the first place, Mark Reed as a leader at WPP, the macroeconomy and what he's seeing in terms of client strategies, the agency relationship with programmatic technologies, and the challenges facing agencies over the coming years. VideoWeek events mentioned in the introduction: VideoWeek Horizons, Wellcome Collection, London, February 23rd: https://horizons.videoweek.com/ New Video Frontiers, BAFTA & King’s Place, London, March 22nd-23rd, 2023: https://newvideofrontiers.com

#35 Rob Christensen, SVP, Advanced Global TV, Sales & Distribution, at Vevo, the label-owned giant of music video streaming. Rob joins Vincent Flood, VideoWeek’s Editor-in-Chief, to discuss everything from about everything from Vevo’s offering, the company’s flourishing relationship with YouTube, the opportunities and challenges of scaling globally, and how to create a great company culture. VideoWeek events mentioned in the introduction: VideoWeek Horizons, Wellcome Collection, London, February 23rd: https://horizons.videoweek.com/ New Video Frontiers, BAFTA & King’s Place, London, March 22nd-23rd, 2023: https://newvideofrontiers.com

Erin Schmidt is Chief Product Placement for BEN, an LA-based company that specialises in product placement in TV shows, movies and of course in influencer videos. In this episode she joins Vincent Flood, Editor-in-Chief at VideoWeek, to explain how the world of product placement works. How is product placement sold and measured? How do you go about getting your product in a TV show? And what makes good product placement vs a bad one? Links: BEN's Website Referenced at the Beginning: VideoWeek@DMEXCO TV Rise

In this episode, Tom Goodwin, who is a keynote speaker, consultant, author and TV host, joins Vincent Flood, VideoWeek's Editor-in-Chief, for a free roaming conversation that covers everything from the WFH debate, right through to Web3 and the metaverse. Also discussed is social media and how it's used today, Tom's own experiences with being aa social media star and Miami's growing technology scene.

Lauren Wetzel is COO of Infosum, one of the companies at the forefront of digital advertising's privacy revolution. In this episode Lauren joins Vincent Flood, Editor-in-Chief at VideoWeek, to discuss how data clean rooms work, why she hates the term 'clean room', the extent to which they're actually delivering for advertisers today, and how they can be used in a variety of ways that go beyond simply matching datasets.

This week's episode is something of a departure from the podcast's usual stomping ground of speaking to industry insiders. Instead it focuses on how the industry and wider society can deal with narcissistic leaders, during a time in history when both media companies and tech platforms are faced with challenges on balancing the spread of misinformation - something that is part and parcel of having a sociopathic narcissist at the helm - with the need to protect freedom of speech. Our guest is Radhia Gleis, who was a member of Buddhafield, a cult that started in Hollywood in the 1980s. The group was the subject of a documentary, Holy Hell, which was produced by actor Jared Leto. Radhia also wrote a more comprehensive account of the cult in her book, The Followers, which explores the parallels between narcisstic leaders, most notably Donald Trump, and people like Jaime Gomez, Buddahfield's leader.

Alex Khan is MD, International at Unruly, and is a veteran of the digital advertising space, having worked in influential roles in both EMEA and APAC. In this episode Alex joins Vincent Flood, Editor-in-Chief at VideoWeek, to discuss his career working in various parts of the media and digital advertising space, his experiences in APAC, one of the world's most interesting and complicated markets, the state of outstream advertising, and how Unruly has been adapting to the CTV advertising market.

This week's episode features Lisa Utzschneider, CEO at Integral Ad Science, a company that has been an industry leader on brand safety and fraud detection for some time now, but recently moved into CTV ad tech with the acquisition of Publica for $220 million. Lisa joins Vincent Flood, VideoWeek's Editor-in-Chief, to discuss the acquisition, whether we're winning the war against fraud, brand safety on the social platforms, and her advice to people in the industry about how they can make a meaningful impact at their companies.

This week's episode features Aki Tsuchiya, CEO of Streamhub, and Jamie West, who has joined the company as a non-executive director. Jamie is probably best known for his work at Sky, where he was one of the people who led the pioneering Adsmart initiative. Since leaving Sky, West has been working with Streamhub after seeing how successful the company was in Japan, where they successful in persuading broadcasters in the market to share their data to the mutual benefit of all. Also discussed in this episode was Streamhub's work in helping broadcasters deliver the Tokyo Olympics during a pandemic, how they managed to get the Japanese TV market to work together and a regular theme of the podcast - just how can the TV incumbents survive the coming years and compete more effectively?

This week's episode is with Karen Nelson-Field, CEO of Amplified Intelligence, an ad measurement company that focuses heavily on which ads and media channels people are actually pay attention to. Karen formerly worked at the world-renowned Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science, but had also spent many years working in the industry prior to spending some time in academia. She joins Vincent Flood, Editor-in-Chief at Videoweek, to discuss what actually works for advertisers online, how Amplified Intelligence are measuring what people pay attention to, and the whether awards are being given to the creatives that actually work.

This week's episode form part of our new 'Founders' series and features Callum Smeaton, CEO at TV Squared, a cross-platform TV ad measurement platform. Calum joins Vincent Flood, Editor-in-Chief at VideoWeek to discuss how he started the company, what he spent a £50,000 prize on to get the company started, and why he moved to LA early on in the company's history. Also discussed is the TV industry's moves to become more data-driven and programmatic, along with the development of in-housing on the advertiser side.

Zack Sullivan is Chief Revenue of Future, one of modern publishing's great success stories. In this episode Zack joins Vincent Flood, Editor-in-Chief at VideoWeek to discuss the company's business model and why the company regards itself as part publishing platform and part creative agency, how the company has diversified their revenue streams beyond advertising.