Team Whistle also licenses its OTT channel, which features social video and original content, to a number of streaming platforms, including Roku, Android TV, Amazon Fire, Samsung TV Plus, Vizio WatchFree+, Plex, DistroTV, Rad, Local Now, Stremium, Sports.TV and Whistle TV. In return, it either receives a portion of the ad revenue or controls a portion of the ad load and monetizes it programmatically.

Electronics were among the counter-inflationary highlights of last year, as supply-chain backlogs resolved and stores found themselves overstocked. In fact, televisions often tend to get cheaper every year, with the Vizio TV on our shopping list no exception.

VIZIO, a leading provider of TVs and sound bars in America, announced a suite of updates to its TV user interface and mobile app to help its customers easily navigate the many choices available in streaming today. With the brand-new VIZIO AutoUpdate and redesigned VIZIO Mobile app, millions of VIZIO TV owners now have faster access to their favorite apps, movies, and free streaming options.

The No. 3 gameday spot by TV ad impressions (according to iSpot) was Crypto.com’s “Make History” featuring LeBron James, with Dr. Dre’s “The Next Episode” (released in 2000) playing in the background. The ad aired during halftime, and the song was the opening track of the corresponding halftime show. As a result, Songtradr tracked a notable bump in Spotify streams, YouTube views, Shazams and TikTok videos for the song after the game.

Chevrolet continues to harness the power of NFL games to rake in the TV ad impressions as measured by iSpot.tv.

“Populations have not grown,” Steven Amstrup, chief scientist for Polar Bears International, said in an email. “Rather our growing knowledge has shown there may be more bears in these areas than we previously thought.”

John Whiteman, chief research scientist at Polar Bears International, pointed out that the data is sporadic and not as continuous as the graph makes it appear.

Smart TV maker Vizio is kicking off 2023 with a series of user experience enhancements, including cleaner navigation menus and a revamped mobile app.

The company on Thursday unveiled the Quick Menu, which Vizio users can access just by tapping the menu button on the Vizio remote. The Quick Menu, touted as Vizio’s “cleanest, fastest menu ever,” lets users adjust picture settings, connect Bluetooth headphones, toggle subtitles as well as access more advanced Vizio settings.

Verizon has ramped up NFL postseason TV ad spend through first two roundsNFL sponsor Verizon has ramped up its postseason TV ad spend, and it now occupies the top spot among all brands after the Divisional and Wild Card games. SBJ's David Broughton and I dug through iSpot.tv data and found that Verizon, which has sponsored the league since 2010, has spent $50.7 million on national TV ads through the first two rounds of the playoffs, up 68% from what it spent during the same time frame last season

The focus on brand and electric vehicle marketing, combined with improving production this year, suggests that auto marketing could see a rebound. Magna believes the automotive category will increase in 2023 for the first time in a few years.

Commercials promoting electric vehicles comprised 24% of auto makers’ TV spending in 2022, up from 13.8% in 2021, according to the television ad measurement firm iSpot.tv Inc.

Ashley was promoted from North American head of creator partnerships, a role she has held since joining Whalar in September of 2021. Ashley and her team will support all aspects of brand and creator co-creation including creator casting and analysing content performance through authenticated first party data sourced from leading industry measurement partners including Tubular Labs, GWI as well as Whalar's own proprietary Echo platform.

Connected entertainment specialist VIZIO has unveiled a suite of updates to its TV user interface and mobile app to help its customers easily navigate the many choices now available in streaming. With the brand-new VIZIO AutoUpdate and redesigned VIZIO Mobile app, millions of VIZIO TV owners now have faster access to their favourite apps, movies, and free streaming options.

Data from social analytics companies Social Blade and Tubular Labs revealed that this was not an isolated experience for the publisher. The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Vice News and Yahoo News also lost Twitter followers in November.

The smart TV market has existed for 15 years, but TV platform providers are still improving their interfaces. Here are four new Vizio improvements, why they matter, and why changes will keep coming.

The WatchFree+ experience is about to get even easier for users of VIZIO smart TVs. VIZIO announced on Thursday the full details of its 2023 AutoUpdate, and it’s all about helping viewers find the content that they want to watch more quickly.

To start, VIZIO is adding a new mini guide to WatchFree+. This will bring up a miniature window with a full guide of what’s on the 260+ channels WatchFree+ currently offers so that viewers can browse channels without interrupting the show or movie they’re currently watching.

The new Vizio AutoUpdate and redesigned Vizio Mobile app allow TV owners faster access to to favorite apps, movies and free streaming options.

Vizio’s first announced AutoUpdate of 2023 provides shortcuts for select Vizio TV owners with a new Quick Menu, WatchFree+ Mini Guide, and Recent Apps row.

The AutoUpdate of 2023 provides shortcuts for select Vizio TV owners with a new Quick Menu, WatchFree+ Mini Guide, and Recent Apps row, while the redesigned Vizio Mobile app for iOS and Android extends the time-saving features to smartphones, with quick access to voice controls, simple content discovery features, one-button access to WatchFree+, and streamlined subscription-management tools through Vizio Account.

Other updates include a voice control feature, one-button access to WatchFree Plus and a mange subscriptions system that surfaces special offers. During January, Vizio users can subscribe to the Starz streaming service for $5 a month for three months.

B+C has partnered with always-on TV ad measurement and attribution company iSpot.tv for a weekly ranking called Promo Mojo: Exclusive data showing TV’s most-promoted programming ranked by ad impressions. Our data covers the seven-day period through January 22.

Every weekday we bring you the Ad Age/iSpot Hot Spots, new commercials tracked by iSpot.tv, the always-on TV ad measurement and attribution company.

According to data from MediaRadar, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson both spent more than $100 million on advertising in digital, print, and national TV in 2022. Notably, Pfizer also led the way with more than 175 million impressions and $9.5 million in TV commercial buys across games during the early part of the 2022 NFL season, according to data from iSpot.tv.