In advance of the fourth annual Digital Content NewFronts, Adweek, in partnership with the Interactive Advertising Bureau, convened a panel of five industry thought leaders to discuss the challenges and opportunities Web- and mobile-based video pose for traditional media companies, digital native firms and brand marketers. The panel was moderated by Anna Bager, svp and general manager, video and mobile at the IAB. Anna Bager: We are honored and I'm very excited to have such a great group of people in the room to talk about what we're about to soon experience during the NewFronts. I would like to have a conversation around where the largest business opportunities are and also where the creative opportunities and challenges lie. So I want to start by asking the traditional publishers in the room who don't necessarily come from a digital video background, Michael [Zimbalist] and Michael [Klein] and Rahul. Where do you see the greatest opportunities, and do you feel that you're reaching new audiences? Michael Zimbalist: Yes, we are unquestionably reaching new audiences and taking on new capabilities and expressing the content we create in an entirely new form, so the business opportunities are the opportunities of a new business line. And the capabilities are widespread throughout the organizations, such that we can do videos as extensions of our journalism—but also commercial video for our advertisers. Michael Klein: Condé Nast Entertainment was created to take these... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
[ AdWeek | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]