Alphabet Soup: The CAB Is now the VAB as Cable Teams With Broadcast

In an unprecedented show of solidarity, broadcasters and cable networks are taking steps to present a unified front in the advertising marketplace.Effective today (Monday, May 18), the 25-year-old Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau will for the first time add representatives from the broadcast networks to its membership rolls. In keeping with its more inclusive mandate, the once cable-centric CAB has been outfitted with a much more platform-agnostic name: the Video Advertising Bureau.The change comes on the heels of an Upfronts Week that was marked by an all-out assault on encroaching digital publishers and, in some cases, a studied avoidance of the word "television." (The preferred term during the NBCUniversal and Turner Broadcasting presentations appeared to be "premium video.") Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2015-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon appoints three to UK team

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 10/02/2011 - 16:03 Amazon has appointed three staff to roles in the UK team. John Gahagan will head up Amazon’s UK Books business, with both the UK Books and print on demand teams reporting to him. Amy Worth will now lead the UK Kindle content... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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