Altice Unveils Household OTT Solution To Aid Advertisers
Zacks Investment Research | Mar 03, 2019 08:29PM ET
Altice USA, Inc.’s (NYSE:ATUS) operating unit a4 has launched a national, cross-section OTT (over-the-top) solution for advertisers, reinforcing its commitment toward advertising business. This first-of-its-kind product will help advertisers reach targeted audience at the household level through connected TVs.
The OTT platform has emerged as a leading method to stay ahead of competition in a crowded market, enabling content providers to distribute streaming media as a standalone product directly to viewers over the Internet. Altice aimed to leverage this extensive coverage with the introduction of the first and only addressable OTT ad product at the household level. Powered by fully authenticated household data, it would offer quantifiable and actionable data with superior analytics service and frequency among all devices inside the universe of targeted households.
From being the first MVPD (multichannel video programming distributor) partner to offer addressable advertising solutions in the New York DMA, Altice has evolved as a leading player in digital advertising and has subsequently created a niche market for itself. This was achieved through the acquisitions of Cablevision (NYSE:CVC) in 2015, followed by Audience Partners, a leading provider of authenticated IP addressability technology, and Placemedia — a premier provider of programmatic ad solutions for OTT and on-demand television.
With the successful integration of these businesses with Cablevision’s advertising and data business, Altice has brought to the fore unique skill sets for advertisers to identify the target audience across screens and local and national TV. They can then create an effective media plan, execute the buy and measure cross-screen reach, frequency and attribution to measure the efficacy of the program.
Leveraging the superior reach of a4, advertisers can reportedly extend their content to more than 90 million households, 85% of broadband subscribers and 1 billion devices in the United States. This would significantly benefit advertisers to screen their advertising messages to the target audience, thereby reducing operating costs.
Altice has further supplemented a4’s precision with the recent launch of Athena — a proprietary platform that enables advertisers to considerably simplify the process of executing, tracking and evaluating their cross-screen media campaigns. With in-depth reporting, measurement and analytics services, Athena has been the primary growth driver of a4. Buoyed by such tailwinds, advertising revenues totaled $162 million in fourth-quarter 2018, up 33.2% owing to higher targeted data and analytics revenues.
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