Thursday, June 27, 2013

In search for effective ads, U.S. TV operators mine viewer data

By Liana B. Baker and Lisa Richwine (Reuters) - U.S. cable companies and satellite TV providers, locked in battle with broadcasters and online sites for advertising, are taking a page from Google by using data on their subscribers' tastes to serve up tailored commercials. In Los Angeles, a 35-year-old female DirecTV subscriber with a cat might get a spot promoting cat food while the satellite provider would beam a car advertisement to her next door neighbor, a bachelor watching the same channel. ...



via TV News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/search-effective-ads-u-tv-operators-mine-viewer-050845551.html

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