Archive : Bill Lederer

Several weeks ago Will Richmond’s Videonuze hosted the 2011 Fall VideoSchmooze, which focused on online video advertising’s opportunities and challenges in 2012.   Will led off with an interview of Eric Kessler, HBO’s co-president, focusing on HBO Go.     Eric discusses the importance of the pay-TV ecosystem and why chord cutting is not yet affecting HBO.  He also discusses [...]

At the end of 2010, the leader of one of the world’s largest media agencies inquired of me on behalf of the CMO of a brand we all know: “Our client wishes to shift $100 million dollars of spend into online and mobile video advertising tomorrow can it or even should it be done?” Hearing this opportunity posited this way was like sniffing smelling salts. For all the discussion to-date [...]