TV advertising, but smarter: How Austrian broadcasters are changing television advertising

Since September 1st, 2024, Austrian TV providers and marketers in the TELETEST consortium (AGTT) – including ATV, IP Österreich, ORF, ORF-Enterprise, Goldbach, ServusTV and ProSiebenSat.1 PULS 4 – have been counting on the Virtual Minds Media Manager. Based on TELETEST 2.0, the leading reach measurement for video in Austria (with data from over 1.1 million […]

How advertising really works: a look behind the scenes of media consumption

Why do we still remember some adverts years later, while others are immediately forgotten? The answer lies not only in the creativity of the adverts themselves, but above all in the context in which we consume media. The Screenforce study ‘Into the Wild’ takes a look behind the scenes of our media behaviour and examines how advertising […]

Linear TV: The unterrated powerhouse of advertising

It is no secret that our viewing habits on the big screen have changed fundamentally in recent years. An ever-increasing range of video platforms and on-demand services has had a lasting impact on the way we consume content. Added to this are factors such as the global pandemic, rapid technological progress and the increasing availability […]

Digital Advertising 2025: trends, opportunities and the search for new standards

2024 was an exciting and eventful year for the digital advertising industry, not least due to Google’s decision to finally overturn the end of 3rd party cookies after years of postponement, which has triggered far-reaching discussions and will have a lasting impact on the digital advertising ecosystem. Of course, we cannot fully predict what the […]

Innovation in digital advertising: ProSiebenSat.1 PULS4 practice case

Publishers and marketers are increasingly faced with the challenge of marketing their advertising space efficiently and in a yield-optimised manner, which means that data-driven optimisation is becoming more and more important in campaign marketing. Virtual Minds has responded to these developments and developed the Integrated Yield Platform (IYP), a comprehensive solution that enables flexible and […]

Contextual targeting: the cookieless superstar?

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Even though Google has once again averted the end of 3rd party cookies after a long back and forth, alternatives are still on the rise. This is not least due to the fact that companies are increasingly moving away from a dependency on the internet giant and increasingly want to rely on more data protection-friendly […]

CTV: The shooting star that won’t fade

A life without television? Hard to imagine, as TV still plays a central role in most people’s everyday lives. In 2023, the average daily TV viewing time in Germany was 182 minutes, as reported by Statista. And although the average viewing time has fallen slightly in recent years, the TV industry has succeeded in changing […]

No Cookie, No Cry: First-party data for effective advertising strategies

With the planned phasing out of 3rd party cookies, the ongoing development of data protection in the digital space and the ever stricter requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), market players are increasingly faced with the challenge of developing effective solutions that meet the new standards. This paradigm shift also requires strategies and […]

Traditional radio is ready for programmatic advertising

After the Virtual Minds Media Manager was used as an SSP within a programmatic linear radio campaign for the first time in November 2023, the second campaign has now been successfully sent through the airwaves. In the current field test for the Hornbach DIY chain, the Virtual Minds Media Manager also formed the programmatic tech […]