In a Country With Few Organ Donors, an Agency Transplanted a Kidney Between 2 Soap Operas

Peru has one of the world’s lowest rates of organ donation, with fewer than 2 residents per 1 million Peruvians donating after death. (By comparison, Spain sees 46 per million and the U.S. 32 per million donate organs after death.) To help raise Peru off the lowest tier of the international donor pool, agency Circus…

Networks Find Younger TV Viewers In Traditional, Streaming Venues

While CBS may have an average viewer median age of 60 on its linear TV network, the same shows on OTT platforms yield audiences in the mid-40s.

Scenario Project Finds The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be, The Car May Be TV’s Next Big Daypart

In a rare cross-industry exercise to plan for how 5G and ATSC 3.0 might impact the advertising and media industry, a consortium backed by Fox today will release a white paper summing up a variety of
scenarios to help advertisers, agencies and media suppliers prepare for the future.

Shopify Debuts a New Hardware Kit for Merchants to Fine-Tune Their Retail Experience

As Square and other ecommerce competitors amp up their online offerings for merchants, Shopify’s going in another direction and revamping its offline tools. Starting today, merchants that want to branch out into a bricks-and-clicks model can buy a suite of new Shopify hardware tools: a tap and chip reader, dock and retail stand. Prices for…

Instagram Is the NFL’s Pick for a Draft Day Digital Shopping Initiative

The National Football League and Instagram are teaming up on a digital shopping experience tied to one of the league’s biggest events: the NFL Draft, which will take place in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday through Saturday (April 25 through 27). After every selection, fashion photographer Geoff Levy will capture images of each draftee wearing his new…