Comcast's Universal Ads Launches $5 Million Fund to Help E-Commerce Merchants Grow Their Businesses with TV Advertising
'We know that TV advertising not only offers brands the scale they're used to with social ads, but it can drive tangible results,' said James Borow, Vice President of Product and Engineering at Universal Ads. 'With Universal Ads' new Incrementality Fund, we want to show brands new to this space that TV ads work—and that the last dollar spent on social performs better when it's supported by the first dollar spent on TV.'
Launched in January, Universal Ads is a self-service premium video advertising platform built to be as simple and performant as social media advertising. By breaking down barriers to TV advertising, including creative and cost, Universal Ads is opening up this valuable medium to digitally native, direct-to-consumer, and growth-stage brands who previously had no easy point of entry.
'Shopify Plus merchants are some of the most sophisticated marketers on the planet, but advertising on TV has always been overwhelming to most of them,' said Maurice Rahmey, CEO of Disruptive Digital. 'With the Incrementality Fund, Universal Ads is making getting started with TV advertising as easy as social and helping to demonstrate the sales lift that TV can bring to them.'
With Universal Ads, brands can reach qualified audiences alongside premium content from more than 15 major publishers including A+E, AMC Networks, DIRECTV, Estrella MediaCo, Fox Corporation, Fuse Media, LG Ad Solutions, NBCUniversal, Paramount, Roku, Scripps, Spectrum Reach, TelevisaUnivision, Vizio, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Xumo, with more to come.
The Incrementality Fund is the latest initiative from Universal Ads. Earlier this year, Universal Ads partnered with Ramp, a financial operations platform designed to save businesses time and money, to offer TV advertising access to Ramp's 30,000+ customers through the Universal Ads platform. In addition, to demonstrate the ability of TV to deliver on a variety of business goals, Universal Ads has partnered with Measured, a pioneer and leader in incrementality-based measurement and optimization. And, more strategic partnerships are on the horizon as Universal Ads works to open premium video advertising to more advertisers and opportunities.
For more information on the Incrementality Fund, please visit IncrementalityFund.com.
About Universal Ads
Universal Ads enables any brand, of any size, to seamlessly make and buy commercials across premium video reaching new qualified audiences at scale. Universal Ads combines premium and brand-safe video content directly from the most influential media companies with the ease and familiarity of social ad buying. It is your one-stop shop for high-quality video ads delivering unmatched scale. Universal Ads is a part of the Comcast Corporation, a global media and technology company that connects people to moments and experiences that matter.
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