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When Knowledge Drives AI
As AI capabilities become more widely accessible, engineered organisational knowledge could become an increasingly important foundation of competitiveness.
Henry Rivero
2 days ago5 min read


What AI Changes — and What Architecture Still Decides
AI is making software easier to build. Drawing on decades of technology experience and recent AI-assisted development work, I explore why architectural judgement remains essential—and how AI is changing the relationship between design and implementation.
Henry Rivero
Oct 1910 min read


How to Implement—and Value—Video Advertising Revenue Diagnosis
A practical guide to implementing video advertising revenue diagnosis: trace the revenue path, investigate material cases, test corrective actions and measure protected or incremental net revenue.
Henry Rivero
Oct 17 min read


The Video Revenue Stack Is Getting Smarter. Who Explains the Revenue?
As AI advances across video advertising and streaming, individual platforms are becoming better at explaining their part of the stack. This article introduces a revenue-centred framework for connecting those partial views, diagnosing significant movements in net advertising revenue and turning fragmented evidence into one supported answer.
Henry Rivero
Aug 317 min read


The Cost of Slow Diagnosis
When the revenue answer arrives after the opportunity has gone Consider a composite scenario familiar to many video publishers. On Monday morning, four reports appear to tell four different stories: Player analytics reports viewing time up 9%. The ad server reports delivered impressions up 4%. The principal SSP reports average gross CPM up 6%. Finance reports recognised net advertising revenue down 8%. Sales sees weaker agency demand. Ad operations suspects unfilled connected
Henry Rivero
Aug 128 min read


The Dashboard Illusion
Streaming businesses have more analytics than ever, yet often struggle to explain why advertising revenue changed. This article explores why specialist platforms provide valuable but partial perspectives—and why cross-system diagnosis is the missing layer.
Henry Rivero
Jul 197 min read


The Monetisation Diagnosis Gap
The monetisation question I keep hearing Over the past year, I’ve had conversations with broadcasters, streaming platforms, advertising sales organisations and technology vendors across Europe and Latin America. The discussions covered a broad range of topics, including FAST channel strategies, advertising operations, audience growth, platform evolution, measurement challenges and data strategy. Despite the variety of topics, I found myself returning to the same underlying qu
Henry Rivero
Jun 195 min read


Beyond Traditional Video: How AI is Reshaping Media from Production to Advertising
AI video generation has dominated headlines this past year, promising faster and more cost-effective content creation. However, the...

Aisha Yusaf, CEO/Product Chief, Purple Paths
Dec 4, 20246 min read


How to select the core technology for an ad funded video business
The challenge is no longer simply choosing a video ad server. Ad funded video businesses increasingly face connected technology decisions across how advertising is controlled, how demand and yield are orchestrated, and how ads are inserted and delivered.
Henry Rivero
Jul 21, 20234 min read


Convergence is Inevitable, How You Approach It is Up to You
With advertising revenue forecasts painting a challenging environment for Traditional TV in the next couple of years and beyond, the...
Henry Rivero
Jul 12, 20231 min read
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