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United Airlines launches media network, Kinective Media
The advertising technology platform uses United's data to create anonymised audience segments that marketers can reach on the airline's mobile app, and inflight entertainment screens.
Kinective Media, a real-time, adtech-enabled traveler media network, plans a formal commercial launch at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. (Image source: United Airlines)
United Airlines has launched Kinective Media by United Airlines, a media network that uses insights from travel behaviors to connect customers to personalised, real-time advertising, content, experiences and offers from leading brands.
The technology platform will give marketers an opportunity to scale their reach across a wide range of channels including United's mobile app and inflight entertainment screens. Kinective Media is already working with brands such as Norwegian Cruise Line, Macy's, Chase United Co-Brand Credit Cards, TelevisaUnivision, IHG Hotels & Resorts, as well as agency groups like Dentsu.
As per its statement, the focus is on premium brand relationships across key verticals such as retail, luxury goods, financial services, automotive, media brands and travel.
Kinective Media plans a formal commercial launch at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. "We've built a first-of-its-kind, real-time, adtech-enabled traveler media network where brands have already started connecting to premium audiences at an unmatched scale," said Richard Nunn, CEO of MileagePlus.
"United gives brands across a wide range of industries the ability to reach engaged customers throughout the entire marketing funnel – from brand consideration to conversion. There has been a huge strategic shift within this high growth sector in the past five years where advertisers and brands have come together to determine how best to connect with consumers in a way that's valuable, effective and personalised," he added.
Kinective Media aims to enhance the travel experience while growing the trust that travelers place in United. Advertisers cannot access the personally identifiable information of United customers - instead, Kinective Media leverages the insights of U.S. customers aged 18 and over to create aggregated and anonymized audience segments that it offers to Kinective Media advertisers. All U.S. customers have the option to opt-out of Kinective Media targeted advertising at any time.
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