As advertising dollars follow eyeballs, evidence shows a shift to connected TVs and AVoD services. While many observe that traditional linear TV is dying, a new report from Comcast aims to debunk this common industry inclination – despite the cable titan losing some 1.2 million pay TV subscribers year to date. Who better to flog a dying horse than a fresh batch of exciting D2C companies? Led by Comcast’s advertising sales division, Effectv, and analytics firm VAB, the report argues that young brands should adopt a sustained TV presence early on in their lifetime to cement brand awareness and reinforce consumer action. The headline stat is that a young brand – that is, a brand under three years old –…