Month: August 2010

LucidMedia is providing its contextual ClickSense technology “to enable enhanced contextualization services within ValueClick’s online advertising platforms.” Read the release. LucidMedia CEO Ajay Sravanapudi discussed the ValueClick deal. AdExchanger.com: Does this deal represent a strategic shift for LucidMedia? Are you moving away from the DSP model you announced earlier in the year? AS: No, our […]

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In a press release, local business data provider Localeze “announced its Enhanced Business Registry, which includes 14 million business listings, will be featured in Facebook Places.” Read more. Localeze president Jeff Beard discussed the implications of the Facebook deal. AdExchanger.com: What is the market opportunity that you see for Localeze? Localeze’s market opportunity is vast. […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. RIM Thinking Ad Network MocoNews’ Tricia Duryee discusses rumors that RIM, makers of the uber-popular Blackerry mobile device, is sniffing mobile ad networks as a pre-cursor to an acqusition. Duryee adds, “RIM’s user base can be looked at as a valuable demographic for advertisers, […]

DataXu announced earlier this week that Hearst digital marketing agency iCrossing had chosen DataXu for demand-side platform services. Read the release. iCrossing VP Dax Hamman discussed the deal as well as iCrossing’s view on DSPs and “intent” media. AdExchanger.com: What are the triggers for choosing to include a demand-side platform in your business model in […]

Yoav Arnstein is CEO of Legolas Media, an online display advertising marketplace. AdExchanger.com: What problem is Legolas solving? YA: We are looking to address two main challenges: The growing publisher concern and friction created by the current methodologies for trading audiences The need for a holistic buy-side audience management platform that will provide both audience […]

Michael Rosen is President of Oggifinogi, a rich media technology company. AdExchanger.com: What’s the problem Oggifinogi is solving today? MR: Brand marketers face a major obstacle when interested in buying exchanged-based media.  We’ve addressed this obstacle with our Real Time Rich Media (RTRM) products.  RTRM are the only rich media solutions that function within a […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. DSP Meets Creative XA.net and its CEO, Rob Leathern, is featured in a BehavioralInsider article by MediaPost’s Laurie Sullivan as she notes the addition of value-added services by demand-side platforms who are “building networks of tech offerings on top of real-time bidding platforms.” According […]

Today, during ClickZ’s Connected Marketing Week in San Francisco which brought together name-your-digital-pleasure marketers to discuss their respective marketing channel, ClickZ and the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) also co-sponsored an Ad Networks & Exchanges event. Editor’s note: It would seem the name of this type of IAB event may need to evolve. Demand-side platforms don’t […]

Nikhil Sethi is Co-Founder of Adapt.ly, a social advertising platform company. AdExchanger.com: What gave you the idea for Adapt.ly? NS: I founded a company while studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Northwestern University, focused on self-serve direct mail technology, and about 9 months in, I realized I wasn’t focused on the reasons I started […]