Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. OTT Metrics Nielsen is bringing better measurement to Roku’s streaming players and to Roku TV. “We believe all TV will be streamed, and with it all TV advertising,” said Scott Rosenberg, VP of advertising at Roku. “With Nielsen, we’re integrating these capabilities directly into […]
LinkedIn’s display business deteriorated during Q1 2015 and will continue to tumble, the company said during its quarterly earnings call on Thursday. While LinkedIn reported Q1 revenues of $638 million, up 35% YoY, its disappointing Q2 and full-year guidance ($670-$675 million and $2.9 billion respectively) sent shares plummeting more than 25%. During the call, CFO […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. GroupM Chief On Rebates At an ANA event in Phoenix this week, GroupM Chairman Irwin Gotlieb opened up about the kickback controversy, ignited by his former employee, ex-Mediacom CEO Jon Mandel. “Some clients are very distrustful of their agencies,” he said. “There are others […]
Fifty-four stories above New York’s World Trade Center site, 800 media planners gathered Tuesday evening for AOL’s annual advertiser NewFront. The big “reveal” was a new video content and distribution agreement with broadcaster NBCUniversal. Starting this summer, select NBCUniversal videos from network partners Bravo, CNBC, E!, MSNBC, NBC, Oxygen, Syfy, Telemundo and USA will be […]
Adobe is shoring up its support for display ads with the acquisition of dynamic creative optimization (DCO) tech from Collective, called Ensemble. The small technology pick-up, announced at the firm’s European summit in London on Wednesday, will give Adobe’s advertiser clients self-serve tools to build, customize and deploy ads through Adobe Media Optimizer in real […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Game On In a Tuesday blog post, Facebook debuted new video functionality for app ads as it aims to drive more desktop game signups. “It’s eligible to play automatically in News Feed, there is a persistent call-to-action (CTA) over the video pop-up for ads […]
Twitter is taking cross-device retargeting under its wing with the acquisition of digital ad platform TellApart. “Direct response advertising has been a major growth engine for our ads business over the last several quarters. … TellApart will accelerate that trajectory further,” said Kevin Weill, Twitter’s SVP of product, in a blog post Tuesday. According to […]
When the IAB set out to craft a set of standards for digital audio advertising seven months ago, it wanted to address the challenge of consumers shifting to mobile and to organize the fragmented digital audio landscape. The effort resulted in the Digital Audio Ad Serving Template (DAAST), and many in the industry welcomed the […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Programmatic Smoke Screen Programmatic trading helped boost holding companies’ organic growth rates in Q1, the WSJ reports, but inconsistencies in reporting methods are causing confusion in the market. While some firms account for revenues and profits earned from reselling inventory to clients, others do […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Facebook-YouTube Showdown Facebook Video is gaining speed, but YouTube has more inventory and offers advertisers more options. The WSJ polls buyers, who are impressed with Facebook’s video reach but aren’t fully sold. “The growth of video views on Facebook is staggering,” said Digitas CIO […]
Agencies and clients might have their disagreements, but the relationship isn’t as bad as it’s sometimes depicted in the press – at least according to an Association of National Advertisers (ANA) survey of 126 members and 105 agencies showing that by and large there’s a lot of trust between the two and relationships are strong. […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Nomi’s Opt-Out Settlement The FTC’s investigation into little-known mobile tracking firm Nomi for its 2013 practices could drag beacons and other mobile listening tech onto the hot seat. The FTC claims Nomi misled consumers by claiming mobile users had the option to opt out […]
For the first time, Amazon extracted its lucrative Amazon Web Services (AWS) business from its “Other” category, which traditionally included co-branded credit cards and advertising services. When coupled with AWS, the category came in at about $1 billion each quarter. As it turns out, Amazon’s North American ads business brought in $187 million in Q1, a 22% […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Digital Spend Inches Closer To TV The IAB released its Internet ad revenue report on Wednesday, revealing that digital ad spend grew 16% YoY in 2014 to total $49.5 billion. Compare that to broadcast and cable TV spend, which totaled $65.7 billion combined last […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Flexes Its Algorithm On Tuesday, Google updated its algorithm to incorporate a site’s “mobile-friendliness” into search result prominence. “This change will affect mobile searches in all languages worldwide and will have a significant impact in our search results,” Google explained in a February […]
Although Yahoo continues to plow ahead on mobile, the company’s Q1 2015 disappointed. Yahoo’s revenue clocked in at $1.04 billion, missing analysts’ estimate of $1.06 billion. During the company’s investor call with analysts, CEO Marissa Mayer suggested programmatic has lowered the prices that Yahoo can command for its inventory. “We see a lot of advertising […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Snapchat Advertisers Demand Granularity Advertisers are clamoring for more info on Snapchat’s audience, according to a report in The Information. Today, Snapchat provides estimates on how many people engage with its “Live Story” videos. (CEO Evan Spiegel recently tweeted that a Coachella Live Story […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Denise Colella, CEO at Maxifier. Programmatic ad tech has made the advertising process easier, faster and more efficient, but it cannot drive great advertising strategy alone. Insights gleaned from a […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. LiveRail On The Ecosystem In a Friday Q&A with Business Insider, LiveRail’s international chief, Yoan Arnstein, opens up about Facebook’s push into native and the recently filed patent that suggests Facebook is working on a content exchange. “Publishers are really excited about the world […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Hitting A Mobile Target Rubicon Project and xAd are combining their capabilities to bring scale and precision to programmatic mobile advertising. xAd claims it “verifies location data signals for accuracy and validates the physical location of the signal,” within 80 milliseconds. Dan Hight, xAd’s […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Splashy Programmatic Programmatic is slowly seeping into other digital formats, Ad Age reports. Automation is already a mainstay for display ads, but splashier units like homepage takeovers and pushdowns are attracting ad dollars. Undertone, the ad network behind these alternative units (currently running on […]
The European Commission hit Google with a Statement of Objections on Wednesday, claiming the tech giant prioritizes its shopping comparison service in search results, featuring Google Shopping results more prominently on screens, thereby abusing its dominance. The Commission claims this policy artificially diverts traffic, hinders market competition and violates EU antitrust rules, which ultimately harms […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. See No Native When GroupM and Condé Nast announced that the former’s clients would only pay for 100% viewable ads, a lot of people were stunned. But the decision is less radical than it initially appeared. Speaking at Ad Age’s Digital Conference in New […]
Consider it AOL ONE’s coming-out party. A year after AOL first outlined a vision to unify its programmatic technologies for both advertisers and publishers under a single platform, Tuesday marks the day the product officially ships. AOL has also renamed each of its technologies to more accurately reflect their capabilities. For instance, Adap.tv is now […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Is Rakuten Raking In PopSugar? TechCrunch is hearing whispers that Japanese ecom giant Rakuten might acquire publisher PopSugar for $580 million. Apparently, we’ll know in the next few weeks whether it’s to be or not. It might seem weird on the surface that Rakuten […]
You can’t un-ring a bell, but you might be able to un-hash an email, depending on whom you ask. In order for marketers to safely use hashes for targeted advertising, they must stay abreast of the latest hashing formats. Email hashing involves converting an email address to a hexadecimal string. Each time an email address […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. In Defense Of ‘Do Not Track’ In response to Microsoft flipping the killswitch on DNT-by-Default, Digital Content Next CEO Jason Kint pens a guest column for Ad Age debunking the death of DNT. Kint challenges five common arguments for why DNT won’t work. Misconceptions […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Facebook Admits To EU Tracking ‘Bug’ Last week, Belgian academics updated a report that accused Facebook of illegally tracking Internet users in the EU. Facebook has denounced the allegations, but on Thursday, it conceded that a “bug” had been responsible for the debacle. Still, […]
“Brand Aware” explores the data-driven digital ad ecosystem from the marketer’s point of view. Today’s column is by Tony Ralph, director of advertising technology at Netflix. Over the last year, I’ve spoken with at least a dozen representatives from brands both large and small that are looking for advice on first steps as they consider […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. YouTube’s Rules Of Engagement YouTube is debuting a new format for its TrueView ads. Viewers will still be able to opt out of an ad after a few seconds, but brands will have an additional element aimed at generating engagement: interactive cards that “can […]
