“For us it’s about transparency. It really seems like a big black box. We’ve been taking a more conservative approach. Maybe it’s our German heritage to be more cautious.”
-Gerhard Louw, Senior Manager of International Media Management at Deutsche Telekom, responding to a question about his company’s use of agency trading desks. Louw spoke yesterday at the Association of National Advertisers’ Media Leadership conference.
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DSPlease Brand marketers and agency buyers are skeptical of DSPs’ transparency claims. After Publicis announced last month that it’s no longer recommending The Trade Desk to its clients, other DSPs saw an opportunity to strike. Since then, other DSPs (Viant being “the most aggressive,” according to one media buyer) have been reaching out to TTD […]
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