Yesterday, a team of analysts from Forrester Research led by Joanna O’Connell, published a new report, “The Forrester Wave: Demand-Side Platforms, Q4 2011,” shining a light on the programmatic buying trend in display advertising, and looking at seven demand-side platforms and their capabilities, in particular. O’Connell begins her team’s analysis by stating the challenge for […]
The research team at agency ZenithOptimedia is predicting 4.7% ad spend growth in 2012 in spite of global, bubbling economic turmoil. In a post on the agency’s blog, ZenithOptimedia’s Head of Forecasting, Jonathan Barnard, says, “This acceleration in global expenditure is the result of the ‘quadrennial’ effect and Japan’s recovery from the effects of the […]
Research agency Millward Brown (part of WPP Group) and Kantar Media Cymfony announced yesterday what it calls “a new suite of online listening solutions merging Kantar Media Cymfony’s analysis of social media and online discussion with Millward Brown’s brand and communications research.” Read the release. Ann Green, Partner, Client Solutions at Millward Brown discussed the […]
Affectiva, a Waltham, Massachussetts-based company which “provides tools for measuring emotion with electrodermal testing & face expression recognition,” recently announced a new round of funding with investors that include WPP Group’s Kantar unit and Myrian Capital. Read the release. Affectiva’s tech grew out of research from the MIT Media Lab. Dave Berman, CEO of Affectiva, […]
The four-day, Advertising Research Foundation’s Re:think 2011 show was up and running in New York City today. And, there were few media buyers and sellers in sight as the analysts and researchers of the media world took over the Marriott Marquis to share notes, agree to disagree, and see if what’s in-house is up-to-date. A […]
The online advertising world continues to be challenged by ne’er-do-wells as Click Forensics released results from its latest quarterly, deep-dive into the company’s fraud detection data. The Company identified challenges with display advertising where “a pop-up or pop-under (…) rotates brand advertisers’ banner ads every 10-15 min in an effort to seemingly boost impression figures.” […]
Adam Goldberg is Chief Innovation Officer of ClearSaleing. AdExchanger.com asked Goldberg about the latest advancements and traction with effective attribution modeling in digital advertising. AdExchanger.com: How does ClearSaleing approach attribution across channels and what are the coming milestones in cross channel attribution? Attribution modeling for an SEM direct response campaign seems pretty straightforward. AG: Today, […]
Anne Hunter is VP Advertising Effectiveness at comScore. She discussed comScore’s products and initiatives around what’s core to her role – advertising effectiveness – and, in particular, a new product called Campaign Essentials announced in September. Read the release. AdExchanger.com: comScore has been thought of as the company that measures website traffic. What is the […]
Ari Paparo, EVP, Product Leadership at Nielsen, a media research and measurement firm, recently discussed with AdExchanger.com his new role, Nielsen’s initiatives in the digital space and his experience as an advertising product leader at Google. AdExchanger.com: Tell us about your new role and its responsibilities. AP: I’m in charge of online audience measurement and […]
Yes, it’s another opportunity to “Learn About The Ecosystem” and reflect upon another four-month block of data-driven Q&As on AdExchanger.com. Learn from, review and slice-and-dice recent insights and info from members of the digital ad ecosystem including web publishers, digital agencies, ad networks, exchanges, ad tech and data companies. AdExchanger.com presents Volume III of its […]
