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On Thursday, Comcast announced it’s licensing its first-party data to VideoAmp. New types of inventory have become more widely available, but measurement hasn’t kept up, said Claudio Marcus, VP of strategy at Comcast Advertising. But the goal is still all about optionality. In order to foster innovation, competition and choice, Comcast will be taking on other partners.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Working Their Retails Off Retail media is in growth-stage limbo. Retailers have flooded the category with no guarantee advertising will pay off.  The latest is the craft store Michaels, which launched a retail media platform on Wednesday in partnership with Criteo. Amazon sets the […]

According to Canoe Ventures, ad efficiency comes down to one thing: scale. On Wednesday, the data and technology provider announced four major broadcasters that signed on to enable its national addressable TV solution.

It’s a classic tale of redemption. After going bankrupt in 2019, MoviePass is set to relaunch with co-founder and original CEO Stacy Spikes leading the charge. There are a lot of reasons things will be different this time around, Spikes says, including the eventual rollout of an advertising component.

From AI technologies and machine learning to the growth of OTT video platforms, mobile games and more, ad tech continues to thrive as the world goes digital. It’s why programmatic media buying is going to push CTV out of the Wild West, writes Jeremy Fain, co-founder and CEO at Cognitiv.

Roku’s revenue for the fourth quarter was up 33% YOY, thanks to streaming and ad sales – but it’s losing money on its signature player devices. It’s also losing money licensing its operating system to manufacturers using it to create Roku TV models. Roku was the top streaming platform across the US, Canada and Mexico in terms of hours streamed – but investors still aren’t impressed.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Ya-Who’s There?  Yahoo (which is back, in case you haven’t heard) launched an ID-free targeting solution on Thursday. The company has a proprietary ID, which it calls the Yahoo ConnectID. But even today, 30% of ad impressions carry no advertising ID, Yahoo says […]

“On TV & Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.  Today’s column is by Mark Fleisch, SVP of national sales at GroundTruth.  Supply-chain issues have affected everything from weekly grocery trips to brand loyalty. But for marketers, inventory challenges extend beyond manufacturing floors and empty store shelves.  The digital […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Of Paramount Importance ​​ViacomCBS became “Paramount” on Wednesday, elevating the name of its core streaming service. Paramount Plus is not even a year old yet (it turns one in March), but its subscriber base totals 32.8 million. The broadcaster netted 9.4 million total new […]

Media leans white, from the content studios of Hollywood to the ad agencies of Madison Avenue. Where does the lack of diversity come from? A lot of it has to do with insufficient industry exposure to Black college students and graduates, said Steven Golus, a digital advertising trainer and consultant. Golus founded The Boyd Initiative […]

“On TV & Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.  Today’s column is by Pam Zucker, SVP and head of marketing at Amobee.  In a recent interview, IAB CEO David Cohen challenged advertisers “to rethink how they buy television.” He highlighted the dramatic change in consumption since the onset […]

What do theme parks and streaming have in common? Together, they helped Disney beat expectations this quarter. Revenue for the first quarter of Disney’s 2022 fiscal year was just shy of $22 billion, up 34% from $16.2 billion this time last year, the company told investors on Wednesday. As a result, Disney’s stock surged around […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. An About-Face Six years ago, Google and Facebook had won the digital ad market, or so said Stratechery’s Ben Thompson. After Meta’s latest earnings, he reflects on that prediction: The duo did consolidate most online ad revenue. And Google has outgrown everyone else […]

Nielsen has always “had a challenge with counting appropriately,” says Andrea Zapata, head of research, data and insights at WarnerMedia Ad Sales. That’s why WarnerMedia is going big on alternatives: VideoAmp, iSpot and Comscore.

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When it comes to the massive acquisitions making headlines in the video game industry, the implications run much deeper than what titles gamers can play exclusively on which systems. In Microsoft’s case, we’re talking about a sleeping giant in the ad industry with an incredibly strong subscription-based first-party data operation, Xbox Game Pass, at its disposal.

There are many business questions that publishers need to ask as they try to optimize viewing in an increasingly complex distribution ecosystem. Answering these questions requires transforming the metrics that owned apps and distribution partners provide into equivalized minutes and demographics, writes Joan FitzGerald, founder of Data ImpacX.

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Connected TV could learn from linear’s simplicity. As CTV becomes a dominant platform, advertisers should consider the ingredients that have enabled traditional TV to thrive for as long as it has, writes Joe Hirsch, general manager of SpringServe.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. LOL Remember Comscore Rankings? Digital publishing is in a period of self-reflection. Instead of bragging about mass reach, the new norm will be looking at rational numbers to evaluate reach and readership, writes Brian Morrissey, former president and editor-in-chief of Digiday who now writes […]

Historically, many industries and verticals have tended to overrepresent white men. Finance is one of them. Voya Financial, an investment company that helps its clients prep for retirement, is trying to bridge that gap by making the messaging in its ads more inclusive. On January 13, Voya launched two new commercials, both in thirty-second and […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Roku And Nielsen, Rating In A Tree …  … M-E-A-S-U-R-I-N-G. Jokes aside, Roku has launched Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings on OneView, the rebranded dataxu DSP it acquired in 2019.  With the partnership, Roku can promise that advertisers licensing the data only pay for […]

With cookies (finally) cooling off, contextual targeting tech is starting to heat up. On Tuesday, ShowHeroes Group, a video and contextual targeting tech provider based in Europe, announced its acquisition of cross-screen ad platform smartclip LATAM (as in Latin America). The rationale behind the deal is to help ShowHeroes Group bring its solution to the […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. A Spot Of Bother Spotify weathered a weeklong storm as Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and others ditched the service in protest of The Joe Rogan Experience, Spotify’s crown jewel podcast … and a popular voice against COVID vaccinations.  But, fact is, Spotify will continue […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Eye Of The Iger Former Disney head honcho Bob Iger is a “pessimist” on a Big Tech breakup or European-style regulation in the US.  Iger spoke with Kara Swisher of The New York Times just three weeks after retiring at the end of […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Flix It Public investor Bill Ackman scooped 3.1 million Netflix shares, a 0.68% stake in the company. The bulk buy by Pershing Square, Ackman’s fund, was inspired by Netflix’s recent stock plunge, reports The Wall Street Journal. Netflix missed […]

“On TV & Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.  Today’s column is by Chris Maccaro, CEO of Beachfront.  “TV is dead. Streaming is the future.” Chances are you’ve heard these statements many times over the last 20 years – and neither of them is true. Yes, linear cable TV […]

During the Summer Olympics, iSpot went for gold – and won. The alternate measurement provider bested more than 50 companies NBCUniversal was trialing as a currency alternative to Nielsen. The testing ground? NBCU’s tentpole global sports event. “NBC didn’t just invite companies to submit RFP responses,” said Sean Muller, founder and CEO of iSpot.tv. “It […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Cookie Cutters A coalition of large German advertisers and Axel Springer, the biggest German publisher, are petitioning the EU legislature to stop Google from removing third-party cookies in Chrome, the Financial Times reports.  Chrome already delayed cookie deprecation from Q2 this year to the […]