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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. That’s Settled Disney reached a deal with Amazon to carry Disney Plus on Fire TV sets. The two companies were at an impasse on a distribution deal because Amazon was demanding a substantial percentage of the media giant’s ad revenue, The Wall Street Journal […]

The Trade Desk brought in $164 million in Q3 revenue, up 38% from Q3 2018, according to its earnings report Thursday. The company’s profitability ticked down from $20.3 million to $19.4 million in the quarter because of large investments in areas like connected TV (CTV) that will maximize profitability over the long term, The Trade […]

Disney posted solid results Thursday for its fiscal fourth quarter with $19.04 billion in quarterly revenue, beating expectations of $19.1 billion. The company also announced that Hulu is now the official streaming home for FX Network content. But the company’s earnings call would have been a lot more interesting if it took place five days […]

San Francisco-based TV and video analytics company Samba TV cut a large portion of its workforce on Wednesday. Sources tell AdExchanger that the layoffs represent somewhere between 15% and 20% of the company, although more toward the lower end of that range. Samba confirmed the layoffs but declined to share how many people or what […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Privacy As Product Who reads privacy policies? Maybe lawyers, definitely not users. Apple wants to change that, Engadget reports. On Wednesday, Apple revamped the privacy page on its website to make it easier to understand. The policies themselves haven’t changed, though, just the way […]

Roku is sitting in a nice position as the streaming wars kick off. The OTT platform reported on Wednesday net revenue growth of 50% year over year to $260.9 million in Q3. And it will benefit from the proliferation of both ad-supported and non-ad-supported services. More high-profile streaming services will drive more engagement on Roku, […]

Monday’s Links: Algo Secrets A bipartisan group of senators filed the Filter Bubble Transparency Act on Thursday, a bill that would require large internet and search providers (those with more than 1 million users, at least $50 million in revenue and 500 employees) to disclose how and why users see certain personalized content, as well […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Scary Vudu Walmart is considering a sale of Vudu, its on-demand service, The Information reports. On the one hand, Vudu Is Walmart’s only OTT foothold. On the other hand, Vudu isn’t much of a foothold. The inventory and audience opportunities are limited – though […]

AT&T rolled out the red carpet for investors Tuesday in true Hollywood fashion – with a flashy event at Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank, California, to unveil its HBO Max streaming service. In a presentation resembling the upfronts, AT&T revealed that HBO Max will launch in the United States in May 2020 with 10,000 hours […]

With Disney+, Apple TV+, HBO Max and Peacock all hitting the market between this November and April 2020, streaming services will spend big on marketing to attract subscribers and compete for share. In this new landscape, networks will have to reevaluate whether to accept tune-in ads from competitive streaming services. TV networks mentioned in this […]

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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Picking Up The Tab Facebook has long demurred that it’s a technology platform and not a publisher. But Friday marked a milestone: Facebook is going to pay publishers for content and it’s hiring journalists to curate top stories for a dedicated news tab on […]

When Roku bought dataxu for $150 million on Tuesday, it said the deal would make it easier for buyers of all sizes to access OTT inventory at scale, and use Roku’s ID off platform. Roku is basically trying to make more inventory, powered with better data, available to advertisers, said Frank Sinton, president and founder […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Rachel Parkin, executive vice president of strategy and sales at CafeMedia. The impending privacy cloud looms large. With the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation in place and the California Consumer Privacy Act soon to […]

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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Good Job LinkedIn is growing like gangbusters. The Microsoft-owned job platform saw “record levels of engagement” this quarter, CEO Satya Nadella told investors during the company’s earnings call this week. Read the transcript. Microsoft reported a 25% YoY revenue increase for LinkedIn, but didn’t […]

Watch a program on Vudu, and you’ll likely only see ads for products you can buy in a Walmart. That’s no accident. The Walmart-owned streaming platform uses the retailer’s purchasing data, which brands can use for targeting. They can also serve dynamic product ads, such as a Coke ad for one family and a Diet […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Reclaiming The News CNN is launching a digital news aggregation service. The news company will pay other publishers to feature both subscription and ad-funded content on the still-unnamed service, called “NewsCo” internally, The Information reports. Like News Corp, which announced its Knewz aggregation platform […]

Roku’s $150 million purchase of dataxu illustrates the streaming giant’s vision to own and operate an open marketplace for OTT inventory. The deal, announced Tuesday, gives Roku a self-serve buying platform that hooks into both its own and other OTT premium video supply, as well as display and cross-platform media. That positions Roku to operate […]

OTT giant Roku will acquire the demand-side platform (DSP) dataxu for $150 million, the companies said Tuesday. The deal, which is a mix of cash and stock, will strengthen Roku’s self-serve ad buying capabilities, the company said in a press release. Roku has 30.5 million active accounts on its platform and a growing programmatic advertising […]

There was a time when Netflix CEO Reed Hastings was glib when people asked about the competition. He’d point to sleep and video games like Fortnite as the streaming giant’s main rivals for attention. But on Netflix’s third quarter earnings call on Wednesday, Hastings was a lot less flip. “Disney will be a great competitor […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Ronan Higgins, CEO at TVadSync. The MRC recently released final standards for cross-media audience measurement of TV and Video. These standards will require work for all players in the market to get a passing grade, including […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Rebate Redux Media agencies are paying settlements to clients as a result of contract audits sparked by the ANA’s 2016 transparency report, AdAge reports. Nearly 100 audits have taken place, but it’s not clear which clients or agencies are involved or if any money […]

Tubi is creating a dedicated kids section, Tubi Kids, on Oct. 21 – just weeks before Disney+ launches on Nov. 12.  The ad-supported kids content will be COPPA-compliant, meaning that buyers won’t be able to do any kind of behavioral targeting for the ads. Programmatic bid requests will be stripped of any kind of behavioral […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. McDermott Out Bill McDermott is stepping down as CEO of SAP after nine years leading the company. He will be succeeded by board members and longtime SAP execs Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein, and he will remain as an adviser until the end of […]

Bryson Gordon leads advanced advertising initiatives at Viacom. Catch him at AdExchanger’s upcoming Programmatic IO New York on Oct 15-16. Ahead of its planned merger with CBS, Viacom is scaling up new, more data-driven models for TV advertising. Its Vantage product offers impression guarantees against narrowly defined audience segments. Vantage was the brainchild of Bryson […]

Hulu will switch to a first-price auction for its programmatic private marketplace next week. The streaming service told advertisers and tech partners of the shift in an email sent on Monday. All the DSP partners in Hulu’s invite-only private marketplace will be certified to bid under the new auction terms. Not all of Hulu’s inventory […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Plaintiff Engagement Remember Facebook’s video metrics mess? That situation led to a class action lawsuit, in which ad agencies alleged that Facebook inflated video engagement. And now, a proposed settlement would have Facebook pay $40 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The money would […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Getting Ugly Disney has banned ads from Netflix across its platforms as it gears up to launch a subscription streaming service in November, The Wall Street Journal reports. Disney, Comcast and AT&T will spend hundreds of millions of dollars each on advertising over the […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. TikTok Snubs Campaign Ads Candidates: The world’s fastest-growing social app doesn’t want your money. “We have chosen not to allow political ads on TikTok,” VP of Global Business Solutions Blake Chandlee, writes in a post innocuously titled “Understanding our policies around paid ads.” He […]