Unified ID 2.0 is now open source and not just in name only. On Monday, The Trade Desk committed the full open source code base for Unified ID 2.0 to the PRAM (Partnership for Responsible Addressable Media) Technical Working Group, which is run by the IAB Tech Lab. This transfer is the culmination of a […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Tom Jenen, Chief Revenue Officer of Brand Metrics. Peter Drucker was right when he wrote, ‘What gets measured gets managed.’ Known as the father of modern management, Drucker was revered for his books and articles […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Tim Talks Move over Epic, it’s Tim’s turn. The Apple CEO had his say in federal court on Friday as part of a lawsuit Epic filed after its hugely popular game Fortnite was removed from the App Store last year for flouting Apple’s requirement […]
On-device is so in. On Friday, the mobile ad tech business Verve Group launched an in-app targeting product for Apple devices that uses on-device data to aggregate cohorts of users rather than targeting individuals. The product, dubbed ATOM (Anonymous Targeting on Mobile), collects data from the device and the app when it’s in use, but […]
One of the companies that created the technical specifications for the China Advertising ID (CAID) was acquired last month by Chinese mobile ad tech company Mobvista. One can think of Reyun, which helped developed the code for CAID on behalf of the state-backed China Advertising Association (and whose name in Chinese – 热云数据 – roughly […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Tanya Lee, GM EMEA, Vungle. Change provides opportunity for those who are able to adjust quickly and effectively. Apple’s change to the IDFA in iOS 14 will allow many app publishers to thrive in ways that they […]
With the massive shift to streaming throughout the past year, connected TV (CTV) represents the next wave of growth in programmatic buying. In 2021, $9.5 billion of television advertising is going to be traded through programmatic auctions powered by DSPs and ad exchanges. The open internet, by contrast, will be a $56 billion category this […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Snap Story Snap introduced a standalone video editing app called Story Studio at the company’s annual Partner Summit on Thursday. That new app comes on the heels of Snap’s launch of a TikTok clone called Spotlight. Story Studio was among a slew of announcements […]
The upfronts kicked off this week with news of a megamerger between WarnerMedia and Discovery Communications. But Xandr isn’t coming along for the ride. AT&T’s ad tech acquisition remains with the telco. We can only speculate why, but one reason might be that AT&T is planning a second spinoff in light of the currently frothy […]
AppTrackingTransparency enforcement officially began in late April. But advertisers, publishers and mobile ad tech vendors are still grappling with a lot of head scratchers – and the dust is far from settled. Until the release of iOS 14.5 last month, among the biggest unknowns consuming the mobile ad ecosystem was the agita-inducing question of timing […]
This article is sponsored by Criteo. The “Cookie-pocalypse” or the “Identity Revolution.” Whatever you call it, digital advertising is undergoing a massive transition as the deprecation of third-party cookies gets closer. With 2022 fast approaching, the question of what this means for personalized advertising still lingers. To help marketers successfully navigate this changing ecosystem, it’s […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Gijsbert Pols, Lead Product Strategist at Adjust. Connected TV (CTV) is largely associated with streaming services. It is not hard to see why. When people buy an Apple TV or a Roku box, a Samsung […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Swan Song? Telcos rushed headlong into the ad tech business, but will they survive it? Verizon washed its hands of ad tech with the sale of Verizon Media to Apollo; And Xandr is in limbo following AT&T’s mega-spinoff of WarnerMedia. But three’s a trend. […]
WarnerMedia and Discovery held separate Upfront presentations this week, just days after AT&T announced it would combine the media assets of the two companies in a deal worth $43 billion. The move, which shocked the industry – and even the topmost executives at WarnerMedia – could position the new company as a major force in the […]
“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 by Nico Neumann, assistant professor and fellow, Centre for Business Analytics at Melbourne Business School. Many governments have started looking into Big Tech and how to address practices that may be harming […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Rich Calkins, Director of Product Management for OpenX. Publishers are right to be worried about the impact that third-party cookie deprecation in Chrome will have on their programmatic revenue. In 2019, Google ran a study […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Opening The Books Amazon is acquiescing to an audit by the Media Rating Council of the online retailer’s ad tech. Amazon’s demand-side platform saw tremendous growth in Q1 as ad revenue soared nearly 90% year over year. Sponsored Products – Amazon’s cost-per-click product listing […]
This article is sponsored by HUMAN. To Whom it May Concern: First of all, let us say that we’re big fans of your work. That thing you did earlier this spring with the WandaVision ending? Awesome. And we’re still talking about Orange is the New Black, and that’s been over for ages (at least in […]
Third-party cookies may be on the way out in Chrome, but that doesn’t mean the end of data-driven advertising. There are still many other types of audience data that marketers will have at their disposal, including identity graphs and consented third-party data, household-level data, second-party data, contextual data, cohorts and, of course, first-party data, including […]
“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 Seraj Bharwani, Chief Strategy Officer at AcuityAds. There is no shortage of advice on alternatives to third-party cookies these days. The most frequently cited advice goes something like, if you can’t […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Tim’s Turn Apple CEO Tim Cook will soon testify in the company’s lawsuit with Epic Games. Epic sued after its hugely popular game Fortnite was kicked out of the App Store last year for flouting Apple’s 30% cut of in-game revenues. Epic claimed that […]
AT&T dropped a bombshell on Sunday when it announced it would combine the media assets of WarnerMedia with Discovery Inc. to create a new publicly traded company, unwinding the telco’s big bet on its acquisition of Time Warner in 2018. The deal, however, does not include the sale of Xandr, the ad tech division formerly […]
“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 Brian Chap, founder of Tech Recipes. “Today’s innovation is tomorrow’s tradition.” ~Lidia Bastianich By now, you should understand how to handle the complexity of in-housing, and how to use the six […]
Just before launching its Discovery+ streaming service in January, Discovery recruited a new sales leader to evangelize its advanced TV ads. Jim Keller joined Discovery in December as EVP of digital ad sales and advanced advertising after spending time at NBCUniversal, MTV and – most recently – Hulu. “Anything delivered over an IP address, whether […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. You Got Probed The Irish aren’t so lucky, at least not for Facebook, which could lose its ability to transfer data from the European Union to the US. On Friday, Ireland’s High Court issued a ruling that allows the country’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) […]
Before co-founding high-end vintage furniture marketplace Chairish with her husband Gregg in 2013, Anna Brockway wouldn’t think twice about earmarking millions of dollars for a Super Bowl commercial. That’s because Brockway was a top marketing executive at Levi’s for seven years. But as a startup entrepreneur, she said that performance marketing felt like the “the […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jeffrey Turner, director of digital ad operations at The Washington Post. Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat are among the highest grossing companies in digital media, earning billions as users scroll through an endless feed of content. […]
“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 Todd Gordon, VP of Client Development at Tatari. The industry is busily debating the implications of the loss of online identifiers due to actions by Google and Apple – but […]
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