More telecom-media merger mania! Verizon is considering a merger with cable company Charter Communications, according to The Wall Street Journal, just months after AT&T revealed its intent to acquire Time Warner for $85.4 billion. If Verizon and Charter combine, the magnitude would be massive in terms of infrastructure and audience scale, as well as in […]
Chinese advertisers want viewability standards – but the country’s unique media landscape offers unusual challenges. “There is definitely a growing concern among advertisers here about wasted media budget and the transparency of their media buying,” said Martin Zhang, CEO and founder of Shanghai-based verification firm Adbug. Zhang is also chair of a Mobile Marketing Association China […]
Snapchat’s ads API works. And the ad platform is hitting product development milestones earlier than other social platforms, according to buyers participating in the API’s beta. It’s the benefit of last-mover advantage, said Noah Mallin of MEC Global. “They’ve seen all the pitfalls and all the successes.” The Ins And Outs Of Snapchat’s Programmatic Platform […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Gabi Peles, chief operating officer at Eyeview. Right before the holidays the advertising industry was rocked by the revelation that Russian cyberforgers have been waging an unprecedentedly large and sophisticated campaign. These hackers tricked […]
“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 Jennifer Pelino, vice president of omnichannel media at 84.51°. With the data and technology that’s at our disposal, marketing efforts should be moving to the next level of consumer connectivity. […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Getting Smarter Smart-TV maker Philips will start showing video ads on its home screen menu. Ads will also eventually be shown before apps are opened. These ads will be limited to geo and daypart targeting for now but will become more relevant to individual viewers in […]
As the United States ushered in its 45th president on Friday, Google quietly ushered in a number of updates to its ad platforms. But it was Google’s reduction of third-party cookies and pixels on YouTube, as well as the release of a cloud-based YouTube measurement system called Google Ads Data Hub, that had industry insiders […]
“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 Michael Greene, vice president of product strategy at AudienceScience. The recent report from online ad fraud-detection vendor WhiteOps about the millions of dollars lost to the Methbot fraud operation was the […]
Welcome to episode No. 11 of AdExchanger Talks, a podcast focused on data-driven marketing. Subscribe here. The number of independent cross-device measurement firms continues to shrink as player after player is acquired. Last year Telenor snapped up Tapad, and Adelphic went to Time Inc. just this week. Drawbridge, led by CEO Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan, is the lone wolf […]
The mobile monetization firm Button announced Wednesday it had raised a $20 million Series B round, led by Norwest Venture Partners. The investment, which brings Button’s total funding to $36.5 million, will go largely toward expanding Button’s headcount as the startup looks to tack on new products in fledgling verticals like travel booking and media […]
Although selling ad inventory programmatically offers the promise of automation, the reality is often quite different. “There is still a lot of high-touch in programmatic,” said Reuters Solutions VP John Toth. While Toth wants the market to become more efficient and automated, Reuters realized that adding people, tech and service to programmatic spend yields the […]
IPG Mediabrands’ investment arm, Magna, revealed on Wednesday it is doubling its investment in over-the-top (OTT) TV provider Roku. It declined to name specifics but noted the deal has multiple implications for inventory rates and pricing, third-party research and data. Magna is forming a private deal with Roku to allow more precise targeting between the agency’s […]
The Federal Trade Commission’s cross-device report has few practical recommendations on what consumers can do to navigate the tangled web of cross-device privacy controls – or the lack thereof. Although the staff report, issued Monday, is a notable public statement on the space, it cleaves to the commission’s historical party line on tracking. [Read the full […]
Google identified 1.7 billion ads last year that violated its policies by deceiving users, containing malware or forcibly redirecting users to app stores. That amount is double the number it flagged in 2015. “Five years ago, we were a lot more analog in terms of how to capture bad traffic,” said John Brown, head of […]
The rapidly growing podcast industry is struggling with a dearth of listenership data. To help shed light on how listeners engage with podcast ads, iHeartRadio is joining forces with Art19, a platform that partners with publishers to host their podcasts and measure ad performance via API integration. Art19 will now syndicate its hosted podcasts on […]
Sourcepoint, whose technology lets publishers encourage ad-block users to whitelist their sites, revealed Wednesday it has raised $16 million in Series B funding led by early Spotify investor Northzone. Existing investors also contributed to the round. Sourcepoint, which has raised a total of $26 million, will use this round to accelerate product development as it […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Trimming Adform will cut 8% of its workforce, including senior execs across 15 markets. Among those out is CMO Martin Stockfleth Larsen, who was on board as the company grew from 80 to 800 employees. The cuts come just a year after the company raised $22 […]
Venture capital and early-stage tech investments may be harder to come by, but M&A exits across the mobile and online industry are still heating up, investment bank Berkery Noyes reported Tuesday. The overall number of deals in 2016 ticked up 1% from the year before, while the aggregate value of those transactions jumped 12% year […]
“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 Joseph Lavan, vice president of data and insights at Netmining. Online advertisers have a New Jersey diner-style menu of options for using data in their campaigns, with a glut of […]
In acquiring Adelphic for an undisclosed price, Viant hopes to create a “people-based DSP” that combines media execution with deterministic data from parent company Time Inc. But don’t think of what Time Inc. is building as a mini walled garden, said Viant CEO and co-founder Tim Vanderhook. “Everyone wants the scale that Facebook and Google […]
Bellwether retailers like Macy’s, Sears and Nordstrom that once anchored US malls never fully recovered from the onset of web-driven ecommerce. Now they’re facing something new that could either be an opportunity to get back in the game or another threat entirely: mobile commerce. Consumers are spending more time on mobile, including on retail app […]
Tubi TV knows that not everyone wants to pay for premium content. “We see a strong desire among viewers who want free content, whether they’re viewers in search of value or subscription viewers who can’t find the content they want on their SVOD [subscription video on demand] service,” said Thomas Ahn Hicks, co-founder and head […]
At long last, AOL is really starting to make use of its 2015 Millennial Media acquisition. On Tuesday, Verizon-owned AOL rolled out self-serve functionality for its mobile supply-side platform, One by AOL: Mobile. It’s basically AOL’s answer to Google’s AdMob or Twitter’s MoPub. AOL beta tested the capability for several months before launch with several partners, […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. BrightRollin’ On Yahoo is still independent and still churning out earnings releases. The company’s Q4 disclosure includes one notable factoid on ad platforms: The company’s DSP, BrightRoll, grew 485% year over year in its “platform display” business. The revenue boost followed BrightRoll’s introduction of support for […]
As of Monday, the Federal Communications Commission has a new chairman: Republican Ajit Pai. Pai replaces Democrat Tom Wheeler, who stepped down on Jan. 20, inauguration day. The newly appointed chairman is far from supportive of most of his predecessor’s policies, including the recently passed broadband privacy regs and net neutrality. Pai famously stated in […]
Update 1/27: MediaMath said some employees were let go in December, but insisted those layoffs were not related to the executive reorg. The company said 13 were released in total, and seven were hired. MediaMath’s executive shuffle Friday, originally reported by Business Insider, was meant to improve its ability to sell enterprise technologies and services, said CEO […]
Is Time Inc. trying to take on Google and Facebook? The publisher announced Monday that it’s acquiring cross-device and mobile ad platform Adelphic to build what it’s calling a “people-based DSP.” Time Inc. has certainly been on a tech tear. The Adelphic deal, slated to close during Q1, comes just shy of a year after Time […]
Toyota is putting video behind the wheel. On Monday, Toyota, working with VaynerMedia, launched an online video-centric ad campaign to promote its 2017 Toyota 86 sports car to millennials – a generation more associated with Uber than car culture. But millennials are still buying cars. People ages 21 to 38 bought around 4 million vehicles in […]
“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 Joe Hirsch, CEO at YellowHammer Media Group. When a dam is breaking, you don’t just slap some duct tape on it to keep it together. It takes quality engineering to […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Justin Eisenband, director, corporate finance, TMT, at FTI Consulting and contributor to FTI Journal. As linear television viewership and MVPD subscriptions have declined recently, many TV ad sellers have been slow to react and […]
