Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. You Caught Me, COPPA The FTC levied a $950,000 fine against InMobi, a mobile ad network founded in India and now based out of Singapore. The regulator said InMobi “deceptively tracked the locations of hundreds of millions of consumers – including children – without their knowledge […]
That the media and advertising landscape is in flux isn’t news to any holding company exec. The question is how best to wrangle it – or at least position yourself so you and your clients can take advantage in the future. Dominique Delport, global managing director of French holding company Havas Media Group, has a […]
“BitTorrent” and “ads” are not two words you expect to see together, but the peer-to-peer file sharing service wants to prove it’s more than just a conduit for pirated content. On Thursday, BitTorrent rolled out a streaming service for Android, iOS and (soon-to-come) Apple TV apps called BitTorrent Now that’s like a cross between YouTube […]
Independent mobile supply-side platforms (SSPs) are going extinct, the result of commoditization and natural evolution. “It’s been really hard to be a single-point solution player in the ad tech space for a long time, but now it’s almost impossible,” said Christopher Hansen, chief product officer at IgnitionOne. “Just take a look at the Terry Kawaja […]
Buyers have decidedly mixed feelings about outstream video. Outstream formats are generally billed as a highly viewable alternative to scarce pre-roll because they’re embedded natively within article text and only play with the sound on when a consumer scrolls over. But some say outstream formats are difficult to discover within the exchange environment and, unsurprisingly, […]
Google is building a technology platform that will underpin two of its buy-side solutions: DoubleClick Bid Manager (DBM), a DSP and ad server for large advertisers, and Google Display Network (GDN), where search advertisers and small advertisers play. “We think there are huge opportunities to democratize programmatic for Google Display Network buyers,” said Brad Bender, […]
Are programmatic advertising and creative storytelling finally coming together in a meaningful way? It’s a good question to ask at the Cannes Lions festival, where the whole point is creativity – or it used to be, before the twin powers of data and media started elbowing in on the joint a few years back. But […]
A year ago, E.W. Scripps–owned video network Newsy was predominantly a desktop-focused site. A lot has changed for the publisher, whose 55-person editorial team endeavors to put its own spin on the stories of the day across verticals, from global news and policy to culture and entertainment. Newsy is now on pace to hit one […]
“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 Christian Brucculeri, director and CEO at Snaps. If you’ve been reading some of the tech trades lately, you would be forgiven for believing that the bots have finally taken over […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Inching Forward Addressable TV ad spend will double to $890 million in the US this year, accounting for 1.3% of total TV advertising, according to an eMarketer report. That’s nearly 120% growth since 2015, when addressable spend also doubled. The household-targeted buying method is expected to […]
Parsec, an ad network that creates what it calls “politely interruptive” ad experiences, raised $1.5 million in seed funding on Wednesday from a slew of big-name backers in the ad space. Some of those investors include Jonah Goodhart, the CEO of Moat, who made his contribution by way of early stage capital investor group WGI; […]
Nielsen is looking to score more sports marketing dollars with its acquisition of Repucom, a sports research firm founded in Australia and now based out of the US. Nielsen, which closed the deal on Tuesday, did not disclose the price tag, though German sports industry trade pub Sponsors reported it to be more than $100 […]
When WPP officially launched Connect in May, it hoped the endeavor would evolve into a core aspect of its media buying umbrella GroupM. “What we’re building centrally will eventually become part of the overall GroupM operation,” said Connect CEO Ruud Wanck. “We’re looking at it as an incubator. But as all media goes programmatic over […]
Social data is emerging as a way for traditional TV players to start moving beyond age and gender targeting. For a recent movie release, Turner ran a month-long ad campaign during shows where an audience segment built from social media behavior was predicted to appear in high numbers. That audience segment, built by cross-screen data […]
“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 Martin Kihn, research vice president at Gartner. A few years ago, a pair of researchers from Google and Microsoft named Randall Lewis and Justin Rao circulated a depressing paper called […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Danny Khatib, co-founder, president and chief operating officer at Livingly Media. Publishers that surfed the recent wave of header bidding for display ads have had a nice ride. That ride will continue, but publishers […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Facebook Cannes-Do Surprise! Facebook announced some new products at the Cannes Lions advertising festival. First up is an API called Audience Insights, combining demographic and psychographic data, which was already available, with topical data from user posts about certain events, topics and/or brands. Facebook dishes this […]
Neustar is splitting its business into two independent, publicly traded companies. The divide, announced Tuesday, is an effort to boost motivation in the capital markets by clearing up confusion around Neustar’s company story and the various services it provides, said Neustar president and CEO Lisa Hook. One company will retain the Neustar name and provide […]
Social commerce sounds good on paper, but turning likes into purchases has proven difficult in practice. Project September, a social shopping app from the founders of Gilt, aims to change that. Named for the start of the fashion year, the Project September app, which launched in April, has “tens of thousands of users” so far, […]
On the heels of Lyft’s first national TV spot that aired this spring, the ride-sharing app’s advertising efforts are still in overdrive. As a challenger to Uber, Lyft seeks to convert willing drivers and passengers in less-penetrated markets for the brand, such as New York, by combining big brand activations (TV and out-of-home) with smaller […]
Kohler is looking to do more than just sell plumbing supplies and it’s using content to get there. The goal is to help prospective customers, anyone from an individual homeowner to an interior designer, envision how a new piece of hardware will fit into the home of their dreams. In the pre-digital era, Kohler showcased […]
“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 Victor Wong, CEO at Thunder. Rich media came onto the scene with great fanfare and promise. Moving, interactive creative would certainly be more effective and engaging than static banner ads […]
“AdExchanger Politics” is a weekly column tracking developments in the 2016 political campaign cycle. Today’s column is written by Jordan Lieberman, politics and public affairs lead at Audience Partners. Political and public affairs digital buying is exciting, dynamic and terrifying. There is real innovation and gifted salespeople, and the two do not necessarily overlap. There […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Data-Driven Content Condé Nast is opening a new group, Spire, which will match the pub’s 1 trillion unique monthly data points with purchase insights from 1010data, owned by an affiliate of Advance Publications, Condé Nast’s parent company. The data will be used to inform audience segments […]
Overall ad spend will enjoy its strongest growth in six years – 5.4%, reaching $480 billion this year – largely driven by double-digit gains in digital media. The fast-growing sector shows no sign of a slowdown: The interplay of programmatic, online video, social media and mobile will drive digital ad spend growth through 2018, according to […]
Facebook, which recently took the wraps off a tool that lets advertisers link location-aware ads to store visits, may have more than 1.5 billion users, but scale isn’t the only prerequisite for cracking offline attribution. “My question for Facebook would be: Do they know the spatial outlines of every McDonald’s in America?” said Duncan McCall, […]
The 2016 Summer Olympics are an opportunity for leading media brands to flex their programmatic muscles around a live marquee event. For some, it’s the first time they’re doing anything like this. Condé Nast, for example, launched a set of programmatic offers earlier this year. “Content packages around these kinds of events or moments was […]
“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 Kathy Leake, CEO at Qualia. There’s a race in our industry to be “right” about the state of cross-device data science. Instead, we should be the smartest about how we’ve not […]
For Vancouver, Canada-based Indochino, a purveyor of made-to-measure suits and apparel, omnichannel retail is an ongoing journey. Most retailers begin with brick and mortar and expand into ecommerce. Indochino took the opposite approach. Similar to Warby Parker, the company combines online customization with offline service. Customers pre-select lining, fabric and lapels online. After assessing a […]
“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 Rik van der Kooi, corporate vice president, Microsoft Search Advertising. We are entering a new era of digital transformation, one that will profoundly change how we interact with technology. People […]
