Scripps-owned video news site Newsy is boosting its programmatic operation. One tactic is rewiring its yield management provisions to help prioritize programmatic direct vs. open auction deals. It is using a new real-time reporting tool in Tremor Video’s supply-side platform to do so. Although Newsy is six to seven years old, it’s relatively new to […]
Facebook on Tuesday expanded the ad formats publishers can add to their mobile apps via the Facebook Audience Network (FAN). These formats include a native video unit that shows in-feed as well as three interstitial formats: carousel ads, which show up to five ads in a single unit; dynamic product ads, often used by retailers […]
LittleThings, which collects uplifting stories and DIY tips, went from 8 million monthly unique visitors in November 2014 to 31.5 million last June, making it part of the comScore 100. But though it’s the third most shared publisher on Facebook according to Newswhip, LittleThings suffers from low brand recognition. That’s something LittleThings is trying to […]
As the ad industry girds for the mushrooming debate around privacy, consumer choice and ad blocking, it’s clear that existing opt-out mechanisms aren’t exactly cutting it, especially when it comes to cross-device. But although mobile adds another layer of complexity to the situation, online advertising is still reliant on a little .txt file called 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 written by Dhawal Mujumdar, founder at AdsNative. The only way to create the ads of the future is by staying on top of emerging trends. Digital advertising needs to keep pace 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 James Murphy, vice president of programmatic at RhythmOne. The challenge of developing impactful creative that can scale across the programmatic environment is one of the biggest limitations to wider adoption. […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. A Whole New Google Google unveiled a major overhaul of its operating structure late Monday. Under the new plan, Google and its multiple divisions are now subsidiaries of a company called Alphabet, with Larry Page at the helm. Google gets Sundar Pichai as CEO […]
The Millennial Media train needs more steam. Revenue for Q2 was up just a smidgen from Q1, increasing from $63.2 million to $65.8 million quarter over quarter. But the same was not true for year over year revenue, which declined from $67.3 million. The majority of that revenue came courtesy of managed media, which represented […]
Video demand-side platform TubeMogul reported that more than 20% of global spend running through its platform in the second quarter came from mobile, programmatic TV and display ad formats. Mobile ad spend drove 10-15% of spend, programmatic TV constituted between 5-10% and less than 5% came from display. “We think this is significant, given our […]
Though video ad company YuMe held to last quarter’s promise that it would release a programmatic ad stack, it did little to improve its Q2 2015 financial performance. “We had a disappointing quarter,” said Jayant Kadambi, co-founder and CEO during a Monday earnings call. YuMe’s Q2 2015 revenue was flat – $40.4 million in Q2 2015, […]
Adobe and PageFair, a Dublin-based ad-block solutions provider, on Monday unveiled new research that claimed there are almost 200 million active ad-block users, representing a projected loss of $21.8 billion globally for online publishers in 2015. The caveat is that industrywide ad-blocking numbers can be misleading given strong variances both geographically and demographically. That skew […]
Berlin-based mobile ad platform Fyber wants to help developers get a better handle on pre-caching, the practice of pre-loading video ad content to reduce load times and ad-serving latency. The company announced Monday that it’ll be releasing a tool within the next few weeks that enables developers to exercise more control over the pre-caching process. App developers […]
“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 Jeremy Hines, a principal at Infinitive. In politics, there is a long-running and often passionate debate about the right level of taxation. One side says lower tax rates lead to […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Michael Kohn, vice president of platforms and marketing at ViewLift. The average American watched nearly four hours of over-the-top (OTT) content per week in 2014, a figure that is expected to nearly double this […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Firefox’s Ad Hack Late last week, a Firefox exploit was discovered running through a corrupt ad on a news site in Russia. The malvert scanned sensitive files in search of developer codes and site configuration files and was tied to Firefox’s PDF viewer. Mozilla […]
When Google revealed plans Thursday to exile YouTube ad inventory from the DoubleClick Ad Exchange (AdX) by the year’s end, many in the ad industry felt betrayed. Google’s reasoning for this change isn’t clear, even to its partners. Its stated motivation is that it wants to devote more resources to developing other video ad products. […]
It’s a transitional time for TV companies. Viacom, like Fox and Disney, had a volatile fiscal third quarter. It missed its quarterly revenue mark by 3%, citing declines in ratings and a “sequential slowdown in advertising conversion.” In light of these challenges, the network’s president and CEO, Philippe Dauman, said during the company’s earnings call […]
“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 director at Gartner. Despite what you’ve heard, this is not the first generation to face the rush of disruption, crumbling institutions and fortunes made by mysterious engineers. […]
Large networks like CBS, iHeartMedia and Scripps have been vocal about their recent investments in podcasting, and Hubbard Broadcasting joined the chorus earlier this week by acquiring a 30% stake in podcast network PodcastOne. PodcastOne is an online hub that houses 200 shows, including podcasts from personalities such as Adam Carolla, Snooki, Dan Patrick, Shaquille […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Chris Stark, senior vice president of product marketing at Grapeshot. In theory, the promise of the programmatic wave sweeping digital advertising is to make buying more fluid. From the perspective of supply-side businesses, however, […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Black Market Media companies have taken an absolute shellacking in the past 48 hours as a series of poor earnings reports – as well as a drumbeat of news about the unbundling of broadcast properties – has soured investors on some longtime favorite […]
The writing was on the wall. Google revealed late Thursday it will no longer sell YouTube inventory through the DoubleClick Ad Exchange (AdX). Neal Mohan, VP of video and display advertising at Google, said in a blog post that the tech giant is yanking YouTube inventory from AdX to focus its development efforts on “the formats […]
Story has been updated with Q2 results. Tremor Video announced Thursday it has acquired Australian video supply-side platform TVN. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though all 14 TVN employees will join the parent company. Tremor CEO Bill Day told AdExchanger his company will increasingly focus on international opportunities this year, and that APAC […]
The New York Times’ digital business grew both in subscriptions and ad revenue in Q2. Digital revenue grew 14% to $48.3 million because of “mobile, paid posts and programmatic,” CEO Mark Thompson said. Digital subscriptions grew 19% to 990,000 and, by the time of the earnings call, had passed 1 million subscribers. Growing the scale […]
When Evolve Media’s male lifestyle site CraveOnline relaunches Thursday with a new look and voice, it hopes to improve its advertising products by offering unique branding opportunities, native ads, a rich media unit and a strong mobile experience. The refresh, which brought in launch sponsors Jack In The Box, Adidas and the National Highway Transportation […]
Digital automation may increase the volume of video ads initially, but improvements in targeting and cross-screen frequency caps will drive more relevancy while ultimately reducing the overall ad load. It’s no surprise that data and technology are upending the upfront TV buy. Following a two-year slump in advance upfront commitments, Forrester expects advertisers to combine scatter, […]
Some members of the advertising and marketing community are seeing a renewed interest in one of the oldest, least-loved marketing channels: the phone call. Customer call centers and direct phone sales are parts of a consumer funnel that many brands still try to avoid, according to Peter Christothoulou, CEO of Marchex, which provides software for […]
“Marketer’s Note” is a weekly column informing marketers about the rapidly evolving digital marketing technology ecosystem. This week, it is written by Melissa Parrish, executive director of AdExchanger Research, and research assistant Sam Spector. As data-driven marketing has exploded, we’re finding that marketers struggle a bit to get the right mix of talent and […]
“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 Paul Turner, chief commercial officer at Adbrain. The ability to specifically identify audiences online has proven to be a lucrative and effective prize for advertisers, publishers and the tech layer […]
