Opinion

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Ramsey McGrory, chief revenue officer at Mediaocean. With The Trade Desk’s market above $5 billion (Stock: TTD) and MediaMath’s valuation topping $1 billion following its last funding round, leading traditional demand-side platforms (DSPs) are […]

“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 Pierre-Marc Diennet, director of product innovation at Lotame. The current value of agency holding companies is their buying power. They achieve volume pricing by buying huge swaths of inventory in advance and […]

As anyone who’s ever consulted “Dr. Google” for a medical condition knows, the Internet can be an incredibly helpful place to find health information. But once people find their answer on WebMD, where can they go next? People with long-term medical issues want support from others dealing with their conditions, not just definitions. The Mighty […]

“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 Natasha Stevens, executive vice president of strategy at GfK. Black boxes play a role in almost everything we do. My car’s engine is a black box, as is the ATM […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Chris LaHaise, director of TV solutions at dataxu. LUMA Partners CEO Terry Kawaja recently named advanced TV as the thing he was most bullish about in the coming year. “I am most excited about […]

“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 Chris Simmance, managing director at Optus Digital. Marketers must better understand how people will use voice. After years of training, consumers have become efficient text searchers – but that is […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is by Mark Cullinane, senior vice president and general manager of digital at Publishers Clearing House. Advertisers know that engagement metrics matter most when establishing ROI on digital ad spend. But engagement metrics themselves are still relatively nascent. Publishers have started to […]

Unruly wants to help brands get in their feelings. The video-focused ad tech company, owned by News Corp, creates audience segments based on multiple data sets, including survey and “emotional” biometric data. The company works with agencies and advertisers to relay how certain audiences react to their campaigns. This ultimately helps brands understand what kinds […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is by Paul Bannister, co-founder and executive vice president at CafeMedia. For years, programmatic promised to lower costs and make transactions easier while generating the same amount of revenue. But that wasn’t the case. It created great operational complexity and made doing […]

This article is sponsored by Rubicon Project. As alternative methods for TV viewing – connected TV, over-the-top (OTT) devices and set-top boxes – proliferate, the line between traditional and digital TV is more blurred than ever. In fact, a Nielsen Total Audience Report for Q1 2018 indicated that as many as 35% of TV viewers […]

“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 Ari Paparo, CEO at Beeswax. “Ad tech is like Taco Bell: the same seven ingredients combined in hundreds of ways” – unknown Look, there’s nothing new under the sun. But […]

“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 Hayes, chief marketing officer and chief revenue officer at UberMedia. Although location data and location-based advertising are by no means new sectors, they’re far from mature when it comes to […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Lance Neuhauser, CEO at 4C Insights. A decade ago, big brands had it easy when it came to media. They had big ad budgets and bought a lot of ads. The more ads they bought, the lower […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Alessandro De Zanche, an audience and data strategy consultant. At an event I attended a few weeks ago, there was a broadcaster with a strong digital presence and a CPG brand on stage discussing […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Michael Connolly, co-founder and CEO at Sonobi. Advertisers that spend money during the Super Bowl pay an exorbitant amount of money for consumer attention, but there is no guarantee that this will lead to any […]

“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 Jordie van Rijn, an independent email and eCRM marketing consultant. We’ve all heard the story about data silos, which are unconnected monsters filled with unused zombie data. This scary tale […]

What’s it like to integrate a $2.8 billion acquisition? After closing its purchase of Time Inc. almost nine months ago, Meredith National Media President Jon Werther is in good spirits about how the deal has deepened and broadened its coverage for female audiences. “When it comes to women and understanding their intent – what they’re […]

“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 Nevins, chief marketing officer at Smart. The past month has been topsy-turvy in digital universal ad ID circles. First we heard that AppNexus would drop out of the Advertiser […]

Food and lifestyle site Tastemade is making advertisers hungry for more than picturesque cuisine. With more easily digestible food content crowding social media feeds, Tastemade is staying a step ahead of its competitors by launching its own digital TV channel, Tastemade TV. “Our programming strategy has been to reach [social media] consumers where they are,” […]

“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 Ray Kingman, CEO at Semcasting. Recent polling indicates overwhelming public support for GDPR-style privacy regulation in the United States. Congress has discussed privacy frequently since Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal. And there’s […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Alysia Borsa, chief marketing and data officer at Meredith Corp. During the recent Advertising Week and Programmatic I/O, everyone was talking about data and insights. But often overlooked in this discussion is a key source […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Brienna Pinnow, co-founder at Blinc Digital Group. The concept of advertising’s walled gardens isn’t new. For at least 18 years, some in the media industry have used the term to label powerful companies with scalable […]

“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 Anne Frisbie, senior vice president of global programmatic and North America at InMobi. As a declared list of authorized ad resellers for publishers, Ads.txt has proven enormously useful in the […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jochen Schlosser, chief strategy officer at Adform. MediaMath recently announced it would stop buying from supply partners that manipulate auctions via bid caching, wrapper misuse and other tactics. This is a welcome move from […]

“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 Tutuwa Ahwoi, ad operations manager at National Public Media. The podcast industry faces a glut of obstacles: fragmentation in listening, a lack of discovery and insufficient measurement, to name a few. It’s […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV. Today’s column is written by Jay Friedman, president and partner at Goodway Group. The goal of every marketer is to spend the least amount of money possible to achieve the best possible results – to spend right to the point where […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Matt Harada, general manager of data at Sovrn. Publishers without an updated Ads.txt file are missing out on revenue and stand to lose more in the near future. Despite strong initial adoption of Ads.txt […]

“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 Jordan Lieberman, vice president at a4.  The most progressive area of the digital advertising industry can be found on the campaign trail – both nationally and locally – where political […]

“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 Tiffany Morris, vice president of global privacy at Lotame. The California Legislature passed privacy regulation AB 375 in June. Media coverage has rightly characterized AB 375 as the equivalent of the General […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Archie Sharma, senior director of corporate development and strategy at OpenX. Cable companies have historically dominated the TV advertising market, and through M&A over the last decade the industry is now led by a […]