Charter

The US v. Google antitrust trial is over, but nobody’s done with the drama. Plus, Charter just struck a deal with NBCUniversal.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Bean Counter A split between two state privacy laws in Maine shows how more data-driven businesses – not just Silicon Valley giants – are invested in the nuances of privacy standards and how consumer data can be used (or not). Lobbyists at the […]

The Missing Link Log another demerit for YouTube transparency. Four buyers say their post-campaign reports for YouTube Select are riddled with broken links, Adweek reports. Google introduced YouTube Select in 2020 as a way for buyers to purchase premium YouTube inventory, including top-performing channels and YouTube TV. YouTube sends buyers post-campaign reports with links they […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Yah Or Nah?  Can Yahoo be saved? That’s a question you probably thought you’d never hear again. But it’s relevant once more with Yahoo’s re-re-rebirth under private equity firm Apollo and Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone, former chief of Tinder and CBS Interactive, reports […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Disney’s Carriage Ride Disney and Charter resolved their cable carriage dispute on Monday, re-upping Disney-owned networks (namely, ESPN) to Charter’s 15 million subscribers. As part of the deal, Charter’s most popular cable package will include access to the ad-supported tiers of Disney+ and […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Ad Tech? What Ad Tech? One refrain from Google when it defends its third-party ad tech business is that ad tech is a minuscule contributor to Google’s revenue. Which begs the question: Why not get rid of it? But Google won’t quit ad […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Googling Through The Headlines Google flooded the zone with news and interviews this week.  On the transparency front, one announcement that will impact ad tech is Google Ad Manager’s new “Revenue Verification Report.” GAM, the Google SSP, will look into buy-side gross revenue […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. News It Or Lose It Influencer journalism is a dangerous trend, according to Jessica Lessin, editor-in-chief of The Information. “Long term,” Lessin writes, “the current obsession with treating journalists like influencers isn’t healthy for journalism.” For one, so-called “elite reporters” generally don’t abide by […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Addressable Supergroup Some marketers are pushing their TV partners to operate more as the large digital companies that allow them to target ads to specific audiences. To address that need, the TV distributors Comcast, Charter Communications, Altice, Dish Media and Vizio are among eight […]

If addressability and cross-platform are the two most important TV buzzwords today, FreeWheel’s latest pilot is killing two birds with one stone. Comcast and Charter are using FreeWheel tech to chop up linear TV ad spots to make it “audience addressable,” across both linear and digital. Instead of the same ad being shown to all […]