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UK Antitrust Probe Targets Chrome Privacy Sandbox; Comscore Nabs Strategic Investment

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Built On Sand? The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching an investigation into Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome, CNBC reports. The CMA says it’s received several complaints about how Google’s Privacy Sandbox proposals will impact competition. One of... Continue reading »

by AdExchanger // January 11th, 2021 //
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Advertisers Pause Spend Amid DC Chaos; Facebook Bans Trump

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Stepping Back So … 2021 is off to a great start. After pro-Trump mobs stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, advertisers are pulling their paid social advertising and reevaluating their overall ad spend, Digiday reports. Some advertisers paused their paid social just as DC’s... Continue reading »

by AdExchanger // January 8th, 2021 //
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The Year in TV: A Major Shift To Streaming

At the start of 2020, video streaming giant Roku’s upfront deck predicted consumer time spent viewing streaming TV would surpass traditional linear over a period of five years. Instead they did so in a year, fueled in large part by the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is a fundamental shift in viewership,” said Alison Levin, Roku’s VP... Continue reading »

by Anthony Rifilato // December 29th, 2020 //
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FreeWheel Buys Beeswax

The DSP Beeswax, founded in 2014 by ad tech gadfly Ari Paparo, is off the market. Comcast’s video ad tech company FreeWheel said Thursday it will acquire the “bidder-as-a-service” for undisclosed terms. Over the last couple of years, FreeWheel has increased its buy-side capabilities, building out a more advanced exchange, hosting upfronts and integrating with... Continue reading »

by Ryan Joe // December 17th, 2020 //
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NBCU Strengthens Partnership With FreeWheel To Power A Linear And Digital Convergence

As consumers increasingly use their living room TVs to watch streaming content via CTV and apps, NBCUniversal has pushed the needle forward with video ad server FreeWheel in what it described as a “landmark” move that will transform the way that NBCU clients buy linear TV advertising from the company. The company said Wednesday that... Continue reading »

by Anthony Rifilato // December 2nd, 2020 //
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NBCU Sees Advertisers Returning, Will Restructure For Streaming

When we last checked in with Comcast in April, the company was warning investors that its Q2 revenue hit would probably be even worse than in the first quarter. While that prediction has borne out, Comcast chief Brian Roberts is optimistic about the cable giant’s ability to roll with the punches as theme parks in... Continue reading »

by Ryan Joe // July 30th, 2020 //
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NBCU’s Mark Marshall On How TV Advertising Will Evolve This Year

AdExchanger's Social Distancing With Friends podcast now has its own channel. Subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. In March, NBCUniversal had “fortunately and unfortunately” just finished a recession-based ad sales deck, to pitch advertisers on strategies that worked during previous downturns, in case the economy did turn south this year, said Mark... Continue reading »

by James Hercher // June 18th, 2020 //
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AMC Becomes First Independent Network To Join The On Addressability Initiative

The On Addressability initiative, a joint venture between Comcast, Charter and Cox, has added AMC Networks as its first independent broadcast partner, the companies announced on Wednesday. Comcast launched the On Addressability initiative at the Cannes Lions festival in June 2019 to transition more TV commercials to addressable ad sales. The joint venture allows brands... Continue reading »

by James Hercher // June 10th, 2020 //
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Advertisers Cooling On TV Spots; Comcast Spins Off Blockgraph Into JV

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. TV Pullback Television ad revenues will drop 12% this year, according to MoffettNathanson – a loss the research firm WARC pegs at $25.5 billion. Despite a surge in viewership, with people stuck at home, advertisers have slashed budgets by more than 40%. Lowe’s, for... Continue reading »

by AdExchanger // June 1st, 2020 //
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NBCU And Sky Fight Through Sports Meltdown And Falling Ratings

While the coronavirus pandemic hit all of Comcast’s businesses in Q1, its impact on ad revenue differs across NBCU, Sky and its Xfinity cable unit, the company revealed Thursday. And as with every other company in the world, Comcast expects to experience much more severe effects in the next quarter. Higher prices stems NBCU's losses... Continue reading »

by Ryan Joe // April 30th, 2020 //
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