DSPs are building tools to bypass SSPs, and SSPs are trying to cut out the buy side. But the real question in the noise is whether the technology improves effectiveness, says Kara Puccinelli, chief customer officer at Nexxen, which just so happens to describe itself as an end-to-end platform.
“On TV & Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is by Chris Maccaro, CEO of Beachfront. “TV is dead. Streaming is the future.” Chances are you’ve heard these statements many times over the last 20 years – and neither of them is true. Yes, linear cable TV […]
“On TV & Video” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Frans Vermeulen, Chief Operating Officer at Tru Optik, a TransUnion Company Advanced TV has a lot to recommend it as an advertising channel. Marketers see it as an opportunity to transition away from […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Kerel Cooper, senior vice president of global marketing at LiveIntent. There’s a famous line between editorial and revenue at every legitimate publisher. Newsrooms aren’t influenced by the teams responsible for revenue, and nary do […]
The $525 million sale of digital ad management provider DG’s TV ad distribution business to rival Extreme Reach is not just about freeing the Irvine, TX-based company from heavy debt incurred by acquisitions designed to build its online capabilities. It’s also about taking better advantage of TV-digital convergence by staking out a position solely on […]
The recent stirrings around IPO plans in the video ad-tech space have been driven in part by the expectation of a clearer line between the $75 billion TV ad market and the $4 billion spent annually by marketers on broadband video. While it’s hard to go by intentions, especially when it comes to what media […]
Aol wants to be the “new TV.” During its lavish NewFront presentation last month, it pressed the message “We’re ready for primetime” – that is, primetime TV ad spending. Today the company released a survey of 770 ad industry executives on the migration of TV spend to digital video. Respondents indicated plans to shift spend […]
The digital video ad market has been on fire with annual double-digit growth for the last four years. A sampling of headlines from the past week shows the heat is continuing into 2013: Tremor Video filed with the SEC to go public, a consortium of video ad rivals formed a group to promote a single […]
