Affectiva, a Waltham, Massachussetts-based company which “provides tools for measuring emotion with electrodermal testing & face expression recognition,” recently announced a new round of funding with investors that include WPP Group’s Kantar unit and Myrian Capital. Read the release. Affectiva’s tech grew out of research from the MIT Media Lab. Dave Berman, CEO of Affectiva, […]
Matt Isaacs is founding partner of Essence, an independent, global digital agency based in the United Kingdom. AdExchanger.com: Please share a brief background on your agency. MI: We’re six years old and have served many of the leading Internet companies, originally, on a UK basis, and then on a pan‑European basis, and now for some […]
The research team at ZenithOptimedia reported yesterday that “total internet ad spend to grow 12.6%, 15.8% and 16.1% in 2011, 2012 and 2013. The brightest spot in terms of online ad growth will be online video.” Read more on Radio & Television Business Report. Jonathan Barnard, Head of Forecasting at Publicis’ ZenithOptimedia, discussed the latest […]
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“The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Tyler Fitch is Director of Yield Management at Mindjolt, an online games company. The following has been building up for months after seeing article after article of DSP execs saying that publishers are wrong and should open up their all their […]
On Tuesday, Cox Digital Solutions (CDS) announced that it is adding a new brand, Appetite Media, to its portfolio of vertically-focused site networks. According to the release, Appetite Media will focus on offering “food lover” audiences to advertisers who also seek high-impact, “premium” placements. The company says that Appetite will bring together 22 million unique […]
Content delivery network Limelight Networks announced last week its new Limelight REACH Interactive platform which the company claims “helps publishers, agencies and advertisers create ‘tappable’ pre-roll and post-roll in-stream video ads, which open coordinated microsites.” Read more. Jonathan Cobb, GM and CTO of Limelight’s Mobility and Monetization Group, discussed the announcement and its implications. AdExchanger.com: […]
Yesterday, online ad technology firm MediaMind was acquired by DG (formerly DG Fastchannel) for $414 million. Read more coverage. DG President & COO Neil Nguyen discussed the implications of the transaction with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Why is this the right time for DG to buy a company like MediaMind? NN: First, let’s backtrack a little bit […]
Yesterday, online ad technology firm MediaMind was acquired by DG (formerly DG Fastchannel) for $414 million. Read more coverage. We asked a selection of ad industry participants their views on the following question: “What are the implications of yesterday’s acquisition of Mediamind by DG?” Click below or scroll down for more: Atul Patel, CEO, OneScreen […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Aol’s $500 Million Business TechCrunch’s Erick Schonfeld covers Aol Investor day and – did you know? – “AOL’s advertising platforms, which are grouped under the Advertising.com business, is now a $500 million business, the company revealed today at its Investor Day in New York […]
Today, looking to expand beyond the capabilities of its broadcast TV ad distribution network as well as its Unicast division, DG (formerly DG FastChannel) acquired online ad technology company MediaMind for $414 million in cash and stock. Chairman and CEO Scott Ginsburg claimed in the release, “This is a game-changing transaction that provides DG with […]
Norman de Greve is Executive Vice President at Digitas, an integrated advertising agency and a member of the Publicis Groupe. de Greve recently spoke to AdExchanger.com about a wide range of topics across digital advertising. AdExchanger.com: What is the big problem that needs to be solved in digital in your estimation? NdG: We need a […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Levinsohn Speaks On Yahoo! All Things D’s Kara Swisher interviews Yahoo! Americas EVP Ross Levinsohn, who says that the company gets a raw deal. On the content/media side, Levinsohn said that Yahoo! needed to develop a voice and move beyond its aggregation days. On […]
Adam Cahill is EVP, Co-Media Director, and Jenna Umbrianna is Platform Media Manager at Hill Holliday, a full-service communications agency. Cahill and Umbrianna discussed the latest updates to Hill-Holliday’s digital strategy and display advertising, in particular. AdExchanger.com: What’s new at Hill Holliday as it relates to the data‑driven advertising world? ADAM CAHILL: The big news […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Display Booming In EU The results of the latest IAB Europe survey show that in 2010, display continues to grow. From the release: “With an average growth rate of 21.3%, Display overtook Search advertising as the fastest growing online ad format in Europe. Search, […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Undertone Sees Video Ramp In another private company earnings release of sorts, ad network Undertone says that its business is booming and offers up the following in a press release: “A year-over-year increase in video advertising revenue of more than 400 percent; a video […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Landscape On Display In an article in The Wall Street Journal, The WSJ’s Emily Steel looks at the big, digital ad ecosystem and says, “Seeking to milk the huge growth in online advertising, a rush of technology firms have emerged in recent years pitching […]
On Wednesday, demand-side platform DataXu announced its DX Brand product focused on increasing brand awareness in display advertising through what the company says is “an evidence-based approach to measuring brand metrics, such as awareness, recall, favorability, or purchase intent.” Read the release. And, read more on Digiday. John Gray is SVP Director of Interactive Media, […]
Oren Harnevo is CEO of Eyeview, a personalized video ad technology company. Can you briefly discuss your background and inspiration for Eyeview? OH: My vision for Eyeview began while I was simultaneously working on Bachelor’s degrees in Film and Television and Computer Science at Tel-Aviv University. I became fascinated with combining these two areas by […]
Jeremy Steinberg is VP, Digital Sales & Business Development, FOX News Network. He recently discussed his views on the digital advertising around audience-based buying and display advertising. Click below or scroll down for more: How Is Innovation In Ads Affecting Fox News? New Audience-Focused Display Products On Brand Or D.R. For New Products The Rate […]
Today, social media marketing company Buddy Media announced the acquisition of Spinback, a social commerce analytics and technology company. On Buddy Media’s company blog, Buddy Media CEO Mike Lazerow explains how attribution was at the center of the reason for buying Spinback: “By combining sharing and conversion tracking into one elegant technology solution, Spinback shows […]
Today, ad verification company AdSafe Media announced the hiring of Scott Knoll as CEO replacing founder Helene Monat. Previously, Knoll was founder and president of Datran Media’s Aperture as well as CEO of BlackFoot, a digital advertising solutions company, and “spent 6 years at DoubleClick, directing the launch and development of the DoubleClick ad network.” […]
CTR, CPM – back to your caves! The engagement tribe is claiming the delivery of an improved sack of “billyclub” success metrics for the marketer to wield as he or she spills chocolatey ad spend across channels digital and non. Choose-your-own-adventure video ads, filling out a survey to aid the marketer, entering a brand message […]
Rob Lenderman is Co-Founder, CIO-CMO of BoostCTR, a crowdsourced marketplace the optimization and testing of online ad creative. AdExchanger.com: Where did the idea come for “BoostCTR”? RL: A few years ago I was working at a company that inherited an AdWords account for a multi-million dollar company. They had not had a single text ad […]
Ad tech angel investor (33Across, Flurry, Magnetic, Metamarkets, PerformLine, The Trade Desk, XA.net, and Yieldbot among others) Jerry Neumann recently spoke to AdExchanger.com about his views of the digital advertising ecosystem today. Click below or keep scrolling to read his answers… What is missing in the digital ad ecosystem today? Is there room for more […]
Layton Han is CEO of Adara Media, a provider of online solutions for loyalty programs. AdExchanger.com: How has your experience as founder of MyPoints.com informed your work as CEO of Adara Media? LH: MyPoints was a loyalty program leveraging data to provide highly effective advertising solutions to retailers. Using this data to provide relevant offers […]
Jeff Green is CEO of The Trade Desk, a demand-side platform for digital media. AdExchanger.com: We touched on it before, but what problem is The Trade Desk solving? We think there are two really difficult problems that we’re addressing. What is it worth to an advertiser to show an ad to this user, with these […]
