Almost a decade ago, running multiple retargeters across the same user base was a recipe for inefficiency. But the landscape shifted, and the data makes that clear.
During a Covid-induced two-day binge watch of a recent streaming hit, advertisers consistently failed to serve the right ad. Where’s the accountability?
ID bridging isn’t the problem. Buyers are objecting to unexpected, undisclosed manipulation of critical data in bid requests by sellers.
In today’s newsletter: Mobile and email providers face political blowback if they enforce ad policies; a new analytics startup sets its sights on Amazon attribution; and CFOs and CMOs are more aligned than you might think.
The TV market’s vanishing impression problem is even more concerning than the numbers indicate. But maybe a little impression scarcity is a good thing.
In today’s newsletter: Viant sees double-digit CTV growth powered largely by direct deals; Target launches a new paid membership program; YouTube makes a bid to compete with TikTok on video editing.
Viewers might want to watch trashy shows from time to time, but they certainly don’t want to watch trashy ads. For the solution to what ails CTV, the industry could turn to another rapidly growing marketing favorite: retail media.
MAGNA and Roku released a joint study to give buyers some advice about how to approach frequency capping in streaming – including when to dial it down and when to turn it up.
Historically, there’s been no easy way to do all that at the account level in a DSP because a DSP’s main reason for being is to find the lowest-cost media and audiences possible for its advertisers.
Likes and followers are not without merit, but engagement is not directly causal of sales rates. What should marketers consider instead?
A recent op-ed in the New York Times implicated the ad industry in many dismal practices, including election-rigging, news-defunding and even inflation. To make a case for the defense, start with these four myths.
The success and value of an AVOD platform depends on more than just the size and growth of the audience. How much time they spend streaming also matters. And as the AVOD landscape becomes more competitive, platforms like Netflix will need to focus on user experience to keep viewers watching, writes Joel Cox, co-founder and SVP of strategy and innovation at Strategus.
The old adage that consumers must hear an ad at least seven times in order for it to stick no longer rings true when over-serving ads costs brands billions (and ruins the viewing experience), writes Valerie Bischak, GM and head of growth at Amobee. Data enables advertisers to reach their desired viewers, but technology can help maximize reach and control frequency against these most desired audiences.
Google’s Topics API was, well, a very hot topic last week. Ad tech companies and publishers jumped all over the proposal after it was announced, many with critical takes on the kinks that need to be worked out.
“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 Arnaud Blanchard, Product Director, Criteo. As a marketer, would you rather show two identical ads to the same consumer or the same ad one time each to two different consumers? […]
NBCUniversal is partnering with Ad-ID – a standard identifier for creative assets built for the advertising industry – to improve campaign measurement capabilities and reduce ad repetition across the network’s automated One Platform. Ad-ID was founded by the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s) and the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) back in 2002 as […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Julia Smaldone, senior strategist at Media Kitchen. It’s an unfortunate experience with which each of us is all too familiar. You’re binge watching your favorite show, catching up on the news or streaming live sports, and are subject […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Jessica Hogue, general manager of measurement and analytics at Innovid. Even though connected TV (CTV) is growing rapidly, one challenge holding advertisers back from shifting even more dollars to the channel is the ability […]
Advertiser interest in over-the-top is picking up steam and dollars – but cross-platform measurement is lagging behind. Data and analytics company Samba TV hopes to speed the process with the acquisition Thursday of Amsterdam-based cross-device graph provider Screen6. Ashwin Navin, Samba’s CEO and co-founder, declined to share the deal price, but noted that the company used a […]
Although connected TV buyers have become pretty sophisticated at targeting and delivering an ad to individual users, managing frequency across video providers is a work in progress. But despite the industry’s recognition that consumers demand better ad experiences, many viewers find themselves bombarded with the same ad. Worse, those ads sometimes run within the same […]
Being proficient at programmatic means nothing if an advertiser can’t nail the ad-delivery basics, such as proper frequency caps. But the reality is that advertisers rely on myriad solutions, including DSPs, DMPs and ad servers, to execute a single campaign, and the lack of consistency in KPIs can hurt frequency management – the main culprit […]
Janneke Niessen is CEO of Improve Digital, a publisher yield optimization firm based in the United Kingdom. AdExchanger.com: How did Improve Digital begin? Publishers are facing a shift in the online advertising ecosystem where performance campaigns, ad networks and exchanges are playing a more and more dominant role. In 2007, over 40 percent of the […]
