AdExchanger Talks is a podcast focused on data-driven marketing. Subscribe here. This episode of AdExchanger Talks is supported by Tealium. Sometimes an old institution gains new relevance. Take the Media Rating Council (MRC). The nonprofit was born out of the quiz show scandals of the late 1950s, when regulators, after recovering from the initial shock of learning TV […]
Behind the Cambridge Analytica headlines, Facebook on Thursday completed the first phase of its ongoing three-part MRC audit. Phase one was an inspection of served display impressions in the news feed on Facebook and Instagram across desktop, mobile web and in-app. Before the Cambridge Analytica data-sharing scandal broke, Facebook was being pushed to be more open […]
The viewability standard may be better served by saying what it isn’t, rather than what it is. “Viewability does not guarantee that an ad will be looked at, or that an ad will be appealing, or have an impact or generate awareness or change brand perception,” said Sherrill Mane, SVP of research, analytics and measurement at […]
The Media Rating Council (MRC) on Monday lifted its advisory against buying and selling display ads based on viewability metrics. “The state of viewability measurements is much better than it was 16 months ago and viewability vendors have greater insight into the range of ads that are served in campaigns,” said David Gunzerath, SVP and […]
