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  • Mediaocean Preps ‘Prisma’ Display Ad Buying System

    It’s been nearly a year since ad sales workflow systems provider Mediaocean was given the regulatory green light to form the merger of Mediabank and Donovan Data Systems. While Mediaocean picked up the mantle of both entities’ attempts to bring online media buying methods to traditional TV, Mediaocean CEO Bill Wise tells AdExchanger that the […]

  • Will The Merger Of DDS And MediaBank Into Mediaocean Benefit Media Buying?

    The recent merger of Donovan Data Systems and MediaBank into Mediaocean promises to usher in a long-awaited era of simplified, seamless workflow processes into media buying methods that have remained pretty much the same for decades. The deal, estimated at $1.5 billion, was struck last fall but took about six months for a regulatory review […]

  • MediaBank-DDS Merger Industry Reaction: Questions Remain About MediaOcean

    On Sunday, Donovan Data Systems and MediaBank announced their intention to combine their efforts as providers of back office systems that manage transactions across digital and traditional media buying channels. Read more. AdExchanger.com asked a selection of executives regarding their “take” on the proposed merger pending regulatory approval. Click below or scroll down for more: […]

  • Merger Talk: Wise And Batson Talk MediaOcean, Google And The Agency OS Concept

    On Sunday, The Wall Street Journal’s Emily Steel reported that Donovan Data Systems and MediaBank have decided to merge into a new company called MediaOcean, as the new company looks to create what it calls an operating system for advertising while it looks to stave off formidable competition from Google. Read more on AdExchanger.com. The […]

  • MediaBank's Bauschard And AdBuyer's Ogilvie Discuss Post-Acquisition Strategy And More

    John Bauschard is President of MediaBank Marketplaces and Tim Ogilvie is CEO of AdBuyer.com which was acquired by agency systems company, MediaBank, last week. Ogilvie becomes MediaBank’s new SVP of Product. Read the press release. The two discussed the acquisition and the strategy going-forward. Click below or scroll for more: Why MediaBank Is Buying AdBuyer […]

  • Demand-Side Platform AdBuyer.com Acquired By MediaBank; Attribution Holy Grail Looms

    CEO Bill Wise’s MediaBank announced today that it has acquired demand-side platform AdBuyer.com (Read AdExchanger.com Q&As from 2009 and 2010). According to the MediaBank press release: “MediaBank will make the AdBuyer platform available to MediaBank partners via the MediaBank O|X and A|V media management systems, and will expand AdBuyer’s cross-channel capabilities across all major media—creating […]