Peter Naylor

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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Attribution vs. Contribution Ad platform over-attribution is boiling over right now for frustrated marketers. Walled garden platforms aren’t new, but server-side data plugins by Google and Meta, plus the explosion of retail media walled gardens, mean brands might see a dozen platforms claim full […]

Netflix’s ad-supported tier is finally gaining some traction, in part because of anti-account sharing tactics. Now, the streaming giant needs to focus on the features that advertisers are demanding.

Netflix addressed advertiser frustration with its lack of measurement and targeting at its first-ever upfront this week. Nielsen’s Digital Ad Ratings and EDO outcomes-based measurement will both be available to Netflix advertisers this year.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Tightening The Net Netflix’s 15- or 30-second ads between TV-quality content is what CTV advertisers want from streaming media.  Peter Naylor, Netflix’s first-ever ad sales leader, touted differentiators in its pitch to ad buyers.  For one, some broadcasters mix streaming and linear, Naylor […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Dissing And Dismissing Quelle surprise. On Monday, Google filed a motion to dismiss the Justice Department’s antitrust case over Google’s dominance over the online advertising market. The DOJ sued Google in January alleging that the behemoth – sorry, the company – not only […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Trust But Verify An Instagram fraud scheme used free-to-set-up music creator personas on Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer and a spattering of sponsored posts and press releases to convince Instagram to dish out blue-check verifications to hundreds of undeserving or outright fraudulent accounts since […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Get The Net Netflix isn’t just vetting third-party vendors for its pre-launch ad business (though it is vetting vendors, to be clear).  The streaming leader is on the hunt for an executive to lead its incubating advertising business, The Wall Street Journal reports.  […]

Snap is bringing more machine learning into the media buying process on its platform. Although the release is not directly related to signal loss due to Apple’s AppTrackingTransparency framework, the move should help attract performance advertisers to the app. On Tuesday, Snap said advertisers can now buy multiple ad format types within a single ad […]

What are advertisers looking for during this year’s NewFronts? In Peter Naylor’s view, they want alternatives as audiences move away from commercially supported broadcast and cable to ad-free viewing environments. “The old ways are contracting and the old plays aren’t getting the same results as they used to,” said Naylor, Snap’s VP of Americas and […]

Snap’s First Commercial, a reach product that advertisers can use to position their message so that it’s the first ad Snapchat users see when they open the app, is now generally available, Snap said on Tuesday during Advertising Week. The ad is up to six seconds long and unskippable. First Commercial launched in the United […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Ad Tech Oscars The 2020 AdExchanger Awards finalists were announced on Thursday. “Best In-House Media Operation” pits some of the best-known brands in the world: Bayer, Disney Parks and Experiences, Sprint, Nestlé and Uber. It’s also no surprise that finalists exhibiting the best […]

Hulu told advertisers at its upfront on Wednesday that it’s reached the 20-million-subscriber mark. While 20 million subscribers is a lot smaller than rivals Netflix (125 million subs) and Amazon Prime (100 million subs), Hulu is ad-supported and only in the US. Ad-supported subscribers are up 40% this year to 40 million viewers, said Hulu’s […]

  TV buying is becoming more data-driven, even on the linear side. But buyers and sellers are questioning whether audience targeting works on the medium. “’Should TV be bought on an audience basis?’ is still an outstanding question,” Donna Speciale, president of ad sales at Turner, said Wednesday at AdExchanger’s Industry Preview conference in New […]

As more networks like HBO and WWE Network develop a la carte streaming services, competing streaming video or TV providers (and some e-commerce companies, for that matter) are pressed to develop good content that resonates with subscribers. Hulu, which pulled in about $1 billion in revenue in 2013 and has over 6 million Hulu Plus members, airs […]

About seven days ahead of last week’s NewFronts digital content showcases held by Yahoo, Aol, The Weather Company, Blip, Digitas and others, NBC Universal tried to get a jump on things with its own interactive presentation, which it dubbed “Digital.Amplified.” Although it was a participant in the NewFronts last year, the feeling this year was […]