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Three themes dominated our coverage this year: consolidation, transparency and measurement.

Broadcasters and brands love the idea of applying digital targeting to CTV ad campaigns. But there are still roadblocks stopping CTV advertisers from fully embracing programmatic, including price and transparency (or the lack thereof).

With last year’s lingering slide in ad spend, PubMatic sees itself playing the long game by innovating in CTV and retail media, leaning into the SPO trend and adopting cookieless tech.

Why are publishers accepting this reality – in which The Trade Desk is now bidding below floors and, in many cases, bypassing the sell-side vendor ecosystem altogether with OpenPath – without batting an eyelash?

Yahoo Backstage, a sorta SSP, is emblematic of a­n SPO trend that hops over either DSPs or SSPs. Plus: a primer on the ecommerce ad metrics and tools changing how marketers buy digitally, from ACOS to TROAS to cost capping.

While Backstage does cut out SSPs for the most part, it also resurrects some aspects of Yahoo’s own SSP tech.

Programmatic platforms are still unclear whether supply-path optimization is a way to compete or cooperate with each other.

CTV is entirely its own thing. Doggedly following display practices can cost you time and money.

If ad tech were a medical patient, a doctor would diagnose it with, among its other ailments, a bloat problem – specifically, bidstream bloat.

PubMatic reported meager YOY revenue growth in Q2, up just a smidge to $63.3 million from $63 million in Q2 of last year.

Magnite increased its purchase data reservoir through a partnership with Attain, a purchase data company. But the data upgrade is restricted to ClearLine.

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It’s possible to improve your efficiency as a publisher while also reducing your carbon footprint, with no cost to revenue.

Supply-path optimization conjures an image of SSPs and DSPs dueling it out to each render the other obsolete. But it’s actually not that dramatic.

In addition to buy-side integrations, content curation, proprietary ad formats and flexible pricing models are also helping set SSPs apart.

Cutting out hops in the supply chain means skipping over a DSP or an SSP – especially for video inventory. Plus, inside Cadent’s bid for bankrupt SSP EMX.

On the heels of the launch of its latest supply-path optimization product, PubMatic posted $55.4 million in Q1 revenue, growing 2% YOY.

Among the most frequent benefits touted with SPO is improved efficiency. When costs are reduced while maintaining effectiveness, greater return on ad spend is achieved. But, asks InMarket’s Joshua Koran, is it really that simple?

The 2024 election will break advertising and fundraising records, with the Presidential election, every seat in the House and a razor-thin Senate majority on the line.  Ad Impact, a political research company, forecasts 2024 US political cycle spend to cross the $10 billion mark for the first time ever. But with that kind of money […]

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The TV term du jour is supply-path optimization. And SSPs in particular are under intense pressure to carve out competitive edges.

The supply-path optimization trend is catching on with video publishers, including the AVOD platform Future Today.

Supply-side platforms are under intense pressure to prove unique value or hit the chopping block. And Magnite is using connected TV as its competitive edge.

TV fragmentation is only getting worse. And, according to FreeWheel’s newly promoted chief product officer, troubleshooting means simplification.

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How should the ad industry treat consumers’ call for data privacy? The IAB, ANA and 4A’s are at odds on how to tackle a thorny issue.

Havas Media named FreeWheel a preferred SSP partner for premium video for two reasons: transparency and supply path optimization.

The integration is the latest sign that agencies are getting serious about supply-path optimization (SPO) by forging direct relationships with SSPs. It also illustrates the need for SSPs to differentiate themselves from their peers by providing publishers and broadcasters with unique connections to demand sources.