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Why The Open Marketplace Will Provide Value To Both Buy & Sell Sides In CTV

"On TV & Video" is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.  Today's column is by Paul Gubbins, VP, CTV Strategy, Publica. While definitions of what actually constitutes a connected TV (CTV) impression are still being widely debated, brand safety companies discover new cases of fraud in streaming on a regular... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger Guest Columnist // October 4th, 2021 //
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You Down With OTT? The MRC Says It’s Now CTV

The Media Rating Council (MRC) may have stripped Nielsen of its National and Local TV accreditation last week, but it also made another significant announcement: It is now defining over-the-top as connected TV. The MRC issued final measurement guidelines on August 30 for CTV. The guidelines, first established with the IAB in 2018 in order... Continue reading »
by Tony Rifilato // September 8th, 2021 //
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MMI Says It Uncovered CTV Fraud Costing Advertisers $20 Million Per Month

Ad measurement and verification company Method Media Intelligence uncovered a connected TV fraud scheme that it says rakes in $10 million a month in ad revenue. The scheme, dubbed “RapidFire,” feeds counterfeit bid requests into ad exchanges running open auctions for CTV inventory. Like many multimillion video fraud scams, RapidFire targets server-side ad insertion (SSAI)... Continue reading »
by Tony Rifilato // August 27th, 2021 //
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CTV Fraud Is Changing, DoubleVerify Finds

Ad fraud in connected TV saw a 12% drop this year to .4%, a sign that ad buyers have been proactive following a number of high-profile schemes over the past several years that bilked them out of millions. A new report by ad verification provider DoubleVerify looked at post-bid data and more than a trillion... Continue reading »
by Tony Rifilato // July 8th, 2021 //
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After Methbot Conviction, Ad Industry Zeroes In On CTV As Fraud Hotspot

Following this month’s conviction of Aleksandr Zhukov – the ringleader of an ad fraud scam called Methbot that bilked digital advertisers out of more than $7 million five years ago – industry leaders said that such scams are becoming more frequent in connected TV (CTV) and are often tied to larger cybercrime operations. Leaders from... Continue reading »
by Tony Rifilato // June 14th, 2021 //
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UK Launches Antitrust Probe Into Apple; Political Ads Return To Facebook

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Bite Of The Apple Another day, another platform, another investigation. This time, Apple is under scrutiny by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the UK’s antitrust regulator, over whether Apple “imposes unfair or anticompetitive conditions on app developers.” According to The Wall Street Journal,... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // March 5th, 2021 //
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How Aniview Fends Off The Bot Attacks In CTV

"On TV And Video" is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. With CTV ad spending in the United States expected to increase from $8.1 billion in 2020 to $11.4 billion this year, scammers are following the money. In the midst of an OTT boom that has created more opportunities for fraudsters, ad fraud detection... Continue reading »
by Tony Rifilato // March 1st, 2021 //
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Flashtalking Acquires Protected Media To Bolster OTT Fraud Detection Services

Independent global ad server Flashtalking said on Tuesday that it has acquired Israeli-based ad fraud detection specialist Protected Media as it makes a bigger push into the OTT space. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the acquisition was made with a mix of cash and stock. The deal allows Flashtalking to offer verification,... Continue reading »
by Tony Rifilato // February 23rd, 2021 //
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DoubleVerify Uncovers Largest CTV Ad Fraud Scheme To Date

Ad verification company DoubleVerify has uncovered a massive CTV ad fraud scheme that was on track to bilk advertisers and publishers out of $30 million to $50 million in ad spend. The scam, dubbed “ParrotTerra,” used server-side ad insertion to generate fake CTV inventory across a large number of apps, IPs and devices, spoofing 3.7... Continue reading »
by Tony Rifilato // February 3rd, 2021 //
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Oracle Uncovers Large CTV Ad Fraud Operation

Enterprise tech giant Oracle said it shut down the largest ad fraud scam in the connected TV space that bilked advertisers and publishers out of $14.5 million in ad spending. Oracle Moat – the company’s business that provides measurement and ad verification solutions across digital and TV – said the fraudsters exploited flaws in CTV... Continue reading »
by Tony Rifilato // December 18th, 2020 //
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