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Advertisers are starting to gravitate toward attention as a way to measure a campaign’s impact on the lower funnel, including conversion rate. Luxury car manufacturer Audi recently experimented with using attention metrics to algorithmically adjust programmatic bidding on ad inventory based on the amount of attention those ad placements are likely to draw. Audi then measured the impact high-attention placements had on post-click conversions.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Shake-Up At Nielsen Nielsen just can’t catch a break. First, Nielsen lost its MRC accreditation. Now the company is undergoing a massive reorg – and some industry folks are worried Nielsen might miss a very important deadline. Nielsen’s revamped measurement platform, Nielsen ONE, […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. A New Day, A New Apple Apple engineers are preparing to support third-party app stores on iPhones and iPads, Bloomberg reports.  But this is not a change of heart on Apple’s part. Apple is simply following the law. A new rule in the […]

Brands are starting to look at video games as an inventory source, but there’s no scaled programmatic infrastructure to help aggregate supply in video games. And so that’s where in-game ad platform Bidstack is focusing its road map.  “We’re moving toward being a gaming SSP, a pure tech play,” Bidstack Founder and CEO James Draper told AdExchanger.

After a five-year run as GM of Comcast-owned video ad tech platform FreeWheel, Dave Clark made the jump to programmatic ad platform TripleLift, which hired him as CEO in October. Clark spoke to AdExchanger about TripleLift’s IPO plans, how close its ambitious CTV ad formats are to market and more.

Ad tech saw almost 1,500 M&As between 2020 and 2021. So is this consolidation trend here to stay? It looks like it’s a resounding yes, writes Matthew Papa, SVP of business and corporate development at Captify.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Suite Smell Of Success Xandr CTO Ben John and EVP and GM Mike Welch recently shed some light on how Xandr plans to win in the CTV and video ad-serving market, which is essentially new to Xandr and a capability it’s building […]

As consumer behavior continues to evolve, so do the opportunities and challenges for today’s marketers. Consumers who used to be easy to reach are now much more challenging to connect with in a consistent, contextually relevant, privacy-compliant manner. And true business results are difficult signals to extract from the noise.

After two years of lost revenues, travel-focused publishers are eager to maximize a post-pandemic recovery. BoardingArea, a publisher network that includes more than 60 travel blogs, isn’t just banking on a return to normal, said its founder Randy Petersen. After weathering the pandemic, BoardingArea is betting on revenue diversification and a revamped programmatic tech stack for its future growth.

This article is based on interviews with participants. Martin Kihn speaks to all the main players. It was inspired by Microsoft’s supposedly surprising selection as Netflix’s ad tech partner. But driven by the acquisition of AT&T’s Xandr, that’s just the latest chapter in a breathtaking adventure of pivots, write-downs, partnerships and potential.