Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. RocketFuel Reports According to a press release, privately-held ad network RocketFuel says that its revenues grew 10x in Q3 in comparison to the same quarter in 2009. In addition, “the company is profitable and has reached a $30 million run rate” with 65 employees […]
Rob Gorrie is CEO of Adcentricity, a digital out-of-home (OOH) ad network. AdExchanger.com: Why did you decide to get into the out-of-home business? What intrigued you? RG: When it really comes down to it, I didn’t decide to get into Digital-Out-of-Home; it was never my intent. A couple of years ago we saw a convergence […]
Dave Gross is CEO of Connexity, an online advertising network. AdExchanger.com: What did you learn at Fastclick (sold to Valueclick in 2005) that you’re bringing with you to Connexity? DG: How to simultaneously improve yield for both advertising and publishing clients through increased ad relevance. The market has matured, somewhat, and there are a lot […]
On Monday, Undertone announced that it had acquired Jambo Media, a supplier “of online video advertising distribution and technology with more than 17 million unique viewers per month [according to Comscore for Sept. 2010].” Read more. CEO Mike Cassidy discussed the acquisition and his company’s move deeper into the digital video ad space. Why is […]
Krux Digital released its cross-industry study which it says shows “that data collection on publisher websites is pervasive, sophisticated, and on the rise.” From the study: “31% of all data collection is initiated by entities other than the publishers themselves. (…And,) 55% of all third party data collectors employ standard technical methods to usher in […]
Damon Reeve is CEO of Unanimis, a UK-based digital advertising network and wholly-owned by Orange France Telecom Group. AdExchanger.com: Please provide a bit of background on Unanimis. DR: For the first few years, 2001 to around 2005, Unanimis was primarily a site representation business. We worked with premium, well‑branded sites – ebay, lastminute.com, londonstockexchange.com, Ticketmaster […]
Interclick reported on Tuesday a record Q3 2010 and announced that founder/president Michael Katz will assume the CEO title. Highlights from the earnings release include 84% year-over-year revenue growth and a 68% increase in gross profit to $12.2 million. Read the earnings release (PDF). Reuters reports that the company is expecting Q4 to be even […]
Today on the Yahoo! Advertising blog, Yahoo! announced its new “Personalized Retargeting” product which it claims can “turn prospects into customers at an even higher rate than standard retargeting—and you’ll only pay for clicks or conversions.” In addition the company announced the rebranding of its ad network calling it the ‘Yahoo! Network Plus’ ad network, […]
Gurbaksh Chahal is CEO of RadiumOne, an online advertising network. You’re back on the ad network scene with your newest company after a successful and very lucrative exit with Blue Lithium when it was sold to Yahoo!. Why? Why not kick back? GC: To sit still is not in my DNA. I sold my first […]
“The Video Audience” is a column written by members of the media community and focused on the evolving world of online video advertising. Today’s column is written by Mike Gaffney, CRO, at Auditude. Television advertising dollars are starting to follow consumers and move online in a meaningful way. We will examine three strategies that digital […]
Adi Orzel is CEO of Xtend Media, an online display advertising network. Orzel recently updated AdExchanger.com on his company’s progress in the past year. AdExchanger.com: About a year ago, you suggested that there was a growing importance to the demand-side platform model and exchanges in XTEND media’s business. Where do you stand today in this […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Audience Buying Is King, Kinda AdWeek’s Brian Morrissey says that buying is moving from placement to the end user as audience buying swarms the digital display ad world. He writes, “Here’s how it works: Advertisers can hook into large ad exchanges and set a […]
Earlier in the week, Travel Ad Network (TAN) announced a Series C round of funding led by StarVest Partners. TAN consists of “more than 36 million monthly unique visitors worldwide” through its ad network of travel-related websites. Read the release. Travel Ad Network CEO Brian Silver discussed the funding process and the vertical ad network […]
Last Thursday’s blowout quarter from Google included several highlights announced on the conference call (see transcript from Seeking Alpha): Search Retargeting – CEO Eric Schmidt still says “no”: “We have a pretty strong opinion that we are not going to do very much of it. The reason is that we take our end user data […]
“The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Tom Chavez is Founder and CEO of Krux Digital, an advertising technology company. According to recent analysis (PDF) presented by Tolman Geffs of JEGI, in 2011, roughly 30% of the ~$10 billion in display advertising spend will be via audience-based buying, representing […]
Jay Samit is CEO of SVnetwork, a social ad network. AdExchanger.com: How does your previous experience inform the vision and strategy for SVnetwork? Coming from a company that spent over a billion dollars each year on advertising, I was searching for a better way for brands to connect with their consumers. We needed a platform […]
“The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Tyler Fitch is Director of Yield Management at Mindjolt, an online games company. First, a disclaimer from me: In order to effectively optimize inventory, a publisher must have 100% transparency of their own inventory by page, country, and frequency. Too many […]
Ed Montes is CEO of Adnetik, an online advertising targeting and trading company. AdExchanger.com: Let’s begin with you. What are your responsibilities as CEO of Adnetik today? EM: One, I set the vision for the company. Two, I attract, retain, and recruit the best talent for the company. And three, I make sure there’s money […]
Iggy Fanlo is CEO of AdBrite, an online advertising exchange. The company rolled out new branding and announced video pre-roll inventory was now available in the AdBrite exchange. Read the release. AdExchanger.com: AdBrite has been quiet for the past year – up until now. Why? IF: We’ve been working feverishly on developing world class capabilities. […]
Ari Jacoby is CEO of Solve Media, an online ad technology company. AdExchanger.com: Where did the idea come for Solve Media? Why the name change from Ad Copy? AJ: We spoke with over 200 CMO’s and senior agency folks who told us that display click through rates were tiny and they needed a solution to […]
Publicis VivaKi’s Pool efforts appear to be paying off. ClickZ’s Jack Marshall reports that Google’s YouTube will add VivaKi’s Pool video ad format, known as the “ASq video advertising unit”, and joins Hulu, AOL, and Yahoo which had already announced adoption of the format in August. VivaKi’s video ad methodology allows consumers to select their […]
Demand-side platform [x+1] and creative optimization technology company Tumri announced a “new retail-focused solution, Shopper Retargeting, [which]combines Tumri’s dynamic creative technology platform with [x+1]’s digital media optimization capabilities to deliver personalized ad retargeting.” Read the release. [x+1] vp of media strategy and CMO Perianne Grignon and Tumri president David Kim discussed the new partnership. AdExchanger.com: […]
Dilip DaSilva is CEO of Tribal Fusion, a digital marketing solutions company and division of Exponential. Where do you position and differentiate Tribal Fusion today in the marketplace? Is it starting to take on agency skill sets? Our key differentiator is seamless integration of inventory, data, and technology to create customized solutions for each industry […]
Search and display ad platform provider, Efficient Frontier, has announced the integration of Facebook Ads into its platform. Efficient Frontier CEO David Karnstedt said in the press release, “While other players in the market may now provide Facebook advertising to their clients, they are not truly optimizing across the other channels to improve performance in […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. FTC Cop Likes Ad Personalization Ad Age’s Edmund Lee interviews David Vladeck, who is described as “the man who in many ways is in charge of policing the internet for the Federal Trade Commission.” Apparently, the FTC internet cop likes the data-driven world of […]
Earlier this week, Criteo announced its new display ad, bidding platform which allows ecommerce display advertisers to bid on a CPC basis by category. Read the release. Criteo CEO JB Rudelle discussed the update to his company’s display advertising platform. What problem is this new update to the Criteo platform solving for the eCommerce marketer […]
Rocket Fuel announced that it has raised another round of financing led by Nokia Growth Partners. Read the release. Rocket Fuel Inc. CEO George John talked about the new funds and company plans. AdExchanger.com: Having Nokia Growth Partners as a strategic partner and lead investor in this round would seems to indicate that Rocket Fuel […]
Last Thursday Brand.net announced the launch of “MFP On Demand, the demand-side interface to its Media Futures Platform, in partnership with Digitas and one of its largest customers.” Read the release. Brand.net COO Andy Atherton discussed the new platform and its implications for the company as well as the futures and market concepts. How will […]
Andy Monfried is CEO of Lotame, an advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: Lotame is on the Comscore list of ad networks? Overall, how do you position and differentiate Lotame today? AM: That’s a great question, and the answer is: It depends. For example, some agencies work with us as a one-stop shop for media procurement, creative […]
Upfront week is officially over. In case you missed any of the dog-and-pony shows — including Chappell Roan belting out “Pink Pony Club” during YouTube’s Broadcast — don’t worry; we’ve got you covered.
During upfronts, publishers flexed their ad performance muscles at media buyers all week long in an effort to appeal to the biggest demands media buyers have during their upfront negotiations: flexibility and results.
TelevisaUnivision and Disney took over Day Two of upfronts week in New York City on Tuesday, and the throughline was data quality.
Warner Bros. Discovery used its upfront stage to announce two new ad measurement efforts, including that it’s joining a CAPI-focused initiative led by OpenAP.
AdExchanger Senior Editor Alyssa Boyle and Associate Editor Victoria McNally traversed the island of Manhattan on Monday to scope out upfront presentations by NBCUniversal, Fox and Amazon.
Viant’s modest growth story took a backseat to a far louder claim: that fed-up advertisers are finally ready to ditch the rigged economics of Big Tech’s walled gardens.
