Verizon Media is expanding its omnichannel programmatic platform, forging an advanced TV partnership with DISH Media in which Verizon Media’s demand-side platform (DSP) will provide automated access to DISH’s household addressable ad inventory. The deal enables advertisers to access traditional linear channels alongside pure-play CTV/OTT media, including SLING TV, driving meaningful connection and monetisation across […]
Digital media measurement, data and analytics software platform DoubleVerify has confirmed the beta launch of its custom contextual targeting solution. The solution lets advertisers execute contextual targeting within their campaigns and is intended to assist advertisers with compliance with global initiatives such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer […]
Ad company Xandr is the the next candidate for reducing AT&T’s $150 billion+ debt, according to Reuters. Xandr came out of AT&T’s $1.6 billion acquisition of ad tech firm AppNexus in 2018. It is meant to give advertisers targeting through AT&T consumer data across phone, Internet and TV services. AT&T spent $135 billion including the […]
Findings from video advertising platform Unruly suggest that Connected TV (CTV) advertising performs better than linear TV across key indicators. The company’s research investigates consumer attitudes
UK commercial PSB ITV is to partner with identity infrastructure provider InfoSum as part of a new first-party data strategy that will make its 30 million ITV Hub subscribers available for advertisers to match against and activate as target audiences via a secure and compliant solution without either party needing to exchange first party data […]
Digital media measurement, data and analytics software platform DoubleVerify (DV) has released its 2020 Global Insights Report, providing a market-by-market benchmark on the current and future state of media quality for global advertisers. In developing the report, DV analysed data from advertisers representing over 2,000 brands across 80 countries, from May 2019 to April 2020. […]
A research study, The Power of CTV: Reaching Persuadable Voters in 2020, from omnichannel sell-side advertising platform Magnite identifies Connected TV (CTV) advertising as an essential channel for political campaigns to influence “persuadable” voters, the 30 per cent of eligible voters who identify as independent or undecided ahead of the 2020 elections. Key findings include:
Synamedia, the independent video software provider, has unveiledd Iris, a new addressable advertising solution. Iris will create addressable advertising opportunities for pay-TV and broadcasters as well as OTT and hybrid service providers to unlock new revenue streams. As demand for more targeted TV advertising increases, they can use Iris to help create compelling advertising propositions […]
Leading trade associations and companies representing every sector of the global advertising industry have joined together to launch the Partnership for Responsible Addressable Media, an initiative to advance and protect critical functionalities such as customisation and analytics for digital media and advertising, while safeguarding privacy and improving the consumer experience. The governing group of the […]
The digital advertising industry’s two leading anti-fraud and brand safety organisations, the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) and Joint Industry Committee for Web Standards (JICWEBS), are to merge. Mike Zaneis will serve as CEO for the combined organisation – which will carry the TAG name – while JICWEBS’s Jules Kendrick will take the new role of […]