Ad Tech
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CTV Roundup
Netflix Put Its Own Spin On The Upfronts To Pique Advertiser Interest
In addition to taking execs through its plans to launch its own ad platform, Netflix hosted a separate event open to the press to showcase its content as part of its efforts to stand out to advertisers.
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The Big Story
Measuring Muck
Made-for-advertising (MFA) sites are roosting in reputable publishers’ subdomains. IDs are declared inconsistently. And the established third-party measurement companies are sitting on the sidelines.
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Marketers
YouTube Is Invading The Living Room
TV programmers have long looked down their noses at YouTube. User-generated content isn’t as premium as their prestige programming, or so their argument goes. YouTube, for its part, has long attempted to pitch itself to advertisers as not only just as good as TV, but, in many cases, more effective. At its Brandcast presentation on […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
How Mobile’s Focus On Performance Helps It Avoid The MFA Problem
Much has been said and written in recent months on the made-for-advertising (MFA) phenomenon, or the diversion of ad dollars from legitimate publishers to sites that exist purely to sell ads at a higher cost than the traffic they acquire. We know MFAs are a big problem on the open web. But what about mobile, […]
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Marketers
It’s Time For Buyers To Ditch Vanity Metrics And Start Collaborating With The Sell Side
Andrea Kwiatek will be presenting at Programmatic I/O, taking place May 20-22 in Las Vegas. Get your tickets here. If marketers weren’t so obsessed with vanity metrics like viewability and click-through rate (CTR), the open internet would have less of a media quality problem. Buyers could solve many of the issues they have with the […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
A Pragmatic Approach To Banishing MFA From The Supply Chain
The open web stands as a testament to freedom of communication, innovation and the collective pursuit of knowledge. However, lurking within our dynamic ecosystem is a growing threat: the proliferation of made-for-advertising (MFA) publishers. These entities are simply not publishers. They’re better described as master traffic arbitragers that exploit the system for profit without contributing […]
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Online Advertising
Adalytics Claims Colossus SSP Is Misdeclaring IDs In Its Bid Requests
Call it another colossal error in the long history of ad tech spoofing. Colossus SSP, a DEI-focused supply-side platform owned by Direct Digital Holdings (DDH), is the subject of Adalytics’ latest report released Friday. Through matching data logs and the Chrome developer toolkit, it documented the SSP repeatedly misrepresenting IDs in openRTB fields. What’s more, […]
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CTV Roundup
Programmers And Platforms Make One Last Plea For Ad Dollars Ahead Of The Upfronts
Programmers are using their Q1 earnings reports as a dress rehearsal for their upfront pitches. Meanwhile, programmatic platforms, including Magnite and PubMatic, also had upfronts in mind during their Q1 earnings.
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The Big Story
Data Dazzles Ahead Of The TV Upfronts
Will data dazzle media buyers at this year’s TV upfronts? Plus: Why recent changes to Google search results have decimated traffic for some digital publishers – and rewarded others.
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Online Advertising
The Trade Desk Reframes Its Open Internet Vision As ‘The Premium Internet’
The Trade Desk delivered another smash earnings report. What’s new? The company’s total revenue in Q1 was $491 million, a 28% increase from last year, and net income (i.e., profit) jumped from $9 million in Q1 2023 to $32 million this quarter. Consistent revenue growth and profit has become the norm for TTD, which reported […]
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