Ad Tech
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Data-Driven Thinking
Rethinking Brand Safety In The Age Of Compulsive Media Experiences
The reason why TikTok will likely never face a full ban is also the strongest argument for why it should: It’s simply too effective at capturing attention. Beyond issues of geopolitical surveillance and data privacy lies a deeper, less-discussed concern: the quality of the attention platforms like TikTok capture and the methods used to capture […]
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Marketers
Google Tells Advertisers To Forget The Funnel And Buy More CTV Ads
According to Google, DV360 now reaches 98% of CTV households in the US and represents 5 billion hours of ad-supported watch time per month – roughly 40% more than The Trade Desk and 90% more than Amazon’s DSP.
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Online Advertising
Court Hearing Offers A Sneak Peek Of Potential Remedies For Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly
In April, Google was found guilty of operating a monopoly over ad tech. Now it’s time for the fix-it phase. On May 2, Judge Leonie Brinkema, who presided over the case, held a hearing in Alexandria, Virginia, where Google’s lawyers and attorneys from the Department of Justice convened to explore possible corrective measures to restore […]
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Online Advertising
Programmatic Leaders Who Testified In The DOJ’s Google Suit Are Vindicated, And Still Not Done
Search back and remember. I know it feels like a million years, but it’s actually just been a couple of weeks since US District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that Google has been operating an illegal monopoly in the publisher ad server and ad exchange markets. The 80-year-old Judge Brinkema could be a new figure […]
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The Big Story
The Tariffs And The TV Upfronts
Emarketer is predicting tariffs could lead to a $2.78 billion to $4 billion decline in linear TV upfront spending, but CTV spending will be flat to up. Emarketer analyst Ross Benes unpacks these findings. Plus: At the Possible conference, optimism reins.
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Data-Driven Thinking
Seeing Through The Smoke And Mirrors: Transparency In The AI Age
Transparency has become the currency of credibility in advertising. Larger holding companies and black box AI platforms must recognize that their opaque practices are no longer sustainable.
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Online Advertising
The Possible Show: Can It Possibly Be A Tentpole Already?
The dramatic art-filled lobby of Miami’s Hotel Fontainebleau was overtaken by the trappings of ad tech this week for the third-annual Possible conference, a show that has rapidly established itself as an influential industry event.
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Data-Driven Thinking
AI Is Everywhere, But Where Is It Really Adding Value?
Angelina Eng will be speaking at Programmatic IO in Las Vegas from May 19-21. Click here to register. AI has taken over the ad and media industry conversation. It’s in the room, the road map, the pitch, the QBR. If your company hasn’t mentioned AI in the last 48 hours, check for a pulse. But […]
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Online Advertising
As CTV Blooms, It’s Knives Out For The Trade Desk’s Take Rate
The Trade Desk’s (TTD) take rate has been one of the most sensitive topics in programmatic advertising for the past decade. From 2017 to the present, its take rate has hovered between 19% to 21%, a number The Trade Desk reports annually. Shortly after The Trade Desk’s IPO, founder and CEO Jeff Green told AdExchanger […]
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Marketers
How Shutterfly Used A Search-Powered Custom Algorithm To Zoom In On New Customers
Everyone in programmatic knows that the best way to drive outcomes is to use some kind of identifier … right? But a CTV campaign Shutterfly ran at the end of last year to promote its holiday gift packages and photo deals challenges that perception. Shutterfly’s goal was to uncover new pools of potential customers to […]