This article is sponsored by InMobi Exchange. Addressability – how brands can reach specific audiences through advertising – is in the spotlight, as legal frameworks (GPDR, CCPA) and privacy initiatives (Google no longer supporting third-party cookies, Apple depreciating IDFAs) impact user-level targeting. On top of this, the consumer media landscape is now more fragmented than […]
This article is sponsored by Xandr. To an outsider, advertising can often be perceived as glorified and theatrical. While at times true, in reality advertising is the means to an end for a particular business goal. The goals vary across industries. In healthcare, for example, it might be educating communities about COVID vaccinations, while in […]
This article is sponsored by the Post-IDFA Alliance, including Chartboost, Fyber, InMobi, Liftoff, Singular, Adcolony and Vungle. When it comes to the impending App Tracking and Transparency (ATT) framework that is included in the iOS 14.5 update, everyone has their own opinion. There are those who believe Apple has truly altruistic motives to deliver greater […]
This article is sponsored by Xandr. We have all encountered the problem: What’s promised is not always what’s delivered. In the past decade, advertisers have seen a seismic shift in how consumers receive media. With more on-demand services added every year, the future of entertainment is becoming evident. This change comes with many challenges, but […]
This article is sponsored by Criteo. Since mandated quarantines and reduced in-store shopping first became our reality early in 2020, global ecommerce has experienced a rapid rise. There have been millions of first-time ecommerce buyers, and as consumers have become accustomed to the convenience of the e-commerce experience, it is likely the new shopping behaviors […]
This article is sponsored by the Post-IDFA Alliance including Chartboost, Fyber, InMobi, Liftoff, Singular, Adcolony and Vungle. With the iOS 14.5 update rapidly approaching later this month, many advertisers are preparing for the worst. Who can blame them? At this point, they’ve heard the warnings about unmeasurable ad inventory and slow publisher adoption of the […]
This article is sponsored by Oracle. If you spent most of 2020 counting down the days until 2021, then you’re not alone. For marketers, and almost everyone else for that matter, 2021 represents a hopeful restart – a potential shift back to normalcy, where budgets return to their pre-pandemic levels, plans are executed at a […]
This article is sponsored by LiveRamp. After an unprecedented 2020, this year has already seen a series of announcements around the impending end of third-party cookies, restrictions on mobile IDs and potential solutions. As the ad ecosystem evolves rapidly, it’s clear there is an immediate need for identity solutions that restore consumer trust, are durable […]
This article is sponsored by the Post-IDFA Alliance including Chartboost, Fyber, InMobi, Liftoff, Singular, Adcolony and Vungle. Last June, Apple announced the beginning of the end for the Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) at the app level. Starting with the upcoming iOS 14.5 update, app publishers, DSPs and mobile measurement partners will no longer have default […]
This article is sponsored by Publica. Traditional analog TV relied upon broadcast signals such as amplitude, phase and frequency to scale in the early days of television. It was this infrastructure, coupled with programming schedules, that enabled marketers to invest in TV media for the first time in 1941. Now, 80 years later, the TV […]
This article is sponsored by Tubi. Over the last few years, streaming has become a cultural force – changing the way entire segments of the population navigate and consume TV. Seventy-nine percent of people now report using streaming services to watch TV, according to a recent MRI Simmons Cord Evolution Study. Another study by eMarketer […]
This article is sponsored by Verizon Media. The future of television is here, and it’s evolving by the day. That’s the narrative you’ve likely heard if you’re following the emerging market for over-the-top video (OTT) and connected television (CTV). Both have seen meteoric growth in 2020, with CTV advertising spend in the United States up […]
This article is sponsored by Xandr. In today’s resource-constrained world, marketers and agencies are paying more attention to how far their digital investment goes. While each buy-side customer will have a slightly different mix of goals for their digital campaigns, three overarching areas of focus are emerging: Supply path advantage: First, marketers and agencies need […]
This article is sponsored by Criteo. As brands have reevaluated how they communicate in unprecedented times, agencies have spent the better part of 2020 adapting their strategies to fit into this new reality. Understanding changes in consumer behavior, improving the consumer experience and fostering industrywide collaboration have each emerged as key initiatives in service of […]
This article is sponsored by Kidoodle.TV The majority of the world’s children are still not back in classrooms. They stream videos and connect with teachers on platforms designed for adults. With kids accessing an increasing amount of content on desktop, mobile, CTV and gaming consoles, it is essential that the ad industry collaborate with regulators […]
This article is sponsored by Xandr. In about a year, more than 56 million US households will be cord cutters or cord nevers, making CTV and OTT a must-have medium for advertisers to tell their stories at scale. Coupling this with programmatic’s ease of transacting and flexibility, CTV and OTT programmatic ad spend is on […]
This article is sponsored by Criteo Retail Media. Ecommerce was on the rise long before COVID-19 upended the traditional brick-and-mortar retail experience. Even as shopping restrictions loosen in some parts of the country, many retailers and brands have watched online shopping behaviors continue to accelerate. According to an August report from McKinsey, most consumers […]
This article is sponsored by Verizon Media. Right now, the digital publishing industry is under intense pressure. A rapidly evolving digital ad market, combined with the unique challenges created by a global pandemic, have changed the way many digital publishers are thinking about their businesses. While media consumption continues to increase, it’s no longer enough […]
This article is sponsored by Moat by Oracle Data Cloud. When it comes to TV commercials, the difference between a successful ad and a failure can be difficult to pin down. Sometimes the timing was wrong, or the target demographic was off – and other times the message simply didn’t resonate. Whatever the reason, advertising […]
This article is sponsored by Xandr. As OTT continues to gain popularity, the industry is developing a road map of improvements that will need to be completed before advertisers and publishers can truly achieve programmatic success. Just as many SSPs have begun to make changes to support OTT, DSPs must also make substantial investments to […]
This article is sponsored by Moat by Oracle Data Cloud. The global pandemic of 2020 has had far-reaching economic effects – with few industries spared from the need for quick adaptation. The television advertising market, for one, has already seen stay-at-home orders contribute to the first increase in traditional television viewership since 2012. Yet upfront […]
This article is sponsored by Xandr. Nearly one-third of TV and streaming viewership now takes place through OTT platforms – an increase of 23% over last year according to Xandr’s 2020 Relevance Report and eMarketer. But capitalizing on this shift is about more than simply expanding OTT ad inventory. Publishers who wish to maximize OTT’s […]
This article is sponsored by Verizon Media. We are living in a world few saw coming as recently as six months ago. In a climate where making long-term predictions is all but impossible, even the savviest marketers are being forced to rethink their media strategies around ever-changing consumer behaviors. With more to lose – and […]
This article is sponsored by Xandr. Recent growth in streaming video viewership around the world has been stunning, leading many advertisers to question how and where to reallocate or complement linear TV budgets, or extend digital display and video into streaming video. But the landscape is rife with confusing acronyms, layers of opaque content licensing […]
This article is sponsored by Criteo. Consider being suddenly plunged into unfamiliar territory. Tom Hanks’ character surveying his island in “Castaway” comes to mind. Whether you’re alone on an island or are a publisher contemplating your next move, it’s essential to identify the elements for survival. Since we don’t yet have the full set of tools to face a future with […]
The reigning paradigm for media exchange – serving free content in exchange for relevant advertising – depends on cookies. With the depreciation of the third-party browser cookie, the infrastructure for the open web will lose its cornerstone, opening digital media to a new era. The opportunity to build a new infrastructure for media exchange has […]
This article is sponsored by Experian. Identifying the right prospects has always been an important first step for any successful marketing campaign, but in the current COVID-19 landscape – and the new normal that will soon follow – it’s crucial to connect with the right audience. The pandemic has created a fluid situation for people, […]
This article is sponsored by TransUnion Connected consumers have an unprecedented ability to decide what content they consume and how it’s accessed. This empowerment has fueled a growing demand for personalized experiences, with 76% of consumers expecting companies to understand their needs, according to research from Salesforce. Brands are achieving that deeper understanding in part […]
This article is sponsored by Publishers Clearing House. Now that Google has helped put a firm date on the death of the third-party cookie (within the next two years) many publishers are prioritizing the acquisition of new first-party data assets via logged-in users. At the heart of these efforts is the question of value exchange: […]
This article is sponsored by Verizon Media. Up until recently, brands looking to break through the heavily saturated digital advertising ecosystem adopted third-party cookies as the anchor for behavioral and interest-based targeting. Even two years ago, spend on third-party data was still rapidly increasing – by 17.5% to $19.2 billion, according to a 2018 study […]
