A collection of advertising technology companies have formed the mobile OpenRTB mobile committee which includes Nexage, PubMatic, Smaato, DataXu, Fluent Mobile, [x+1], and Jumptap. According to a release, “The group’s mission is to establish guidelines that enable technology platforms to build standard real-time bidding APIs with basic commonalities that increase the efficiency and speed of […]
Today, demand-side platform (DSP) DataXu formally announced its mobile DSP capabilities. According to an article by MediaPost’s Mark Walsh, “The new platform also promises features such as advanced targeting, optimization that automatically allocates ad spending most efficiently, improved attribution metrics and analytics reporting across both the mobile Web and mobile applications.” Read more. DataXu CEO […]
AdMeld‘s VP of Mobile Marc Theermann offers his version of the LUMA Partners ad tech ecosystem map – but for mobile display. Theermann says he does not pretend that the map is complete, but says it’s intended as a “first impression” which he promises to update regularly. He adds, “Online is 60x the size of […]
Mobile ad network Jumptap has announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Dentsu-owned, Cyber Communications (cci) to provide mobile ad network services in Japan. Also according to a press release, “Under the agreement, cci will be the exclusive partner for Jumptap technology in Japan and will make a strategic investment in Jumptap.” […]
Jeremy Geiger is CEO of Retailigence, a location-based shopping technology company. AdExchanger.com: Do you think 2011 is the year that mobile finally lives up to its billing? JG: We believe that 2011 will be the year that mobile in the US will finally catch-up with the rest of the world. What problem is Retailigence solving? […]
Mobclix Co-Founder Krishna Subramanian discussed his mobile ad exchange its new sell-side platform functionality. Read the release. (Mobclix was acquired by Velti on October 1.) AdExchanger.com: Why are you calling this a supply-side platform for mobile? What happened to “the exchange?” KS: Mobclix is a mobile ad exchange that allows demand partners to reach mobile […]
For tonight’s premiere of season four of Discovery Channel’s “Storm Chasers” reality TV series, mobile ad technology firm Medialets was enlisted by Discovery Communications to create a custom, branded, in-app ad which uses a transparent overlay – the HTML5-based creative includes a tornado that wipes away everything in its on-screen path on the iPhone screen […]
Late last week, UK mobile marketing firm Velti announced that it had acquired mobile ad exchange Mobclix, which “connects more than 25 online, video and mobile ad networks including Millennial Media, Jumptap, InMobi, Traffic Marketplace, Mojiva and Smatto,” according to the release. Read more. Dakota Sullivan, VP of global marketing at Velti, discussed the acquisition. […]
Eric Litman is CEO of Medialets, a mobile advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: What’s in a name: why “Medialets”? EL: The short version is that I already owned the domain name. The somewhat longer version is that I was one day musing about opportunities to innovate in the online dating category, and had idea for federating […]
Microsoft Advertising’s Raj Kapoor announced the launch of “the Mobile Advertising SDK for Windows Phone 7 and Microsoft Advertising Exchange for Mobile, the industry’s first real-time, bidded ad exchange in mobile.” Read the announcement. Microsoft’s Jamie Wells, Director, Global Trade Marketing, Mobile Media and Jed Nahum, Director, Online Advertising Exchange and Channels, discussed the launch of […]
GroupM announced that its B3 platform is launching what it calls “the industry’s first Demand Side Platform (DSP) advertising solution for mobile media.” GroupM said in a press release that the “new DSP mobile initiative uses ad decisioning technology developed in conjunction with Boston-based DataXu. Read more. DataXu CEO Mike Baker discussed the deal with […]
It’s official. The impossible will not happen and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has approved Google’s purchase of mobile ad network powerhouse, AdMob. And, there will be no $700 million kill fee for AdMob and its investors. But, it’s fun to think about. The FTC’s statement (PDF) on the approval reveals the reason for the […]
Mobile ad exchange, Mobclix, announced the acquisition of mobile analytics firm, Heartbeat, on Monday. (Read more.) Also, last week, Mobclix released results of “The Mobclix Challenge,” a performance comparison between MobClix and Google-owned mobile ad network, AdMob. See it here. Krishna Subramanian, co-founder of Mobclix, discussed the Heartbeat acquisition as well as the Challenge. Prior […]
Mobile ad network Jumptap announced targeting for the new Apple tablet computer, iPad, yesterday. Read the release. AdExchanger.com discussed the new iPad and the advertising opportunity enabled by it with Jumptap CMO Paran Johar. AdExchanger.com: What makes the Apple iPad (or tablet) a “mobile” opportunity? For Jumptap, what are the key differences of the iPad […]
Flurry, a provider of mobile analytics and mobile ad network solutions, announced its latest round of funding – $7 million – which included InterWest Partners and existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital and Draper Richards. Read the release. AdExchanger.com spoke with Flurry CEO Simon Khalaf about the recent raise and […]
Today, the mobile ad network gravy train proved it has plenty of steam left in the engine as Apple bought Quattro Wireless for $275 million in a story first broken by All Things D’s Kara Swisher. The prediction by Morgan Stanley’s Mary Meeker that 2010 Internet trends will be led by Mobile appears correct – […]
Krishna Subramanian is Co-Founder of mobile ad exchange, Mobclix. AdExchanger.com: Why create a mobile ad exchange? What problem are you looking to solve? KS: Mobclix allows ad networks to reach targeted ad inventory across mobile applications. Mobclix solves a real problem mobile developers have: managing their mobile application ad inventory. One ad network alone does […]
Henry Wong is CEO of Adgregate Markets, a transactional performance ad network and technology company. The company announced today that it ran its first mobile commerce campaign with NBC Universal using its ShopAds technology. Read the release. Generally speaking, when do you think mobile display advertising reaches significant scale and what may be some of […]
