Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Fighting Up Streams NBCUniversal will likely launch the streaming subscription service Peacock next week without Roku or Amazon Fire TV distribution deals, CNBC reports. That’s a tough pill to swallow, considering the two platforms own about 70% of the connected TV market. NBCU’s disputes […]
In January, Google Chrome said it would phase out third-party cookies over the next two years. No problem, right? The W3C, which creates common standards for web browsers, will figure out an alternative. Except, man, it’s certainly taking its sweet time. Two years might sound like ages but it’s not, when you consider how foundational […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column by Steven Golus, founder at Steven Golus Consulting, is the second in a series that will present the fundamentals of how TV advertising works and how it is changing. In our previous article, we discussed pre-upfront presentation […]
Amobee is making its suite of tools for TV and connected TV planning, targeting and measurement available on a self-serve basis starting Wednesday. The solution, called TV Amplifier, was first released as a managed service last year. Automation is needed in an increasingly fragmented media landscape, particularly with streaming consumption rising during the pandemic, said […]
Ad tech vet Mark Zagorski will be the new CEO of ad verification company DoubleVerify starting July 21, the company said Thursday. Zagorski and DoubleVerify declined to comment. The CEO position at DoubleVerify opened up in early March, when its previous leader Wayne Gattinella resigned after The New York Post published a salacious article about […]
Ad supported video on demand (AVOD) is growing, with more content – for instance, NBCUniversal’s Peacock launches this summer – as well as more viewers. Forty-five percent of people who regularly watch online video tune into ad-supported services, according to the IAB. Still, AVOD isn’t ubiquitous yet, so who can advertisers actually reach today? […]
Measurement is a major selling point for local TV advertisers as the economy starts to (sort of) reopen. Scale, however, has historically been a problem, and there hasn’t been enough data for broadcasters such as TEGNA to properly track user journeys to completion. On Wednesday, Alphonso, TEGNA’s long-time attribution and TV data partner, added TV […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Allen Klosowski, senior vice president of advanced solutions at SpotX. The rise of cord cutting, new streaming services and advanced digital delivery have changed the face of TV advertising’s future. While traditional TV represents most […]
Gaming And Esports Make Their Pitch For Brand Bucks The gaming stats that get slung around are always eye-popping. And those cited Friday during the final day of this year’s NewFronts – a content block dedicated to esports and gaming – were no exception. In April, for example, time spent with games soared 75% year over year. […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Ahead Of The Game Facebook was the designated beneficiary earlier this week when Microsoft gave up on the video game streaming platform Mixer, diverting its traffic and accounts to Facebook Gaming. But the big winner here could be Twitch. Mixer lured popular streamers with […]
Integral Ad Science shares dropped more than 10% on Wednesday, after the company reported lackluster revenue growth and softened its guidance for the Q4 season.
Meet Evertune AI, a startup that helps advertisers understand how their brands and products appear in generative AI search responses.
The deal is a “platform investment,” in which Inverness Graham sees Alliant as a foundation to build on, potentially through further acquisitions.
In-game advertising is uncharted territory even for brands like Sony Electronics that consumers associate with gaming.
“It’s hard not to be bullish about CTV when it’s both our largest channel and our fastest growing,” said The Trade Desk Founder and CEO Green during the company’s earnings report on Thursday.
News Corp’s chief exec blasted “the blatant biases of ad agencies and ad associations,” which are “boycotting certain media properties” due to “personal political prejudices.”
