The two-year-old TV startup Adcuratio is rolling out a platform in Q1 2018 that lets marketers dynamically swap and insert personalized ads into linear TV streams based on CRM or other first-party data. Early beta testers will include the brands Clorox and Kohl’s, as well as agencies like Omnicom’s OMD and Publicis Groupe’s Zenith. The problem […]
Despite rising content marketing budgets, the logistics of briefing multiple publishers, approving content and measuring results makes it difficult to scale investments. To help brands and agencies address this logistical pain point, Pressboard designed a platform to automate, standardize and scale sponsored content. The company has helped clients such as GE, Ford, General Mills and […]
Mobile data exchange adsquare is proposing an alternative method to cross-device matching: starting with device IDs rather than cookies as the core identifier. On Tuesday, adsquare introduced mobile cross-device capabilities into its exchange through partnerships with Tapad, Drawbridge and Adbrain. Crosswise is coming soon. Rather than building mobile audiences based on cookies, the industry’s de […]
For the big six holding companies, 2016 was a year of acquisitions, restructures, reviews and leadership shakeups, centering expertise around data and digital. But they also engaged in strategies at odds with best practices and client interests. Faced with shrinking margins and rising technology costs, holding companies found new ways to eke revenue – methods […]
Shaina Boone will discuss viewability, fraud and supply chain issues on April 14 at PROGRAMMATIC.IO in San Francisco. Talking about fraud and viewability is one thing – but “actually managing it is an entire program,” said Shaina Boone, managing director of marketing sciences at OMD USA, where she helms the analytics practice. Managing advertiser expectations is […]
In two weeks, Levi Strauss & Co. will launch a campaign focusing on a broader, more inclusive brand direction – one that also ties its messaging closer to its line of jeans and apparel. As such, Levi’s is retiring the “Go forth” tagline it’s used since 2009 in favor of the more product-centric “Live in […]
Creating a futures marketplace is easier said than done, but over the years, the TV upfront model has been adopted and refined by parts of the ad industry in a multitude of ways. The latest comes from AOL, which this past week unveiled a plan to hold a “Programmatic Upfront” in September. The AOL event […]
The growth of online media has upended the way media is bought and sold, and the traditional ad agency model is under greater pressure than ever before. On one side of the office are established account planners and media buyers; on the other side sits the trading desk. A group of media agency heads kicked […]
The ad industry has moved well past the experimental phase of audience buying. But where programmatic media has proven most effective are still primarily around direct response objectives. Many in the space agree it’s only a matter of time before brand marketers get serious. But is that true? To answer that, we asked three senior […]
John Donahue is Global Director of Business Intelligence Analytics for Omnicom Media Group. AdExchanger.com: From your agency perspective, what trends are you seeing in the marketplace? JD: Digital up, TV down. I think we’re in a position where the economy is causing everyone to seize up their budgets. What’s going to be interesting is not […]
