
The future (and present) of programmatic TV
Regardless of exactly when, it seems inevitable that all TV will eventually be bought programmatically. Traditional TV advertising has...

For emerging ad exchange NYIAX, it’s back to the future
There are a variety of ways to solve the ad tech transparency problem. But, for a new ad exchange, it comes down to combining an old...

Google launches ads measurement system for cross-device campaigns on YouTube, DoubleClick, GDN
The ads measurement system that Google initially created for analyzing YouTube campaigns now includes data from the Google Display...

Why some ad tech vets have doubts about Havas’ new transparency platform
While a digital ad needs to be clear to make the sale, the digital ad industry has been racking up zillions of sales in ad placements...

To purge fake ad sellers from digital advertising, IAB Tech Lab launches ads.txt
Called ads.txt, the solution enables publishers to declare publicly which sellers are authorized to sell their inventory in a file posted...

At IAB Programmatic Symposium, digital advertising looks to grow up
“Like Tom Hanks [in the movie ‘Big,’], we have to grow up.” That’s how Michael Barrett, president and CEO of ad tech firm Rubicon...

Ad fraud detection: A guide for marketers
Ad fraud seems to consistently produce news headlines in the advertising world. Half the time it’s people claiming that the sky is...

4 reasons why digital context matters
“I’m shocked, shocked to find that my ads are running adjacent to questionable content!” Just as it defies credibility that good Captain...

Skimlinks can now ‘pre-target’ users down to a product category
In late 2015, London-based affiliate marketing network Skimlinks announced a programmatic targeting service for advertisers called...

What will Programmatic 3.0 look like? The intersection of Wall Street and Madison Avenue
programmatic advertising, there have been many evolutions. If Programmatic 1.0 was best represented by companies using the Right Media...

Integral Ad Science launches beta to measure & optimize ad exposure time at the user level
Integral Ad Science is testing a new solution to help brand advertisers measure and optimize their digital display campaigns. The...

LiveRamp’s IdentityLink acts as centerpiece for new identity consortium
People-based marketing is a gold standard for marketers, because the targeted customers are definitively identified. Acxiom’s data...

Weather Company’s data now available to any advertiser through LiveRamp
The Weather Company is going big with weather. The IBM-owned firm has announced a partnership with Acxiom-owned data management platform...

Nearly 80 percent of US display ad spend will be programmatic in 2017 [eMarketer]
It may not have a great rep these days, with flare-ups over inappropriate placements, fraud and transparency concerns, but automated ad...

Your programmatic platform has an expiration date
Listen up, agencies and brands: the programmatic platform you’re using is dying. Actually, it should probably already be dead. Many of...

4 lessons from a decade of ad tech disruption
Since the first RTB ad was placed in 2010, our industry’s story has been one of rapid, often painful evolution. Alongside the...

Where does your programmatic spend go?
I’m sharing this partly in response to the recent headline that “60 percent of programmatic spend is wasted.” Undoubtedly there are...

Virool’s new Vertical Video Exchange opens vertical video ad inventory to over 150 DSPs
As Snapchat, and now Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other platforms have popularized vertical video, demand for vertical video ad...

Taykey integrates its Trend Advertising product with TradeDesk and AppNexus
New York-based Taykey, the company that enables ad targeting based on real-time social trend data, announced its first integrations with...
























