Why Disney Built Its Own Ad Server for Disney+ and Hulu?

Disney has developed its own advertising-delivery stack from the ground up, centered on the proprietary Disney Ad Server, which is now powering Disney+ with ads, delivering some 500 million ad impressions per day. According to Aaron LaBerge, CTO of the Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (DMED) division, owning the ad tech piece of the chain… Read More Why Disney Built Its Own Ad Server for Disney+ and Hulu?

Cadent TV enables Privacy-Safe TV Ad Targeting with Clean Room Offering on Google Cloud

Cadent, the leading independent platform for advanced TV advertising, has announced the expansion of its Aperture Platform on Google Cloud with a new data Clean Room offering. Developed using Google Cloud’s reference architecture and infrastructure, the Clean Room enhances data sharing and analysis security for advertisers and publishers. Cadent’s partnership with Google Cloud strengthens its… Read More Cadent TV enables Privacy-Safe TV Ad Targeting with Clean Room Offering on Google Cloud

Samsung to sell inventory programmatically across its 50 million smart TVs in the US

Samsung Ads to make its CTV video inventory available programmatically for the first time to buyers, via the supply-side platform SpotX. Previously, the only way buyers could access Samsung Ads-represented inventory was through an IO. Samsung Ads observed a 70% increase in viewing time and 132% in weekly hours after the pandemic hit, compared to… Read More Samsung to sell inventory programmatically across its 50 million smart TVs in the US

IAB Guide to Digital Video Advertising (The New TV)

IAB’s guide to Digital Video Advertising (The New TV): Practical Advice from IAB For Cross-Platform Video Advertising as published here: https://video-guide.iab.com/new-tv Over the decades, the ways audiences have consumed television have seen continuous and dramatic shifts, leading pundits to proclaim “TV is dead” or “TV is dying.” TV is not dying, but viewing habits are changing more quickly… Read More IAB Guide to Digital Video Advertising (The New TV)

Tremor Video Adds Significant Curated Premium CTV/OTT Inventory to The Trade Desk’s Platform

Tremor Video – a leading video monetization software company, announces a deeper integration with The Trade Desk, Inc., a global technology platform for buyers of advertising, to offer curated access to premium programmatic Connected Television (CTV) and Over-the-Top (OTT) advertising inventory. DISH, Sling TV, A+E Networks and Bloomberg Media are among the first publishers to… Read More Tremor Video Adds Significant Curated Premium CTV/OTT Inventory to The Trade Desk’s Platform

Google’s 2nd shot at Programmatic TV Buying!

Google announced that it would bridge the gap between traditional TV and digital video by giving advertisers the ability to programmatically buy, target and measure traditional TV ads within the same platform as digital ones. It’s not the internet giant’s first attempt at selling for traditional TV—beginning in 2008, it began offering its “Google TV… Read More Google’s 2nd shot at Programmatic TV Buying!