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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?
Google TV has entered the free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) space, offering a new live TV experience that includes over 800 free TV channels across multiple providers within the Live tab, according to an announcement from the company. Google TV, which powers the latest Chromecast devices and is embedded into some smart TVs, has integrated… Read More Google TV Launches as a Meta-EPG, Offering Over 800 FAST Channels and Branded Third-Party Channels
Over two-thirds of direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands use connected TV (CTV) and over-the-top (OTT) digital TV advertising, and 57% of them plan to increase their spending in CTV/OTT during the first half of 2023, according to a survey by Digital Remedy and Dynata. Higher-quality inventory and measurement capabilities were cited as reasons for increased spending, with… Read More Over Two-Thirds of DTC Marketers to Increase Spending on CTV/OTT Advertising in 2023, Survey Finds
Accordingly to Nano Interactive’s report, Advertisers are set to increase their spending on contextual targeting by $770 million in 2023. This trend is being driven by privacy concerns and the decline of third-party cookies. The report also revealed that 87% of advertisers plan to increase their spending on contextual targeting in the coming year, with… Read More Cookie deprecation effect: Advertisers increase Contextual Targeting Spend
COVID-19 surely helped news publishers see an increase of traffic and their digital inventory, however, programmatic CPM saw decline as brands are concerned about brand safety around COVID-19 articles. China has recovered from the pandemic and advertising industry there is seeing a rapid recovery after the pandemic, which indicates positive trends. This IAB SEA+India’s thought… Read More IAB | COVID-19’s impact on Programmatic in SEA and India
SpotX recently compiled and published this report based on the observations around how COVID-19 has impacted the viewership, content consumption and overall ad spend in Southeast Asia region. Here is the quick summary – Steep increase in ad calls on premium publisher sites Ad calls were up 471% as compared to baseline activity As lockdowns… Read More From SpotX – Impact of COVID-19 on Viewership and Ad Spend in Southeast Asia
The 614 Group launched a series of Live Virtual Brand Safety Summits for 2020. The Live Virtual Summit featured a mix of keynotes, panel discussions and fireside chats covering the most pressing brand safety issues. Speaker lineup featured experts on brand safety, advertising fraud, measurement, contextual advertising, consumer data protection and more. 614 Group hosted… Read More Summary of Brand Safety Summit Singapore
The New York Times will no longer use 3rd-party data to target ads come 2021, and it is building out a proprietary first-party data platform. Beginning in July, The Times will begin to offer clients 45 new proprietary first-party audience segments to target ads. Those segments are broken up into 6 categories: age (age ranges,… Read More New York Times to phase out all 3rd-party advertising data from 2021
Beginning on April 11, 2020, Facebook Audience Network will no longer fill any ad requests to web and in-stream placements. Facebook warned that campaign performance may fluctuate during the phase-out period. Read Facebook’s post on the change here. But why make the move now? Facebook is reading the writing on the wall, and the writing… Read More Facebook just killed off its web supply in the Audience Network
In this interview with Beet.TV, Sir Martin Sorrell says Google, Facebook, Amazon, Tencent, Alibaba and Tik Tok “are going to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis with huge advantages in terms of data“. For example, Sorrell says, Amazon, during the pandemic, is accumulating consumer data to make targeting more effective. “The targeting and the performance of… Read More [VIDEO] Sir Martin Sorrel’s POV on COVID-19’s long term impact on the industry and priorities for AdTech and Publishers on Google phasing out 3rd party cookies
Addressable advertising is a burgeoning business in the industry of television ads. This year, advertisers will spend an estimated $2.5 billion on the format—up 23% from 2018, according to eMarketer. This is because addressable TV advertising, or targeted TV ads as they are alternatively called, is a boon for advertisers who want to reach a very… Read More Addressable TV: How advertising is evolving with television
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