IAB | COVID-19’s impact on Programmatic in SEA and India

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

From SpotX – Impact of COVID-19 on Viewership and Ad Spend in Southeast Asia

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

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

[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

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