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

Redefining the Digital Landscape: Amazon and Apple’s Emerging Duopoly

Amazon and Apple have emerged as a new digital duopoly, with both companies investing $1 billion each year on theatrical released feature films and expanding their reach in live sports, entertainment, and advertising. Their growing influence challenges the dominance of Facebook (Meta) and Google (Alphabet) in the digital media landscape. Source: Amazon And Apple Have… Read More Redefining the Digital Landscape: Amazon and Apple’s Emerging Duopoly

Google TV Launches as a Meta-EPG, Offering Over 800 FAST Channels and Branded Third-Party Channels

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

Short-form video is winning right now in terms of content production and advertiser mind share

New York’s subway digital screens feature viral recipes and food creations from content companies like So Yummy, generating website and YouTube traffic, as well as revenue from ads and ecommerce. However, while short-form video is currently winning, TikTok could face fierce competition from GoogleTube and Facebookagram if YouTube Shorts or Instagram Reels continue to succeed.… Read More Short-form video is winning right now in terms of content production and advertiser mind share

New York Times to phase out all 3rd-party advertising data from 2021

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

Google Chrome to start blocking resource-heavy ads in August

Google recently announced that Chrome will start blocking resource-heavy ads. As shared by Marshall Vale, Product Manager, Chrome on this Chromium Blog, Google discovered that a fraction of a percent of ads consume a disproportionate share of device resources, such as battery and network data, without the user knowing about it. These ads (such as… Read More Google Chrome to start blocking resource-heavy ads in August

Google to increase transparency through advertiser identity verification

Google To Make All Advertisers Submit Personal IDs, Business Verification Docs. The process will start in the United States and then expand globally, but it will take a few years before the new business verification program is complete, according to a blog post by John Canfield, Google’s director of product management for ads integrity. Read… Read More Google to increase transparency through advertiser identity verification

[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

Google adds mobile app attribution restrictions for iOS

After recent announcement of phasing out third-party cookies, Google adds mobile app attribution restrictions for iOS (Android not affected). This would restrict third-party verification for iOS search downloads and significantly restrict app measurement. Key takeaways – Google’s Latest Measurement Restrictions will make life harder for mobile marketers These changes significantly restrict third-party verification for iOS… Read More Google adds mobile app attribution restrictions for iOS

News: Google announces Stadia – Online Cross-Platform Gaming

Google unveils Stadia cloud gaming service, launches in 2019: https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/19/18271702/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-service-announcement-gdc-2019 Key points – Google to leverage YouTube for Stadia Stadia has more Teraflops of power than an Xbox One X Google also launched its own Game DEV Studio Stadia is live stream cross-platform gaming – no hardware needed One can use any existing game controllers… Read More News: Google announces Stadia – Online Cross-Platform Gaming

Amazon ad revenue up 129 percent to $2.2bn!

This article was originally published in DIGIDAY. Amazon’s ad business is now worth almost $2.2 billion according to the company’s second-quarter earnings, a year-over-year increase of 129 percent. The revenue was, as always, in the “other” line item, which is primarily sales of ad services. In the first-quarter filing, Amazon said that ad revenue had… Read More Amazon ad revenue up 129 percent to $2.2bn!