If the Shoe Fits: Complex Networks Runs With a Different Revenue Model 

“We haven’t always been a big fan of programmatic or arbitrage-oriented stuff,” says Rich Antoniello, Founder and CEO of digital media company Complex Networks. During his Ops 2019 Leadership Forum keynote address, “Getting Out of Our Own Damn Way,” on Monday, June 3, Antoniello will host a no-holds-barred conversation about how programmatic…

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Optimizing to Attention: Parsec Media Introduces Adelaide

Parsec Media CEO and Founder Marc Guldimann hinted that Parsec was actually building a new tool that crunched attention data in real time for brand and performance campaign optimization—a sort of white-label version of the company's internal optimization engine. The eagle has landed: Adelaide offers advertisers a dashboard with insights…

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Don’t Be Timid About SIMID: Dragging Digital Video Standards Forward

I can’t imagine a lot of publishers crying at the funeral for VPAID (Video Player Ad-Serving Interface Definition), the IAB video standard meant to streamline the use of interactive elements in digital video that was hacked for a host of functions—some benign, others less so. With the arrival of IAB…

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Ops Turns 10

The day before Ops 10 years ago, AdMonsters Founder, Bowen Dwelle, had an epiphany: Ops is Sexy. We had never discussed this kind of messaging before, says Rob Beeler, Chairman, AdMonsters. All I knew is that I was going to find myself in front of a few hundred people (Ops…

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Data Is Biggest Star at Hulu NewFront

As industry players are pondering the usefulness of the upfront in the digital age and digital publishers are bowing out of the NewFronts, Hulu pretty much gave a master class in how to do it right. The presentation was quite an inside look at the potential—or perhaps the fast-approaching future—of…

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What is a CDP?

CDP might sound like another martech or adtech acronym that will make its way into obscurity, but in a post-GDPR world where first-party relationships will be vital to survival, the Consumer Data Platform (CDP) is the ultimate tool for true consumer identity resolution. During his presentation, “All You Need Is…

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When 5G Finally Gets Here It Will Be Awesome, But It Will Also Be Bad

5G, the supercharged fifth-generation of cellular wireless, is being touted as the next best thing since, well, since true 4G (because LTE really isn’t 4G after all, is it?). It will be the Hennessy Venom GT, which reaches up to 270 mph (or if you prefer a comic book reference,…

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How to Hire and Train an Ad Ops Team That Everyone Will Love

While instinct might lead you to recruit people for ad ops who possess above average technical skills, most ad ops professionals—who have been in the game for a long time—will tell you that hiring for soft skills is equally, if not more important, than technical skill requirements. The right people…

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How Ad Ops Can Work Better With Sales

The business of ad operations is a complex one, requiring various teams to coordinate their activities to align, compliment, and work in sync with each other well. In that regard, the successes of sales and ad ops are interlinked, as neither department can achieve its greatest height without the support…

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Back to Advertising Basics with Web3 Powered by Blockchain

The explosion in the blockchain-based marketing landscape over the past 18 months has brought an interesting dynamic to the already complex world of digital advertising. There has been a lot of hype, a lot of hot air, a lot of learning, and a few solutions showing early promise around this…

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