With 2012 elections rapidly approaching, new digital advertising regulatory threats are appearing almost daily. Considering that browser cookies today are used for most measurement and targeting technologies, any drastic changes could mean an effective collapse of today's digital ad ecosystem as we know it. In a seminal but prescient study, Norm Proselytizers Create…
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After years of speculation, the vision for Connected TV is finally becoming a reality, as entrepreneurs take Web TV beyond the browser and give consumers more ways than ever to watch their favorite video content. For publishers, though, “more ways than ever” can be a double-edged sword. Yes, you now…
Read MoreIt seems like every week or so, we get to read another headline about a publisher launching a private exchange on someone’s real-time bidding (RTB) platform. Some would have you believe that private exchanges are a technological marvel; the greatest thing for publishers since the printing press. I want to…
Read MoreEditor's note: In April at our OPS London event, Tim Faircliff, General Manager, Thomson Reuters, gave a session on Best Practices in Multi-platform Digital Media. The transcript from that session is now available below. Session Overview:The role of Ad Operations is rapidly evolving as it acts as the “Engine Room” in…
Read More"Private Exchange" is probably the only buzz word in the industry right now without a TLA. That’s almost a crime considering the huge potential they offer to both publishers and advertisers. Much has already been discussed about their proposed value prop for publishers—greater control over inventory prices and ability to…
Read MoreSince our industry loves acronyms and we have all of this conversation around data, this seems fitting for the new acronym of the month(s). What exactly is GIGO, it’s a term coined in the technology space for a computers ability to process even the most corrupt piece of information and…
Read MoreProximic recently named Rodney Mayers as their Senior Vice President, Business Development. Previously Mayers was the COO of Adify. In the press release Mayers said, "Proximic has developed some of the most compelling technology I have seen in the online advertising space in a very long time." We asked Mayers…
Read MoreIn recent years, the online advertising industry has increasingly leveraged geographic, demographic and behavioral targeting in their quest to attract only the best, most qualified users. In doing so, nationwide, non-targeted campaigns have been pushed to the wayside when in fact, they still perform very well on some of the…
Read MoreAdOps pros industry-wide are using Firefox and Firebug daily to troubleshot page level problems, investigate first and third party data activity, and sometimes just to learn more about how the internet really works. At Krux Digital, we’ve taken these great tools one step further, developing a special Krux-specific Firefox…
Read MorePatricia Kill, Sales Support Director, News International, presented a session called Operations for the Future last week and OPS London. Patricia has been Director of News International Sales Support for the past three years, leading the strategic and operational development of both digital and print workflows, media planning and ad…
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