To energize the crowd at Adap.tv's inaugural Adapt Conference, CEO, cofounder and emcee Amir Ashkenazi asked all buy side representatives – be they agency, DSP or brand people – to stand up. After that group rose, he beckoned all supply siders in the room to get on their feet. With…
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India is one of the global leaders in the overall services outsourcing market. This is a well-established fact and outsourcing has contributed significantly to the growth in key Indian cities such as Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad since late 90s. Everyone – right from the bigger Industry players such as Microsoft,…
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Somehow on May 26, when the UK's version of the dreaded EU Cookie Directive came into force, the Internet did not crumble and burn to ashes. That could be partially credited to the last-minute (almost literally) addition of "implied consent" by the Information Commissioner, but many British publishers have had…
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We’ve spent some time establishing that "Audience Efficiency" (parts 1, 2, 3 and 4) is a new, more effective way to think about audience targeting campaign strategy. So, how about some proof?In essence, audience efficiency is targeting those audiences with online behaviors likely to show the highest lift in fit…
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Most CFOs and CEOs don’t like surprises. Wall Street doesn’t either.If you’re an online publisher, what’s likely got you scrambling now is the IAB/4A’s/ANA timeline for viewable impressions: starting Q1, parallel reporting begins. Not only will publishers be expected to report served impressions the same way as the past decade—publishers…
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So I see you over at your big ol' holding company office on Madison Ave. thinking to yourself, "Why should I, important agency person, haul my ass to 82 Mercer on Oct. 4 for OPS? What's in it for me?"Really, the question you should be asking is, "What's not in…
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The online advertising industry, which subsidizes the commercial Internet consumers love today, is rightfully concerned about the recent announcement about Microsoft Internet Explorer 10’s default settings.“Do Not Track” (DNT) would remain the default setting in IE10, with consumers able to disable it only through a “custom” setting.Make no mistake: Microsoft’s…
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We often group advertisers into two buckets: the creative and the practical. But is one group really an extension of the other?Consider this analogy: if you went to the beach this summer, you probably spotted seashells and thought that the pattern on each shell was beautiful and unique – that…
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The RTB marketplace is not yet operating as a truly efficient market with equal benefit to both sides. This is due to basic economics: Supply exceeds demand, and auction-based pricing combined with low bid density results in a market rife with arbitrage.Buyers are accustomed to drawing from a large commoditized…
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Easel TV specialises in building apps for connected TVs, with clients including broadcasters, pay-TV operators, content producers and major consumer brands. I spoke to AdMonsters Screens speaker Bill Scott, COO of Easel, and asked him to explain the company’s proposition.BS: Our differentiator is that our apps feel much more like…
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