Offering further proof of how much online display technology is inspired by the financial industry, Legolas Media announced numerous agency partners, including Horizon Media, on board with its audience futures marketplace. Employing a complex algorithm that incorporates 10,000 data points regarding audience targeting, Legolas enables publishers to sell guaranteed inventory…
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My grandfather was my idol growing up. A man of conviction, intelligence and balance, he was my blueprint for personal and commercial success. While he said many things that I use for personal guidance every day, regarding business he once said, “Vikram, you need to build something. It’s all well…
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As we tick away the final days of 2011, hopefully you're planning your New Year's Eve party and not stressing out about yield management in 2012. Over here at AdMonsters, we're pondering the year to come for the ad operations community, and the first step is to examine what happened in…
Read MoreThe Super Bowl is one of my favorite events of the year, no matter who is playing for the Vince Lombardi trophy. It's simply a great time to catch up with old friends while over-indulging in fattening foods and alcoholic beverages. This year all my buds will gather around my 13-inch…
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Read MoreI've heard from numerous publishers that they are regularly overbooked when it comes to video ads; some ad ops teams are actually seeking out ways to drive more video traffic on their sites. Overbooking has become an unwanted trend as video exploded this year ($2 billion in spend!), but the…
Read MoreOnline video ad spending is expected to grow more than 43% next year, but even rapid adoption and eager ad buyers can’t overcome the complexity of multiple video ad formats. This crazy patchwork quilt of formats has been suffocating video, as the nascent industry leaps ahead of standards. Luckily, the…
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A longtime presence in the data management and marketplace arena, Lotame closed off its data-driven ad network to new customers in August in the hopes of building more interest in its data management platform, Crowd Control – the move was successful, with a dozen new publishers and content groups signing…
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When the EU Privacy Directive on cookies came into effect in May of this year – the first time the legislation had been updated since 1995 – it left a lot of people in the industry scratching their heads as to what it meant and for whom. As with any…
Read MoreOPS Mobile - Build the Mobile future Mobile is not an extension of the web. It's a redefinition.OPS Mobile will show you how advertising will never be the same. The landscape for online advertising is no longer just the 'terrestrial' or PC-based internet – it now includes a much broader…
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