Nexage, the leading mobile advertising real-time bidding (RTB) provider, announced last week that it has been selected by Rovio, the makers of Angry Birds™, to monetize and enhance advertising relevance for Rovio’s popular game on Android™ and Apple® iPhone® . AdMonsters spoke with Ernie Cormier, CEO & President of Nexage, regarding what this…
Read MoreFor most of us in the social media space, the big news coming out Cannes last month had nothing to do with awards or lavish cocktail parties. Rather, the biggest story was that Twitter plans to introduce advertising directly into user Tweet streams, possibly as soon as two months from…
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At Internet Week in NY, Turn announced it's new data management platform (DMP), called the Turn Audience Platform. According to the press release, the platform, "integrates Fortune 500 brands and leading advertising agencies into the industry’s first open ecosystem for audience targeting, enabling them to discover and connect with the…
Read MoreAll the hype in the display advertising industry has been around real time bidding for the last several years, and rightly so. Finding audiences with precision (cheaply) is marketing nirvana and, with all of the startup companies willing to work their tails off to make their “platforms” work for advertisers,…
Read MoreOn Tuesday at the Cannes International Advertising Festival, Microsoft introduced their NUads product - an ad product for that works with Xbox Kinect. That means users can interact with advertising via voice command and movement.AdMonsters asked Ginny Musante, Director of Marketing, Xbox LIVE Advertising, Microsoft, a few questions about this…
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Last week AdMonsters held the 16th European Publisher Forum in Amsterdam. Before the conference we asked several of the speakers key questions on topics that are important to ad operations. While all of our conferences are focused exclusively on online ad operations, the Publisher Forum is even more specific in…
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Robert Haskitt is the CMO at Extreme Reach and is responsible for the company's global marketing strategy and functions including brand, audience, business-to-business and regional marketing, as well as insights, global communications, policy and related teams.We asked him a few questions about digital video advertising best practices, video ad spend…
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…
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