Together at long last – after receiving the OK from the Justice Department in late February, former rivals Donovan Data Systems and MediaBank officially joined forces on March 1 to become Mediaocean. At OPS Markets on April 18 in NYC – and in one of their first public speaking engagements…
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We are experiencing a boom in the digital display advertising market and the growth is remarkable. IAB Europe indicate that display has overtaken search as the fastest growing advertising channel in Europe, up 21.3% compared to 2010. Technological evolution and innovation - principally from new technologies like demand-side and supply…
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After years of buildup, 2011 finally felt like a tipping point for mobile in the digital advertising community. If you work on the publishing side, last year probably felt like a time to build – a chance to upgrade your technology stack for mobile environments, select partners, test platforms, define…
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We sat down with Jay Stevens, Vice-President and General Manager International at the Rubicon Project to talk all things RTB. Jay was one of our fantastic speakers at OPS Markets in London and will also be discussing all things RTB at AdMonsters Sydney. Read the full Q&A below. RTB really took…
Read MoreIt's the first AdMonsters event of the year at the Grange Tower Hotel in blustery London. OPS Markets features a wide variety of speakers analyzing the rapid development of data-driven advertising and pondering what's next. The two Gs of AdMonsters' ever-diligent content team – that would be EU Editor Gautam…
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The Forrester Wave report on Sell-Side Platforms sets the stage for the publisher ecosystem in 2012 by labeling SSPs a “vital part of the publisher tech stack.” The SSP is an increasingly necessary tool for managing and optimizing a plethora of indirect sales channels – oh, and making sure they’re…
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Several months ago, the AdMonsters Professional Services team started a series on the Three Pillars of Success and outlined how People, Process and Technology must all be present to support and drive your organization forward. While I believe the People pillar is the most important, the Process element should not…
Read MoreAt the back of every publisher’s mind is a question: “Does my revenue reflect the true value of my inventory?” In far too many cases the answer is either “no” or “I wish I knew!” So how can publishers feel confident that they’re selling the right inventory to the right…
Read MoreWith the purchase of AdMeld, Google has effectively upped the ante in the online advertising space. One of the largest media companies in the space is coming ever closer to assembling the elusive technology “stack” that everyone seems to be whispering about these days – myself included.But there are still…
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My last AdMonsters blog post was about the key challenges that face ad ops professionals looking progress their careers.It seems appropriate as a follow up to look at this from another angle – what are the challenges that face employers looking to maintain, and grow their ad ops teams?I made…
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