Viewers hate waiting... But does waiting for content to load actually impact user engagement? Publishers instinctively know that better user-experience leads to a larger, more engaged audience, which in turn means more revenue. To help quantify this correlation, Akamai conducted a study (PDF) to measure the correlation between online video load…
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AdMonsters has taken over the first level of the Brewery today, 19 Nov. – Content Czar Rob Beeler has grabbed the stage to explain that yes, we're going to talk about some ridiculously cool multi-screen tech, but AdMonsters Screens is about taking it from possible to plausible, and beyond that:…
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The latest TubeMogul report on video RTB in the UK found that inventory available for RTB grew at a fleet 13.8% rate per month during the second quarter of 2012, maxing out at 29.9 million streams per day in July. However, average CPM took a nose dive, from £6.47 in…
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On Wednesday, Boston PubForum sponsor and digital video specialist Visible Measures announced it had hauled in an impressive $21.5 million in funding. We caught up with Paul Botto, GM of Analytics & SVP of Business Development, to hear how the company has pushed beyond its video analytics roots, the value of…
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Before he speaks on diversifying media mix to boost video revenue at AdMonsters SE Asia on Aug. 2, we caught up with Steven Jones, Chief Strategy and Operations Officer for AdoTube, to get his thoughts on the biggest digital video challenges in Southeast Asia.What is the one thing you think…
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A recent report from VINDICO Group cites research over 30bn impressions confirming that completion rate is a better metric for online video than CTR. As we head toward OPS TV, we sat down with James Grant, UK Manager of VINDICO Group, to get his take on online video metrics and…
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At the upcoming AdMonsters Vienna Publisher Forum, Richard Swan, Head of Advertising Operations at Hearst Magazines, will discuss the challenges and opportunities of video advertising. We caught up with Richard today to kick off a conversation about his experience in video advertising at Hearst and to get his opinion of…
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AdMonsters' upcoming OPS TV event, July 11 in NYC, is not about the convergence of TV and digital video, but instead an examination of the growing overlap between the two channels. Signaling this increasinly convoluted relationship was Adap.tv's 2012 First Quarter State of the Online Video Industry Report, which found that…
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Videoplaza has seen the future of online video, and it looks pretty fragmented. Hence why in March the company Introduced its device-aware ad platform Karbon, which enables publishers to monetise video content anywhere it is viewed – desktop, smartphone, tablet as well as up-and-coming toys joining the assortment of Internet-connected devices.As a…
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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…
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