• 10 hours ago by Ray Schultz
    New Platform Connects Entire Programmatic Ecosystem, Firm Says

    MiQ Sigma helps traders reach audiences through multiple DSP and SSP platforms, the company says. ...

  • Yesterday, 2:13 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    IAB Tech Lab Containerization Project Moves Programmatic To Next Level

    IAB Tech Lab has announced a project to standardize container technology for Open RTB as challenges in development and maintenan ...

  • Yesterday, 3:19 PM by Colin Kirkland
    TikTok Announces AI Ad Tools For Precise Targeting

    At its annual ad summit Tuesday, TikTok announced new AI-powered ad and creator tools designed to help brands enhance the ...

  • June 2, 2025, 2:46 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Coca-Cola Exec Identifies Omnichannel Roadblocks For The Brand

    First-party data can help, but for big CPG firms like Coca-Cola, omnichannel strategy becomes a challenge, said Dylan Floyd, Coca-Co ...

  • May 29, 2025, 5:26 PM by Colin Kirkland
    X Works Toward 'Video First' Approach With More Exclusive Content

    Part of the company's move toward exclusive in-app programming, "X Originals" includes series featuring influencers that invite viewers to discu ...

  • May 29, 2025, 9:00 AM by Wayne Friedman
    FuboTV Offers Pause Ads For Programmatic, Biddable Platforms

    Ad-tech company ClearLine, owned by Magnite, is helping Fubo in this effort. Fubo says CTV pause ads result in 3 ...

  • May 28, 2025, 9:26 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    AI Agents Feeding On Data Make Conversational Commerce Personal

    Smartly recently integrated Reddit into its network and is working to advance conversational commerce by enabling AI agents to suppo ...

  • May 27, 2025, 3:39 PM by Robert Williams
    ANA Study Reveals Progress In Programmatic Ad Quality, But Sees $21.6B In Missed Value

    Just 41% of programmatic ad spending went toward impressions that met quality standards in the first quarter. ...

  • May 27, 2025, 3:19 PM by Ray Schultz
    Static Programmatic: Advertisers Are Acting Cautiously

    But some US publishers saw a surge in revenue in Q1, Assertive Yield reports. ...

  • May 23, 2025, 9:57 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    Ad Serving, Personalized Visits: Where AI Will Take Advertisers

    Google DeepMind this week announced VEO 3 AI Video Generation, which allows creators to develop 8-second HD videos and realist ...

  • May 22, 2025, 4:32 PM by Ray Schultz
    Charting Programmatic: Ads Are Now Landing More Effectively

    But over a third of ad impressions still do not meet viewability standards, ANA reports. ...

  • May 20, 2025, 10:29 AM by Joe Mandese
    It's 10pm, Do You Know Where Your Agent Is?

    Remarkably, 8% of ANA members don't even know the difference between principal-based and barter media-buying, demonstrating why advertisers need ...

  • May 16, 2025, 11:34 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    IAB Europe Data Consent Framework Ruled Illegal By Belgian Court

    The IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework used as the foundation for most online advertising by Google, Microsoft, Amazon a ...

  • May 15, 2025, 6:06 PM by Ray Schultz
    New Podcast Service Combines Host Voiceovers With Programmatic Targeting

    The new service helps brands run ads with the podcaster's trusted voice across Acast's network, the company says. ...

  • May 13, 2025, 9:44 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Perion Acquires Advanced AI Company For About $65M

    The acquisition of Greenbids expands Perion's addressable market with the ability to add channels such as YouTube, Facebook and Instagra ...

  • May 13, 2025, 8:04 PM by Ray Schultz
    New Dashboard Is Designed To Track Programmatic Health

    Publishers can discern how their inventory is being judged by advertisers, Sovrn says. ...

  • May 13, 2025, 2:39 PM by Colin Kirkland
    Influencer Platform Partners With Perplexity For Data-Driven Campaigns

    Influencer marketing platform Captiv8 has announced a partnership with AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI to help brands save time whi ...

  • May 12, 2025, 4:33 PM by Ray Schultz
    Upgraded Platform Is Designed To Speed Up the Ad-Buying Process

    PubMatic says its enhanced tool will support media buyers and publishers. ...

  • May 12, 2025, 12:00 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Amazon Unveils AI-Powered 'Pause' Ads, Do More Than Just Run Commercials

    In Amazon's innovative AI-powered streaming ad formats, the server reads the tone of the scene to determine the brand a ...

  • May 8, 2025, 4:38 PM by Wendy Davis
    Google Agrees To Settle RTB Privacy Suit

    Google has reached a "settlement in principle" with users who brought a class-action privacy complaint over real-time bidding. ...

  • May 7, 2025, 4:01 PM by Wayne Friedman
    NBCU Strikes 2-Year Deal To Sell Versant Ads Just Ahead Of Upfront

    The deal - which covers the next two upfront TV cycles - will continue NBCU's previous ad structure in par ...

  • May 6, 2025, 8:00 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Marketing, Programmatic Ad Tech Merge

    Programmatic ad platform StackAdapt has integrated email and a first-party data hub into its core platform, bridging marketing and ...

  • May 6, 2025, 12:00 AM by Ray Schultz
    Comscore Debuts Programmatic Tool, Integrated With Magnite's SSP

    The new solution makes it easier to activate programmatic media, Comscore says. ...

  • April 30, 2025, 2:25 PM by Mattia Fosci
    Google's Poisoned Apple: How The Cookie Shambles Is Undermining Progress In Programmatic Advertising

    The industry doesn't have a lot of time. If we are to remain relevant in the next twenty years, we ...

  • April 24, 2025, 12:06 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Magnite Simplifies TV-Focused Platform To Attract Performance Biz

    Disney Advertising, LG Ad Solutions, Paramount, Roku, Samsung, and Warner Bros. Discovery are initial brands using Magnite's SpringServe newly combin ...

  • April 18, 2025, 8:00 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    Google's Monopoly Unpacked

    Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst Andrew Frank wrote to MediaPost that "many people raised issues at the time of the acquisitions ...

  • April 17, 2025, 11:37 PM by Ray Schultz
    Penske Partners With Middle Eastern Company To Expand Programmatic Reach

    Brands serving the Middle East and North Africa can now leverage more than 40 Penske brands. ...

  • April 17, 2025, 11:27 AM by Wendy Davis
    Google Harmed Publishers By Monopolizing Ad Tech, Judge Rules

    Google harmed publishers and consumers by monopolizing key components of the ad-tech market, a federal judge in Virginia ruled Thurs ...

  • April 17, 2025, 8:30 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    IAB: AI 'Transformative,' Helps Drive Quarter Trillion In Ad Spend

    Digital ad revenue grew nearly 15% to $259 billion in 2024, according to the IAB, which released its annual intern ...

  • April 16, 2025, 8:00 AM by Wayne Friedman
    Retail Media CTV Ad Spend Expected To Hit $5B In 2025

    By 2028, after three years of 27.2% compounded annual growth, a doubling of ad spend of this year's results ...

  • April 9, 2025, 8:14 AM by Wayne Friedman
    Disney Takes Biddable Ad Supply Global, Provides Access Via 35 DSPs

    In the U.S., advertisers now have access to over 35 demand-side platforms for Disney platforms. With live program "biddable" invento ...

  • April 8, 2025, 10:24 PM by Ray Schultz
    Global Programmatic Platform Is Unveiled

    HuiiNex provides advertising traffic worldwide through bidding, firm says. ...

  • April 7, 2025, 3:26 PM by Wendy Davis
    Yahoo Hit With Privacy Suit Over ConnectID

    A Vermont resident has sued Yahoo for allegedly violating consumer protection and privacy laws in New York and California wi ...

  • April 6, 2025, 4:47 PM by Ray Schultz
    New Programmatic Format Is Designed To Eliminate White Space

    ResponsiveAds debuts tool for moving beyond standard ad slot placements. ...

  • April 3, 2025, 1:23 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Spotify Opens Programmatic Buys Via Google, Magnite

    Spotify expanded its programmatic ad partnerships with Google and Magnite aimed at providing access to the music app's ad exchang ...

  • April 2, 2025, 8:23 AM by Wayne Friedman
    Q4 'Open' Programmatic Up 10% To $7.6B - 34% Of CTV Ad Spend

    Roughly 90% of all CTV advertising is sold programmatically. All global CTV advertising has been estimated at $35.2 billion ...

  • March 27, 2025, 3:04 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Auto Dealerships Gain Way To Eliminate Streaming Ad Waste, Find Fraud

    Dealer Stream, a streaming ad company for the auto industry, announced an exclusive partnership with programmatic ad platform Blockboard ...

  • March 26, 2025, 2:30 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    DoorDash Adds Sponsored Ads, Expands Retail Media Net

    Advertising has become a major focus for DoorDash as it finds ways for brands it works with to reach consume ...

  • March 25, 2025, 10:00 AM by Fern Siegel
    Viamedia Acquires LocalFactor, Strengthens Local Ad Options

    The alliance gives LocalFactor customers more premium video-based inventory and customer support, increasing scale and impact. ...

  • March 23, 2025, 2:13 PM by Ray Schultz
    IAB Tech Lab Debuts Server-Side Ad Solution

    The new framework shifts power back to publishers, the IAB claims. ...

  • March 20, 2025, 9:00 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    Carbon Emissions Tracking For Digital Ads Broadens Scope

    The XR and Scope3 partnership embeds carbon emissions tracking directly into creative workflows, giving brands real-time insights to measure, manag ...

  • March 19, 2025, 11:53 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    AI Ads Target Site Visitors Without Publisher Consent

    Ads have begun to serve up on websites that block content, making site visitors angry and forcing them to aband ...

  • March 17, 2025, 6:14 PM by Ray Schultz
    Politics And Programmatic: CTV Grew Its Ad Share During Recent Election

    The phone remained the biggest generator of ad impressions, although it fell slightly from 2022, Basis Technologies reports. ...

  • March 11, 2025, 4:32 PM by Ray Schultz
    'The Guardian' At The Gate: Publication Streamlines Programmatic Access

    "The Guardian" is working with The Trade Desk to offer ad inventory through OpenPath. ...

  • March 6, 2025, 10:28 AM by Joe Mandese
    Do You Know What Crimes Your Media Buys Are Funding?

    That's what a London-based anti-ad-fraud advocacy group wants you to understand, and it begins with knowing who your customers ...

  • March 3, 2025, 11:39 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    IAB Resurfaces Push For Responsive Ads

    The Interactive Advertising Bureau is pushing for the industry to move toward responsive advertising as it moves away from outdat ...

  • February 24, 2025, 8:00 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    Retail Media And OOH Advertising - Performance Of A New Industry

    Connecting retail with out-of-home could become one of the most ambitious projects for the OOA - but it now h ...

  • February 17, 2025, 8:33 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    CPMs, Spend Rising In Most Programmatic DOOH Categories

    Screen and TV for the first time tied billboard media as the largest asset category - both claiming 29% ...

  • February 16, 2025, 8:39 PM by Steve McClellan
    AdLib Taps Hudson MX Co-Founder Batson For Growth Role

    Will Batson was a co-founder and chief revenue officer of Hudson MX which developed a cloud-based platform, designed to streamli ...

  • February 10, 2025, 4:44 PM by Wendy Davis
    Lawmakers Blast Google, Amazon, Others Over Child Sex Site Ads

    "Google has failed to perform due diligence in identifying businesses that conduct illegal activity using its products," Senators Marsha Blackbu ...

  • February 10, 2025, 8:00 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    Programmatic Models Seeping Into Commerce Advertising

    The evolution of online advertising and search has raised important questions about trust, privacy, and continued relevance of traditional performan ...

  • February 9, 2025, 12:00 AM by Ray Schultz
    X Adds Magnite As A Programmatic Ad Seller

    Magnite will be a third-party seller of X ad inventory, reports state. ...

  • February 6, 2025, 2:47 PM by Ray Schultz
    Tech Teammates: Firms Line Up To Drive Global Personalization

    Movable Ink and Braze say they are supporting personalization in WhatsApp and other touchpoints. ...

  • February 6, 2025, 1:20 PM by Wendy Davis
    Virginia Senate Passes Bill Banning Sales Of Location Data

    The Consumer Data Protection Act, passed this week by the Virginia state senate, would outlaw the sale of data th ...

  • February 3, 2025, 1:07 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Outbrain Finalizes $1B Merger, Changes Name To Teads

    Outbrain has completed its acquisition of Teads for approximately $900 million, consisting of $625 million in cash and 43.75 milli ...

  • February 3, 2025, 10:16 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    Google Head Of Marketing Americas Stephen Yap Leaves For Perion Network

    Stephen Yap, who led Google Marketing platform in the Americas, has left to help steer and combine Perion's recently acquir ...

  • January 27, 2025, 4:22 PM by Wendy Davis
    Advertisers' Antitrust Claims Against Google Sent To Arbitration

    U.S. District Court Judge Kevin Castel ruled that the advertisers -- Cliffy Care Landscaping and California resident Michael Stellman ...

  • January 27, 2025, 8:07 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    Advertising Sell-Side Businesses Get A Shot At Glory

    PALM SPRINGS, CA -- Publishers, ad servers and supply-side platforms could become the shiny object in the ad industry ...

  • January 24, 2025, 12:38 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Bombora Integrates With Experian's Audigent For B2B, Intent Audience Data

    This partnership brings B2B programmatic audiences from Bombora into Audigent's suite of programmatic private marketplaces, making it easier to targ ...

  • January 21, 2025, 7:19 PM by Ray Schultz
    Programmatic Roars: Ad Spend Will Be Higher This Year

    But channel use appears to be shifting, with CTV getting a boost, Proximic by Comscore reports. ...

  • January 17, 2025, 2:40 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Google: JavaScript Now Required To Search

    Getting wise to a workaround of turning off JavaScript before using Google Search to hide Sponsored Ads, Google made u ...

  • January 16, 2025, 12:00 AM by Wayne Friedman
    EDO Strikes Deal To Boost Regional TV Ad Outcomes

    EDO has struck a deal with AI-powered ad-tech firm Chalice AI to optimize better outcomes across programmatic CTV and digit ...

  • January 14, 2025, 2:10 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Yahoo DSP Has Live Sports, Collaboration In Mind

    General Manager for Yahoo DSP Adam Roodman highlighted three things he wants to do this year to support advertisers a ...

  • January 7, 2025, 8:16 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Albertsons, TransUnion, DoorDash, Ibotta Expand Data Partnerships At CES

    A string of ad platforms expanded their retail media ad partnerships this week at CES 2025. The partnerships all foc ...

  • January 5, 2025, 2:50 PM by Ray Schultz
    ANA Partners With Viant, Cites AI

    "With groundbreaking innovations like ViantAI, Viant continues to set new standards in critical areas such as AI, CTV and sustainabilit ...

  • January 3, 2025, 10:40 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    Meta, Where's The AI Video Tech To Identify Hateful Trigger Words In Videos?

    As I watched news of the domestic terrorist attack on New Year's Day, I wondered - where is the ...

  • December 26, 2024, 4:47 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    AI Agents, 2025 Predictions For Advertisers

    The technology would support real-time ad bidding, personalize messages and budget allocations and monitor privacy settings in real-time based ...

  • December 24, 2024, 12:54 PM by Colin Kirkland
    Meta To Bring 3D Display To Ray-Ban Smart Glasses

    The feature could be appearing as soon as next year, potentially altering the relationship consumers have with their smartphones, accordi ...

  • December 23, 2024, 5:11 PM by Ray Schultz
    Traffic-Shaping Tool Can Help Publishers Realize Programmatic Gains, Firm Says

    Assertive Yield's platform can eliminate redundancy and conflicts of interest, the company says. ...

  • December 20, 2024, 2:29 PM by Robert Williams
    DSP Reach Improves But Is Still Less Half Of Media Spend

    The improvement was partly attributed to a reduction in the number of what are known made-for-advertising sites. ...

  • December 18, 2024, 3:39 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    RE/MAX Ad Media Network Launches To Support Realtors

    Another programmatic media network will launch, but this one will become the first to focus on the industry that sel ...

  • December 17, 2024, 4:52 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    OpenAI Challenges Google, Makes ChatGPT Search Free To All

    OpenAI has made ChatGPT search available to all and its mobile and desktop apps available to all logged-in users. T ...

  • December 17, 2024, 2:20 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    How Google's 'Willow' Quantum Chip Is Revolutionizing Advertising

    Advertisers have not yet awoken to the revolution of Google's quantum computing chip breakthrough, announced last week. It will chan ...

  • December 16, 2024, 7:51 PM by Colin Kirkland
    Meta Rolls Out Live AI Features On Ray-Ban Glasses

    Select users of Meta's mixed-reality Ray-Ban glasses can now experiment with several new AI-powered features, including the ability to transla ...

  • December 16, 2024, 3:00 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Health Care Programmatic Ad Platform Built To Reach 'Zero Waste'

    To support health care advertisers and marketers, WebMD Ignite designed ad capabilities to reduce waste by finding and targeting a ...

  • December 12, 2024, 3:35 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    ANA Finds DSP Reach Improving, But Effectively Still Less Than 44% Of Ad Dollars Spent

    While the percentage has increased from 36% reported in a 2023 study - thanks to a reduction in MFA sit ...

  • December 11, 2024, 3:54 PM by Ray Schultz
    Adelaide, PubMatic Partner In Effort To Improve Media Quality

    Ad buyers can apply Adelaide's attention data to programmatic deals. ...

  • December 11, 2024, 8:00 AM by Wayne Friedman
    21% Of Ad-Option Streaming Is Programmatic, Up 15% Year-Over-Year

    For all premium video inventory including premium streaming, linear and others, around 30%-40% of ad deals come from programmatic purchasin ...

  • December 5, 2024, 2:58 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    DSP Dives Into AI To Build Automation Tools For Creative, Planning, Media Buying

    Simpli.fi has announced AI-powered programmatic ad tools that the DSP will make available in January 2025 that automates creative, planni ...

  • December 5, 2024, 12:15 PM by Ray Schultz
    PubMatic And 33Across Partner To Help Ad Clients Target Audiences

    The arrangement will help publishers increase their monetization, the firms say. ...

  • December 3, 2024, 10:44 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Western Union, PubMatic Expand Collaboration

    Western Union is using first-party data online to offset audience extensions via PubMatic's Convert platform - designed for commerce med ...

  • December 3, 2024, 4:06 PM by Wendy Davis
    FTC Restricts Mobilewalla From Collecting RTB Location Data

    The FTC on Tuesday unveiled privacy charges against mobile data broker Mobilewalla, which allegedly obtained consumers' location data from real-ti ...

  • November 26, 2024, 10:06 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    Alphabet, VC Lead Startup Investment Designing AI Agent To Work With Humans

    A San Francisco-based startup is expected to announce Tuesday it has raised a large funding seed round led by Ind ...

  • November 25, 2024, 8:00 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    The New York Times Wants To 'Reshape' The Ad Economy

    Rather than measuring clicks and impressions, the "Times" plans to find a better way to understand campaign results based ...

  • November 21, 2024, 6:30 PM by Ray Schultz
    Xumo Inventory Will Now Be Available Via PubMatic

    The partnership between streaming platform Xumo and sell-side company PubMatic is designed to drive programmatic CTV advertising. ...

  • November 20, 2024, 4:27 PM by Colin Kirkland
    Lesbian Dating App 'Her' Launches Programmatic Ads

    Dating and social platform Her is expanding its ad options for brands and its millions of users who identify ...

  • November 20, 2024, 12:51 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Merkle Becomes First Agency To Offer Adobe Mix Modeler

    The performance agency's clients now have access to build integrated models, giving them complete control of data and modeling ...

  • November 18, 2024, 12:32 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    YouTube Liaison Opens Up About The Algorithm

    How the algorithm works has been a secret at Google, but now the company has begun to open up a ...

  • November 15, 2024, 11:56 AM by Ray Schultz
    B2B Master Class: Leaders Are Using Programmatic And Advanced Data Strategies

    B2B brands are also more likely to be using at least five channels, Anteriad reports. ...

  • November 12, 2024, 9:00 AM by Wayne Friedman
    Netflix Ad Option Has 'Positive Momentum' Two Years In

    Netflix says its global ad-supported platform in 12 countries has reached 70 million monthly active users. Currently, Netflix sees 5 ...

  • November 11, 2024, 1:00 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Programmatic Audio, Advertising Next Mountain To Climb

    Podcast ads are difficult to buy, although brand-suitability tools are attracting new advertisers, says SoundStack CRO Rockie Thomas, who spo ...

  • November 11, 2024, 10:02 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    2025 Ad Spend Forecast Puts CTV, Data First

    CTV, streaming and OTT video channels are expected to see the most growth in 2025, with 24% of respondents ...

  • November 6, 2024, 6:59 PM by Ray Schultz
    SoundCloud And PubMatic Partner On Providing Programmatic Inventory

    Music platform SoundCloud is leveraging PubMatic advertising tools. ...

  • November 6, 2024, 6:15 PM by Ray Schultz
    Upping Programmatic: Publishers And Advertisers Report Display Growth

    More publishers now use programmatic to sell their inventory in Europe, IAB reports. ...

  • November 6, 2024, 12:00 AM by Wayne Friedman
    CTV, OTT Offer Many Positives, But Transparency, Frequency Issues Remain

    In a survey by Advertiser Perceptions and Premion, nearly 40% cited a lack of transparency among streaming platforms. Managing frequen ...

  • November 4, 2024, 2:40 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Google Optimization Score For Ads Identifies Competitor Impacts

    Google's Optimization Score that provides recommendations to improve ad performance has been updated to highlight competitive pressures impacting impression sh ...

  • November 4, 2024, 11:49 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    Sports Score Ticker Gets TV Viewer Attention For Political Ads

    The battleground states have a massive population of sports fans, says Sam Vangelovski, political strategy lead at Sharethrough, an Equat ...