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Today’s Daily AdTech Round-up covers latest in Native and Programmatic Advertising, Technology, TV Advertising, Audience Data announcements Merkle, Firefly, Fishbat, Perion Network Ltd, SQAD, Atmosphere, Digital Remedy, SOPHOLA, Inc, DoubleVerify and MediaMath. Merkle Releases Q4 2019 Digital Marketing Report, Showcasing Impressive Growth for Amazon and Varying Trends for Google Merkle, a leading technology-enabled, data-driven performance marketing agency, has released its Q4 2019 Digital Marketing Report (DMR), a…

Most US-based businesses are yet to fully-understand the CCPA guidelines. Tell us about the unique features of CCPA that empower consumers?  The focus of the CCPA is to safeguard data collected from Californian consumers by for-profit organizations handling higher levels of data (at least 50,000 consumers) or grossing over $25 million per year. In line with this, it also provides consumers with the ability to bring a legal case against companies in the event of a data breach; companies won’t be fined for overall lack of…

Organic growth in digital media consumption is driving budget allocation towards associated advertising, with digital investment expected to grow almost 13% year-on-year, reaching around half of the total APAC ad spend. But, as we enter a new decade, marketers must carefully consider where those budgets are spent. Tempting as it may be to go for attention-grabbing techniques and quick wins, these will only result in ad fatigue and avoidance, as well as damage to brand reputation. Instead, marketers should take a…

New Partner Hub provides an intuitive dashboard and streamlined workflow, helping publishers maximize revenue potential while benefiting from reduced tech fees RhythmOne LLC, a Tremor International company, launched a new set of self-serve tools for publishers to activate programmatic deals across connected TV (CTV), video and banner inventory via deal IDs — providing enhanced reporting and transparency to help maximize yield for their premium inventory. To access the tools, the company also launched its new Partner Hub for…

Tell us about your journey in technology. What inspired you to join Fiksu? I guess I’m always looking for that next challenge. I started out as a Content Writer at an international product company, but, over the years, I’ve held varied positions, mainly having to do with product development. My key responsibilities were to manage projects, as well as to ensure their sustainable growth by promoting them in the US, Latin America, and other markets. It was always an exciting journey of working side by side with Developers,…

The Acquisition Enhances Cadent's Ability to Orchestrate TV Advertising Across Linear, Addressable STB, and OTT/CTV Formats Cadent, the advanced TV platform company, announced the acquisition of 4INFO to expand its cross-screen solutions for national advertisers with advanced audience targeting, and over-the-top (OTT) and connected TV (CTV) video buying capabilities. The ability to orchestrate traditional and next generation TV campaigns is core to any modern advertising campaign. However, advertisers are challenged with…

Growing demand from new and existing customers propels Scope by 4C self-serve platform into market-leading position 4C, a global data science and marketing technology company, announced that it had recently surpassed the milestone of $2 billion in annualized advertising spend running through the Scope by 4C™ platform. Budgets directed through Scope increased by 650 percent year-over-year in Q3 2019 across the growing channels of over-the-top (OTT), connected television (CTV), and e-commerce advertising. This growth follows…

Partnership Enables Enhanced Audience Targeting On Gaming Consoles Tru Optik, the most widely used audience intelligence and data-management platform (DMP) across Connected TV (CTV), announced a partnership with Anzu.io, a leading blended in-game advertising platform that brings real-world ads into video gaming and esports, to make first and third-party data for enhanced audience targeting available for in-game advertising on gaming consoles. As 67 percent of U.S. consumers play video games on at least one device, there…

This July, IAB Europe published the latest edition of its AdEx Benchmark report, which provides facts and figures about the health of the region’s Digital Advertising market in 2018. Since 2008, the study has mapped a trend of sustained double-digit growth. However, as 2018 got underway it was far from certain this trend would continue. Indeed, for the first half of the year, the market showed all the signs of a slowdown. At that point, based on local market signals, we were forecasting that total growth for the year…

By Combining Capabilities with Rhythmone’s Yume, Tremor Video Adds to Its Suite of Connected TV Advertising Solutions Tremor Video, the leading programmatic video platform, announced that it has combined its capabilities with YuMe by RhythmOne, a leader in Advanced TV solutions. The new integrated company provides advertisers with even more impactful brand storytelling on one of today’s most popular digital platforms. This combined offering now provides brands and agencies with the most cutting-edge Connected TV (CTV)…

TV Advertising is no longer what it used to be a few years ago. Today, it's a dynamic ecosystem bubbling with hot new Digital TV Advertising and Analytics innovations. Next-gen TV advertising companies are completely revolutionizing the whole AdTech landscape. In our recent chats and events, we witnessed TV analytics market climbing new heights and setting unprecedented benchmarks in building a clear, real-time view of the viewer's journey. Continuing our mission to put the latest trends in AdTech and…

Leading Video Advertising Platform Expands Connected TV Advertising Initiatives to Meet Growing International Demand Innovid, the world’s leading video advertising platform, announced the appointment of marketing industry veteran Seamus Whittingham to lead its EMEA team as Managing Director, based out of London. In his new role, Whittingham will be focused on driving Innovid’s leadership in connected TV (CTV) advertising to support and grow the large base of global advertising brands, publishers and broadcasters in the…

dataxu, a leading provider of programmatic marketing software for marketing and media professionals, announced its TotalTV Marketplace, the largest curated advanced TV (ATV) inventory marketplace available. With the TotalTV Marketplace, agencies and marketers can now reach any strategic audience at scale and identify key viewers on a one-to-one basis across channels and platforms on dataxu’s self-service DSP TouchPoint. As part of the TotalTV Marketplace, dataxu sees more than 40 million unique connected TV (CTV) households…

Why did LiveRamp choose to enter into the TV space? Even though TV is one of the most influential advertising channels — accounting for $224 billion in global marketing spend — it’s the least sophisticated when it comes to audience targeting and measurement. In fact, traditional linear TV is largely the same as it was in 1978, relying on basic demographic categories to inform ad buying. This is due in part to audience fragmentation across our many devices and streaming services, causing back-end players to struggle to…

Leader in Localized Programmatic Also Launching Intent-Based Behavioral and Granular Demographic Targeting for OTT/CTV Inventory Simpli.fi, the programmatic advertising platform built for the scale of localization and personalization, announced a significant expansion of its advanced TV capabilities, including nationwide addressable targeting, intent-based behavioral targeting, and granular demographic targeting for Over-the-Top (OTT) and Connected TV (CTV) inventory. In addition to launching three unique and powerful…

'Spotx Explains It All' Training Session to Highlight Current State of Ctv, Targeting Strategies, How to Reach Audiences at Scale, and More SpotX, the leading video advertising and monetization platform, announced a live educational series called SpotX Explains It All. The invite-only series will kick off with an in-person training session on June 21st at OFFSITE Loft in New York City and will roll out in other cities across the US in the coming months. The training offers advertisers extensive knowledge about the…

OpenX Welcomes Senior Hires from Viacom, Hulu, and Adcolony; Demonstrates How Mobile and Video Growth Continues to Surge in Q1 of 2018 Outpacing Overall Industry Growth OpenX, a leading independent advertising technology provider, shared deeper insights into the rapid growth of its mobile and video business today and announced it has appointed a trio of industry veterans in product development and management to support the company’s thriving mobile and video business units. Sophia Chung joined as Vice President of Product…

OptOut.TV Makes OTT History; Provides Ability for Consumers to Opt out of Audience-Based Ad Targeting Across OTT and Connected TV  Tru Optik, an audience intelligence and data-management platform at the forefront of Over-the-Top (OTT) and Connected TV (CTV), has announced the launch of OptOut.TV. OptOut.TV is a one-stop solution for consumers to opt out of audience-based targeting across the entire OTT ecosystem, including CTV. Despite the rapid growth of OTT and CTV, until now, no industry association has provided…