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MobileFuse, one of the largest U.S. in-app advertising and DOOH platforms, announced a strategic partnership with Near, the largest global source of data intelligence on people and places. As part of the partnership MobileFuse will provide Near's industry leading data intelligence offering to its customers, and offer audience segmentation and activation capabilities. Marketing Technology News: Strata Introduces Identity Orchestration Platform for Multi-Clouds The partnership showcases MobileFuse's…

New offering available through Verizon Media’s omnichannel DSP provides all-in-one platform for DOOH forecasting, re-engagement, & first-party measurement Verizon Media today announced the launch of their full funnel Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) product suite, providing DOOH advertisers with a one-stop-shop for campaign planning, execution, and measurement, all in a self-serve capacity. Marketing Technology News: MarTech Interview with Ellen Donahue-Dalton, Chief Marketing Officer at VillageMD “DOOH marketing…

Transaction Expected to Accelerate Growth of the Internet and Digital Media Leader Verizon to Maintain Minority Stake in the New Company to be Known as Yahoo Verizon and Apollo Global Management, Inc (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Apollo”) today announced that funds managed by affiliates of Apollo (the “Apollo Funds”) entered into an agreement to acquire Verizon Media for $5 billion. Verizon will retain a 10% stake in the company, which will be known as Yahoo at close of the transaction and continue to be…

Verizon Media and VIZIO, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver new cross-platform and connected TV (CTV) advertising solutions, anchored in unique TV viewership data and premium programmatic inventory access. “VIZIO has built a CTV advertising ecosystem centered around premium partnerships and our direct-to-device offering” Effective immediately, Verizon Media gains demand-side platform (DSP) access to VIZIO’s Inscape viewership data from more than 18M opted-in VIZIO Smart TVs. Verizon Media will be the…

Introducing Mind Together, a coalition to destigmatize mental health at work What you need to know: Kellogg Company, Snap and Spotify are founding members committing to education, awareness and learning programs for the workforce Mind Together aims to standardize corporate mental health, creating systemic change Global mental health advocacy group Made of Millions will serve as non-profit advisory partner to the coalition Verizon Media, a leader in innovation, content and commerce, announced Mind Together, a…

New suite infers audiences independent of cookies or mobile app IDs Verizon Media today announced the launch of its Next-Gen Solutions suite, a first-to-market offering for advertisers and publishers independent of cookies or mobile app IDs for audience creation, buying or measurement. Built for the identity-less era, this suite of solutions delivers relevant ad experiences while strengthening consumer trust. Marketing Technology News: Acorio Announces Three New Vice Presidents to Join Leadership Team As the ad…

A new study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of leading players in addressable TV today found that while 100% of brands and agencies in the U.S. have experienced at least one challenge implementing addressable advertising at scale, 46% say optimizing emerging channels is their top priority in 2021. The study, "The Transformation of Television: Embracing the Era of Addressable TV," was commissioned by DISH Media, Cadent, Canoe, Comscore, INVIDI Technologies, LiveRamp, Verizon Media, ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia.…

Partnership Connects Epsilon's Industry-Leading CORE ID and Verizon Media's ConnectID, Enabling Brands to Activate Custom Audiences in Verizon Media's DSP As marketers look for proven solutions to stay connected to their customers in a cookie-less world, Epsilon®  and Verizon Media  are expanding their long-standing partnership with the interoperability of Epsilon's CORE ID and Verizon Media's ConnectID. The new integration enables Publicis Groupe and Epsilon clients to build persistent custom audiences in Epsilon…

Adverty AB (publ) announces a new deal with global media and technology company Verizon Media, a division of Verizon Communications Inc., which houses a trusted media ecosystem of premium brands and industry-leading technology platforms. The integration of Adverty's platform will enable Verizon Media's wide range of advertisers and audiences to access Adverty's seamless ad inventory at scale. Adverty will connect to Verizon Media's Sell-Side Platform (SSP), enabling its unique and unobtrusive ad offering to reach wider…

Hi Ivan, please tell us how you hoped the New Year 2021 will start for the industry. The industry overall, I expect the next not-normal! For 2021...let’s start with consumers: coming out of 2020 there will be a confluence of factors that will likely create very unique consumer patterns. For starters, there will be continued uncertainty around the pandemic and its cure (vaccine timing and effectiveness, collective immunity, etc.) as well as the economic impact on households (employment, stimulus, impact to savings and…

The 6 adtech leaders include Adomni, Broadsign, Place Exchange, Verizon Media, VIOOH, and Vistar Media. They join forces to deliver parameters for defining programmatic DOOH inventory. Ensuring a mutual understanding between the DOOH buyer and seller in the bid-stream and during the media transaction, these standards open up new inventory discovery opportunities, improve targeting, and promote greater knowledge equality within the programmatic DOOH industry. Six leading digital-out-of-home (DOOH) technology platforms -…

Dailymotion partners with Verizon Media to provide a new programmatic guaranteed offer. This automated purchasing mode – also called direct programmatic – allows brands to acquire advertising inventories with full confidence through private deals. Renault – along with its agency OMD – was able to be the first to preview this new offer. Brands are looking for more control and confidence today, while also expecting more guarantees in the construction of their digital strategy. That's why Dailymotion now offers the…

Built for the cookie-less future of digital advertising, powered by nearly 900 million direct consumer relationships, a diverse ID graph, and a full-stack DSP & SSP ad platform Verizon Media announced the launch of its new unified identity solution, Verizon Media ConnectID. Built on the foundation of Verizon Media’s consumer-first values and market-leading advertising technologies, the new unified ID solution is designed to support advertisers, publishers and consumers as the digital landscape evolves away from cookies…

Verizon Media and BuzzFeed announced a new strategic partnership across content and advertising, the acquisition of HuffPost by BuzzFeed, and an investment that will make Verizon Media a minority shareholder in BuzzFeed. From powering new consumer shopping experiences to content syndication, to innovative ad products, the partnership will unlock new revenue opportunities for both media companies. The addition of HuffPost - which BuzzFeed will acquire - brings BuzzFeed a universally known brand with significant scale, and an…

WHO: Verizon Media, a division of Verizon Communications, Inc., announced their Digital Out of Home (DOOH) Advertiser Attitudes & Behavior Research Report. Marketing Technology News: Baidu to Acquire JOYY’s Live Streaming Business WHAT: In order to understand advertisers’ perspectives around DOOH, Verizon Media commissioned an online survey of nearly 250 US advertisers and marketers who are decision makers in outdoor media spend. The research revealed that: 9-in-10 agree that DOOH is the right place to invest…

Global go-to-market alignment to accelerate Mitel’s strategy of empowering channel partners to deliver greater choice for customers in their journey to the cloud Mitel, a global leader in business communications, announced the promotion of Scott Peterson as the company’s new Chief Revenue Officer. In his new role, Peterson will be responsible for driving Mitel’s global revenue growth via the execution of its go-to-market strategy and through its channel ecosystem of value-added resellers, service providers, distributors,…

New features and functionality include real-time multi-camera viewing and watch together social experiences, as well as OTT Smart Auction integration Verizon Media has announced a series of new Media Platform enhancements designed to evolve the live streaming experience. These include several new capabilities that provide deeper fan engagement for live sports and services that address every streaming need. Additionally, the company has launched Smartplay Prebid’s first integration with the Verizon Media Ad Platforms’ OTT…

The header bidding-like solution is specifically for premium OTT publishers that deliver longform on-demand or live streaming video Verizon Media announced the launch of OTT Smart Auction, a header bidding-like solution for over-the-top (OTT) publishers. OTT Smart Auction is a server-to-server container integration that enables OTT programmatic demand to compete with reserved demand in a real-time, unified auction in a publisher’s ad server. Ad-supported longform video is a rapidly growing market that’s expected to…

Verizon Media expands omnichannel footprint in its DSP, further connects linear and digital buying for advertisers Verizon Media is expanding its omnichannel programmatic platform , announcing an advanced TV partnership with DISH Media in which Verizon Media’s demand-side platform (DSP) will provide automated access to DISH’s household addressable ad inventory. The deal enables advertisers to access traditional linear channels alongside pure-play CTV/OTT media, including SLING TV, driving meaningful connection and…

Verizon Media and Broadsign announced an extended partnership to directly integrate Verizon Media’s programmatic demand-side-platform (DSP) with the Broadsign Reach programmatic DOOH supply-side-platform (SSP). Using the combined solutions, Verizon Media advertisers can now easily access Broadsign’s global programmatic DOOH (pDOOH) inventory as part of their omnichannel buys. The partnership is another step in Verizon Media’s continued expansion into DOOH, as more advertisers recognize the value of the medium in…