COLOGNE, Germany -  Publicis, the giant advertising holding company, announced today a strategic partnership with Adobe for a marketing platform solution called Always-On. Here at DMEXCO,  we spoke with Stephen Beringer, President of VivaKi's Audience on Demand, a Publics digital unit. Always-On will be available to all the Publicis agencies. Beringer describes the platform as extremely granular, allowing marketers to have a [...]

COLOGNE, Germany -- As online video moves past its early growth stages, advertisers and media agencies believe it can play a key role in boosting overall advertising revenue and CPMs for their businesses, according to a Forrester study, commissioned by Videology. Video has the potential to drive the effectiveness of ads thanks in part to more data-driven ad processes, the report said. [...]

COLOGNE, Germany -  Advertising agencies are spending more and more on digital video channels - and most of the money moving from existing media is being switched from traditional TV. According to programmatic video ad tech vendor Adap.tv's 2014 European State Of The Video Industry survey, 2014 spending on digital video advertising is up 42% compared with a year earlier, with [...]

Traditionally, US customers adopt digital technology faster than those elsewhere around the world. But, when it comes to embracing new, data-driven approaches to selling video advertising, European broadcasters have got out of the gate first. "The interaction between TV and digital distribution channels is actually way more linked up than we’ve been seeing in the US," according to video ad tech [...]

LONDON - Civolution, the audio content recognition company (ACR), has been finding traction with partners including the WPP media agency Xaxis in powering the delivery of mobile ads synched to a particular TV commercial.  Here's our interview with Xaxis EMEA CEO Caspar Schlickum on Xaxis Synch, a platform powered by Civolution, explaining the implementation. The next step is to deliver ads [...]

COLOGNE, Germany - A record 30,000 attendees will listen to over 200 speakers and see the offerings  some 800 exhibitors at next week's DMEXCO, the tw0-day global conference of the digital media world in Cologne, Germany. At Cannes in June, we spoke with DMEXCO co-founder Christian Muche about this year's agenda and the rising attraction of his conference. Beet.TV is a media [...]

With the emergence of increasingly sophisticated programmatic technology, advertisers have the opportunity to harness their data to targeted consumers.  To do so, they need to build deeper data management platforms, (DMP's).  This will be a key conversation next week at the DMEXCO conference in Cologne, says Marco Bertozzi, President of AOD, EMEA and North American Client ServicesVivaKi, in this interview with [...]

AOL's rapid's development of an automated marketplace, for advertisers and publishers to buy and sell digital ads, will expand  in the year ahead with a big focus on linear TV planning and buying,  says Bob Lord, CEO of AOL Platforms, in this interview with Beet.TV. Lord predicts consolidation among tech vendors in the coming months.  The company will expand by "taking [...]

With publishers and advertisers embracing increasingly sophisticated software to buy and sell advertising on an automated basis, the advertising agency trading desks "are going to have look at how they provide value to marketers," says Richard Joyce Senior Analyst at Forrester.   Joyce, who is the primary analyst covering programmatic advertising, joined the big research firm from Accuen, OMG's agency trading [...]

LONDON -  From the emergence of programmatic television selling from  the likes of Sky in the U.K. to innovative ad-synch technologies, to the rapid maturation of the tech stacks of Google, Yahoo, Facebook and Amazon,  the selling of advertising programmatically is quickly accelerating, says Danny Hopwood, Head of Platform EMEA at VivaKi, the Publicis unit.  He says "we are on a [...]

While advertising-supported  digital media is quickly growing, there are much larger opportunities for adtech companies.  This exists in the total addressable market (TAM).   This includes e-commerce, retail, e-payments, marketing automation and SAS, says Terence Kawaja, CEO and co-founder of the boutique investment bank LUMA Partners, in this interview with Beet.TV Kawaja will speak about the implications and opportunities in TAM [...]

One of the best ways to combat online ad fraud is to understand the numbers. Online video ad platform YuMe said the issue of viewability is vital in the battle, and ad tech vendors need to be able to report accurately on whether ads were seen, says Jayant Kadambi, Co-Founder and CEO of YuMe, in an interview with Beet.TV. "We have provided [...]

LONDON -- Buoyed by the digital growth in programmatic buying, TV networks in the United Kingdom are developing a bigger appetite for data-driven media, says Liam Brennan, Digital Strategy Director of Starcom MediaVest Group, in an interview with Beet.TV. As an example, Sky TV is overlaying targeted ads into shows based on the the demographics of viewers, and tailoring ad breaks [...]

LONDON -- When brands use mobile advertising or Twitter advertising, they can amplify their media spend and ROI, says Richard Hocking EMEA director of performance marketing and mobile development at Starcom MediaVest Group, in an interview with Beet.TV. Twitter can complement TV ads, and brands have seen a 7% rise in awareness from the combo, while brands measuring sales impact saw a sales boost of [...]

SAN FRANCISCO - The delineation between private vs. open exchanges and real-time bidding (RTB) vs. programmatic guarantees is driven by the needs of the publisher says Mark Trefgarne, CEO of the supply-side video ad tech company LiveRail, in this interview with Beet.TV Earlier this summer, LiveRail was acquired by Facebook. We spoke with him for “The Road to DMEXCO,” a series of [...]

LONDON - Civolution, the Netherlands-based audio content recognition company (ACR) is finding high click-through rates with Twitter, synching TV ads with Twitter ads units.  A pilot program with Omnicom's Resolution Media on a movie campaign found click rates of as 250%, the company announced at Cannes. We spoke with Andy Nobbs, CMO of Civolution about the ad synch product along with other [...]

LONDON  --  Rocket Fuel, a leading programmatic ad buying platform, is expanding Mission Control, its  self-service solution for agencies, explains David Nelson, European Product Director, in this interview with Beet.TV Nelson also talks about the implications of the California company's recent announcement to acquire [x+1]. He speaks about emerging trends to be discussed at the upcoming DMEXCO conference and beyond.   The [...]

LONDON --Interactive video formats and programmatic buying can be layered together to help brands better reach consumers across screens, says Tom Fryett, Video Associate Director, at Starcom MediaVest Group, in an interview with Beet.TV. Interactive formats can drive engagement, while data can help to optimize the use of those formats. Starcom MediaVest has worked with tech providers like Innovid to develop interactive video formats [...]

LONDON  -- AOL has been expanding its video offering via its web originals and its distribution play across screens.   This initiative is expanding internationally as  AOL readies a slate  of Web original premium video for the U.K. market, says James Harris, Agency Lead, International, in this interview with Beet.TV  The new shows will be announced next month. In the interview, [...]

LONDON - It's a bit like finding the "lost GRP," says  Caspar Schlickum, CEO of Xaxis EMEA, explaining the value of the agency's new ad-synch product, in this interview with Beet.TV He says that the platform serves synched ads to  multiscreen viewers, many who reach for their handheld during TV commercials breaks.  He says that the product "captures the imagination of [...]