Contextual Advertising
Google’s Inderpreet Sandhu: AI-Driven Creative Alignment will Transform CTV Ad Relevance
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA — Among advertisers’ hopes for artificial intelligence is the ability to shape and reshape creative moments within scenes streaming on CTV to bring more emotionally resonant ad experiences at scale. “Every piece of content that we all watch elicits a different emotional reaction or an association. So why shouldn’t the creatives […]
Index Exchange’s Alex Gardner: Contextual Signals Enable ‘Revolution’ In Audience Targeting
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA — Contextual targeting has evolved from supplementary tactic to primary solution over the past year, enabling advertisers to move beyond inconsistent audience-based signals toward more robust and reliable connections with consumers. “A year ago at CES, we started talking about the idea of leveraging these signals in more interesting and meaningful […]
VuePlanner’s John Cobb: YouTube Is the Cultural Engine of all Generations
CANNES – YouTube presents a unique challenge for marketers. It’s television, radio, retail media, and creator commerce all rolled into one platform. As John Cobb, CEO and co-founder of VuePlanner, most advertisers aren’t set up to handle that complexity. “The challenge for marketers is that generally the way they look at things is they buy […]
Cognitiv’s Jana Jakovljevic: What The Ad Industry Still Misunderstands About ‘Context’
MIAMI — Deep learning is everywhere in advertising these days. But for an ad platform like Cognitiv, deep learning has been a core part of its offering since its founding a decade ago. For Jana Jakovljevic, SVP of Partnerships at Cognitiv, real-time adaptation to consumer behavior isn’t a new trend but a fundamental principle of […]
Contextual Ad Growth Foreshadows Cookie Deprecation: OpenSlate’s Andrea Ching
Marketers in the past few years have become more aware of how their advertisements can show up in places they didn’t expect, such as next to digital content that’s objectionable or offensive. They also face challenges in reaching target audiences as technology companies like Google and Apple give people more ways to protect their online […]





