Yahoo CRO Talks Data-Driven Strategy, Connected TV

CANNES — A year and a half after it got a new CEO, Yahoo is getting more confident about its advertiser offering. “Yahoo is doubling down on providing the best and most effective platform for our core customers,” says Elizabeth Herbst-Brady, Chief Revenue Officer at Yahoo, in this video interview with Beet.TV at Cannes Lions. […]

 
 

Yahoo’s Armstrong Sees ‘Exciting’ Maturation Of Retail Media

SAN JUAN, PR — Does a heritage in search translate into success in the new “retail media network” space? Mallory Armstrong thinks so, and she thinks new-look TV tech can make it happen. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Armstrong, Head of TV Data Strategy, Business Development, Yahoo, outlines how she is seeing the opportunity […]

 
 

Yahoo! Seeing 4x More Brands Buying Upfront Programmatic TV

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The current US upfront TV ad sales season looks like being notable for two trends: A bounce-back in post-lockdown advertiser spend. The migration of some of that spend toward advanced and connected TV executions. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Beau Ordemann, Head of Advanced TV, Yahoo!, says his company […]

 
 

Yahoo’s Ad Business Growing Under Apollo: Herbst-Brady

If you thought that the latest chapter for Yahoo, following its recent sale by Verizon, would be played out in the shadows, Elizabeth Herbst-Brady has something to say. Verizon sold its Verizon Media Group for $5 billion to Apollo Global Management, a private equity firm, in a deal which closed in September. In this video […]

 
 

Tubi’s New Pipes Connect Yahoo Buyers To CTV: Markman

If Tubi wasn’t already growing fast enough under its own steam, growing support from integration partners could help the streaming TV service expand even farther. This month, Yahoo announced Tubi is extending its use of Yahoo’s supply-side ad software (SSP) to also connect with its demand-side platform (DSP). As Iván Markman, chief business officer of […]

 
 

NCC Media’s Advanced TV Goals: National Capabilities, One Infrastructure

From its roots aggregating spot cable television buys for advertisers, NCC Media has learned how to “rationalize the irrational.” This will certainly come in handy as it expands beyond linear TV into digital. “Historically, we were seen as just an ad rep organization and what we’re trying to do is build adtech underneath it that […]

 
 

Oath’s NewFronts 2018: Pre-Loaded Galaxy Apps, 10 New AOL And Yahoo Series

Ever since Verizon formed Oath from AOL’s and Yahoo’s digital assets, it’s touted a “mobile-first” approach to engaging with consumers. The latest and perhaps most significant manifestation of that vision is a deal with Samsung that will pre-load Galaxy S9 phones with four apps populated by Oath content. In addition to the Samsung pact, Oath […]

 
 

Oath Consolidates DSP Assets, Pursues Creative Ad Formats: CRO John DeVine

PALM SPRINGS, Calif – An “embarrassment of riches” in the adtech space is an understatement when it pertains to the melding of Yahoo and AOL under Verizon’s Oath. This includes multiple demand-side platforms  that Oath is “aggressively consolidating down” to a single platform,” says CRO John DeVine. As Oath sorts out the DSP solution, “We’re […]

 
 

Measuring Brand ‘Love,’ Doubling Down On Yahoo Properties: Oath’s Tim Mahlman

LAS VEGAS – Verizon’s Oath is intent on spreading the love in 2018 as it ramps up to offer advertisers alternatives to more unified competitors like Facebook and Google. “Build brands people love” is the mantra of the amalgamation of AOL and Yahoo that is Oath. Fittingly, the company has decided to share its “love” […]

 
 

Oath To Be Mobile-First With Trusted ‘Garden’ Of Content: CRO John DeVine

As it continues to combine the multitude of ad tech and content assets within AOL and Yahoo, a big focus of Oath going into 2018 will be to “own the mobile moment.” This is where parent Verizon will be a key ally. Oath Chief Revenue Officer John DeVine spends much of his time at events […]

 
 

Oath’s Pledge To Advertisers: Trusted Brands, Data And Distribution

CANNES – Sailing against companies like Facebook and Google, Oath—the combined AOL-Yahoo entity—finds itself navigating deeply competitive waters. So it’s apt that the person chosen to pilot the new vessel, John DeVine, not only ran Yahoo’s global operations but also is a former U.S. Navy officer. Oath is a portfolio of more than 50 media […]

 
 

OMD’s de Nardis: Facebook Metric Misstep Highlights Need For Third-Party Measurement

There’s enough disruption in digital advertising, so a flap at Facebook and uncertainty surrounding Twitter are best dealt with quickly. That’s the view of Mainardo de Nardis, CEO of OMD Worldwide, Omnicom’s global media communications agency. Last month, Facebook apologized after major agencies became aware that the social media behemoth had erred in the way […]

 
 

Verizon Digital Media Services: The ‘Supply Chain’ For AOL And Yahoo

The integration of Verizon Digital Media Services with AOL and Yahoo is “just the beginning” of a path that could see VDMS build its own dynamic ad decisioning technology. Until then, the company is happy to be agnostic with its integration decisions, says President Ralf Jacob. “A lot of people have asked why AOL, why […]

 
 

Programmatic Experts Keen for Integrating TV and Digital Data

FORT LAUDERDALE — Marketers and agencies are trying to figure out how to manage the growth of addressable TV, especially as programmatic buying continues to overlap with the TV market. That was a key topic of discuss at the Beet.TV retreat in Fort Lauderdale on the programmatic opportunities in TV. For instance, the “people challenge” in broader […]

 
 

Yahoo Rolls Up BrightRoll & Flurry To Make ‘Cross-Screen Graph’

FORT LAUDERDALE — After having purchased mobile ad analytics firm Flurry and video ad tech outfit BrightRoll, which will be the name for all its ad tech, Yahoo is looking at combining the force of each to help TV companies retain viewers with cross-screen ad targeting. Speaking with Beet.TV, Yahoo’s global TV and video partnerships chief Brent […]

 
 

Yahoo’s BrightRoll Roll-Up Unifies The Ad Interface: Horowitz

FORT LAUDERDALE — Take two bottles in to the shower? Now Yahoo has combined the platforms advertisers use to buy ads programmatically under just one. BrightRoll, the video ad tech company which Yahoo acquired 12 months ago, is now the name used to buy other kinds of ads, too. “The BrightRoll brand now will apply to the Yahoo DSPs as a […]

 
 

Yahoo Now Reaches 188 Million Video Viewers: Utzschneider

CANNES — Yahoo arrived at Cannes last month ready to talk about video and programmatic. Lisa Utzschneider, the company’s SVP-Sales, Americas, observed that Yahoo’s video offerings now run the gamut from long-form original content (such as a custom opportunity for Honda in “Community”) to short videos in digital magazines to Sponsored Posts on Tumblr that […]

 
 

Long-Form Digital Viewing Goes Mainstream, Yahoo Says

Long-form video viewing on digital devices has achieved ubiquity, says Lauren Weinberg, VP Strategic Research & Insights at Yahoo, in this interview with Beet.TV. More than 90% of consumers in all age groups from 13 to 54 now watch long-form video on digital devices, according to a study of online consumers conducted in the fall by search […]

 
 

Ad Tech Consolidation Doesn’t Mean Walled Gardens: BrightRoll’s Mosher

Ad-tech M&A is in full-swing. Whilst the industry lumascape looks complex today, large internet operators are snapping up some of the bigger ad tech platform vendors? So, as consolidation occurs, will vendors under new ownership be temped to lock customers in to their parents’ business ecosystem? “That’s one of the risks,” according to Brightroll marketplace SVP […]

 
 

BrightRoll’s Mosher: Yahoo To Change the Mobile Ad Game

FORT LAUDERDALE — Mobile is one of the key areas of focus for video ad tech firm BrightRoll in 2015, and the company reckons its recent acquisition by Yahoo, for $640mn, will help it execute. “It’s been underpenetrated and underserved by the video market over the last couple of years,” Brightroll marketplace SVP and GM Dan […]

 
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