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Google Could be Forced to Sell Ad Tech Business in EU Investigation

VideoWeek

The company sells advertising while acting as an intermediary between advertisers and publishers, which allows it to control “both sides of the ad tech market,” said Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition. According to the Commission, Google has abused its dominant position in digital advertising since 2014.

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Nine Mobile Marketing Trends for 2014: The Year of Turning Ideas into Marketing Magic

InMobi

With so many people using smartphones and tablets, mobile strategy is going to be more important than ever in 2014. Let’s take a look at the top mobile trends for 2014. Programmatic ad buying and selling is changing the mobile landscape and is growing in fast in developed internet markets.

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What is Header Bidding and How it Works?

Automatad Inc.

Header bidding was conceptualized in 2014 and went mainstream in 2016. It begins loading as soon as the webpage loads in the user’s browsers by connecting to its supply-side platforms for bids before the ad server is called. It means the SSPs , direct DSPs, ad exchanges, and ad networks must respond with their bids within two seconds.

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The Year That Was @InMobi - Fast, Furious & Fun!

InMobi

In 2014, InMobi consolidated its position as an undoubted product & technology thought leader in mobile advertising. Feb 2014 : Announced the launch of our Video Ads platform , that continue to deliver the best performance and quality for our performance advertisers.

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Getting to the Root of the U.S. DTC Men's Shaving Market

InMobi

As a result, between 2014 and 2018, the men’s shaving market contracted by more than 11%. InMobi Pulse builds a holistic understanding of consumers across data sources ranging from the InMobi ad exchange, which reaches 1.6 While men used to shave 3.7 times a month on average, that has recently fallen to 3.2

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The WIR: Publicis and Carrefour Launch a Retail Media JV, AVOD Companies Form a Streaming Alliance, and Uber Runs Video Ads

VideoWeek

If the charges are proven, Google could be forced to sell part of its ad tech business. According to the Commission, Google has abused its dominant position in digital advertising since 2014, through both it’s publisher-facing and buyer-facing tools giving preferential treatment to AdX, Google’s own ad exchange.

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How To Build a Demand-Side Platform (DSP)

Clearcode

A demand-side platform (DSP) is a piece of software that advertisers and ad agencies use when they want to buy ad inventory in an optimally streamlined manner across multiple ad exchanges and supply sources. The primary function of a DSP is to purchase ad inventory.