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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. These bid requests are made either directly by the user’s browser or via an ad server.

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What Is Demand Path Optimization (DPO)?

Clearcode

With DPO, each chain of the path is analyzed: Supply-side platforms (SSPs) , exchanges , ad networks , trade desks , and demand-side platforms (DSPs). There are also tech-related perks to DPO as a shorter media-supply chain means: Fewer issues with latency or compatibility which could make ads fail. DPO vs SPO. What’s Next?

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CEO of MediaFuse Discusses Outstream Video with ConvertMedia

MediaFuse

The days of publisher’s inundating their site with ads and leveraging a slew of “low-fill” ad networks are coming to an end. What will be the biggest change to happen to digital advertising in 2016? The standard ad serving “waterfall” approach has proven ineffective in the new programmatic world.

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Understanding the Complicated World of Advertising Technology (AdTech) & Programmatic Advertising

Clearcode

For those of you who haven’t heard about Clearcode before, we’re a software development company that specializes in designing and building advertising and marketing technologies, such as ad servers , DSPs , SSPs , CDPs , etc. The first ever ad server was invented by a company called FocaLink Media Services in 1995.

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What is OpenRTB & How Does It Work?

Lemonads

And yet with so many different tools available – from DSPs to DMPs to ad networks and ad servers – there needed to be a way to coordinate in such a fast-changing space. OpenRTB & Brands A unified “language” to facilitate real-time bidding obviously makes life easier for advertisers.

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12 Best Video Streaming Platforms for Publishers and Broadcasters

Brid.tv

The platform employs a global CDN for reliable content delivery, DRM technology for content protection, and it even features its own Marketplace , an ad network that is an official Google MCM partner. With ad server integrations, publishers can easily serve video ads within their content and generate revenue.

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38. Brian Lesser – from 24/7 to Xaxis and Xandr

Paleo AdTech

At the time, as Brian tells Marty in this panoramic episode, 24/7 had three business lines: an ad server (Open Adstream), ad network and search ads business. Open Adstream was wired in as well, and the value to clients was an ability to see across ad networks, and later real-time impressions.