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Adtech Firm OpenX Accuses Google of ‘Rigging’ Ad Auctions in New Antitrust Lawsuit

Adweek

District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, OpenX claims that Google has used self-preferencing practices that make it difficult for other ad exchanges and ad servers like OpenX to compete on a level playing field. As a result of Google’s practices, according to OpenX, it was forced to shutter its ad server in mid-2019.

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Google adtech antitrust trial: Everything you need to know

Martech

9) DOJ laid out their accusations as follows: Google controls the advertiser ad network. Google dominates the publisher ad server. Google runs the ad exchange connecting the two. Google’s defense: Disputed the definition of open-web display ads. Day 1: Accusations and badgering of witnesses (Sept.

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Ad Network vs. Ad Exchange: What’s the Difference Between the Two?

InMobi

How do ad networks and ad exchanges stack up? In short, ad networks offer dedicated support, while ad exchanges are largely technology platforms that serve as an open digital marketplace. This is where ad networks vs. ad exchanges come into play. How does this stack up to an exchange?

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Header-bidding Wrapper Landscape in 2019

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Header-bidding is an AdTech solution for publishers that allows running parallel auctions, in which multiple ad exchanges and networks bid on the same impression simultaneously. Higher competition ensures increased revenues for publishers and holistic yield management.

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2019 Mobile App Monetization Trends [New Research]

InMobi

What are the biggest mobile app monetization trends of 2019 and 2020? What we found was that while in-app header bidding adoption was nascent, it was already providing real benefits to the mobile apps where it was in place, and thus was likely to be included in everyone’s business models in 2019. So did our prediction come true?

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2019 Trends: Header Bidding, Mobile Apps and The Future of In-App Ad Monetization

InMobi

Even though it seems at times like everyone from the world’s biggest ad platforms down to tiny ad networks was talking about in-app header bidding in 2018, actual adoption of unified auctions among mobile publishers, app developers and their programmatic demand sources was low. But, expect all that to change in 2019.

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UK finally opens antitrust probe of Google’s role in the adtech stack

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“The CMA is assessing whether Google’s practices in these parts of the ad tech stack may distort competition. “The CMA is also concerned that Google may have used its publisher ad server and its DSPs to illegally favour its own ad exchange services, while taking steps to exclude the services offered by rivals.”