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A Pubmatic Server Anomaly, $1 Billion CPMs, and a Complicated Programmatic Ecosystem

Ad Monsters

A spokesperson for the SSP said that the anomaly occurred at one of its US data centers, causing publisher ad servers to receive abnormally high CPMs on a limited number of impressions. Experts expect the financial repercussions for individual publishers and ad tech firms will be insignificant.

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Building CTV Ad Breaks That Don’t Break the User Experience

VideoWeek

As more streaming companies enter the advertising market, the battle for eyeballs and ad dollars has never been more competetive. Publica, an ad server owned by IAS, argues that in order to attract ad dollars, you need to retain viewers – and in order to retain viewers, you need to ensure a seamless ad experience.

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Explain This to Me…Best of AdMonsters Decoder 2023

Ad Monsters

Every now and then, a new ad tech term, acronym, or technology pops up, and we’re all fishing around trying to figure out what the hell they mean. That’s why we created our explainer series, so we can keep you up to date on the newest ad tech trends and fads. This is the place for you.

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40. Brian O’Kelley (part 2) – the Right Media experience

Paleo AdTech

Part 2 of an ongoing conversation with Brian O’Kelley , one of the most influential people in the last two decades of ad tech. He led the technology team at Right Media that launched the first real exchange for ad networks. In 2004, Brian joined the RM team as an engineer.

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47. Larry Braitman – fishing for dot-com dollars with Flycast

Paleo AdTech

Components of its solution included: AdAgent — desktop tool for ad buyers to schedule up-front and “opportunistic spot buys” Media Templates — automation tools for common requirements like A/B tests, day/time buys. None of these companies is in ad tech. AdReporter — measurement tool.

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47. Larry Braitman – fishing for dot-com dollars with Flycast

Paleo AdTech

The “Blind Buy” was a lower-cost option, familiar to ad network users even today: you don’t know where your ad’s running, but it’s cheap. None of these companies is in ad tech. Pricing was a percent of media with a limited freemium/try-before-you-buy model.

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What Is Ad Exchange and How Does it Work – A Guide for Publishers

Automatad Inc.

Share Tweet Share Ads are the key revenue of publishers and advertisers. Global spending on digital ads keeps increasing yearly and will reach $650 billion in 2024. Ad exchanges play a major role in distributing these ads. The ad exchange is a popular programmatic medium in ad tech.