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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. The error lasted for 40 seconds on March 15 and had by then been resolved.

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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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How Publica’s unified auctions are optimizing CTV monetization

Digiday

“Header bidding has worked incredibly well in display, bringing significant uplift and CPM on the display web ecosystem,” Antier said. “We If we can generate at least 30% of revenue uplift on a baseline of revenue and CPMs that are quite high, that’s going to have a very significant impact.”.

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What is Header Bidding and How it Works?

Automatad Inc.

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. The highest bidder will get the impression.

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How much ad revenue can apps generate?

Monetize More

Full-screen pop-up ads that last a few seconds or play a video are also employed. Structure of CPM Pricing. A CPM pricing model determines revenue. CPM is an abbreviation for cost per mille (thousand) initial impressions. The revenue calculation is just the number of views multiplied by the CPM and divided by 1,000.

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How to Set up a Programmatic Direct Deal in Google Ad Manager

Automatad Inc.

Google Ad Manager , the popular ad server, provides a dedicated platform to perform effective programmatic direct deals. Anchor ads are another good option to increase viewability, as they will be on the user’s page and viewpoint for the entire duration of the visit. When Should You Go for a Programmatic Direct Deal?

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What is RPM (Session, Page and Ad RPM)

Monetize More

Also, find out more about the difference between page views and impressions here: [link] RPM RPM is a common metric that most advertising platforms such as ad networks and ad servers use. It represents the cost the advertiser will pay for every 1,000 ad impressions served on a publisher’s website.