VeraViews Included on IAB Global Vendor List

VeraViews Included on IAB Global Vendor List

Verasity, an adtech company that prevents invalid traffic across digital video advertising, announces today the inclusion of its VeraViews ad stack, powered by Verasity’s patented Proof of View technology, in the IAB’s Global Vendor List (GVL). VeraViews is an ad stack and advertising ecosystem powered by distributed ledger technology (DLT) and built around Verasity’s patented […]

Media Buyers Want More Direct Paths To Inventory – BidSwitch Analysis

Inaugural study investigates evolving programmatic advertising industry and buyer trends

Media Buyers Want More Direct Paths To Inventory – BidSwitch Analysis

Advertisers and agencies want more direct ways to purchase premium inventory as supply path optimisation (SPO), brand safety and transparency issues continue to be a concern.  Media spend on inventory sold direct using ads.txt, the IAB programmatic advertising transparency initiative, increased 45% in Q4 2019 compared to the equivalent period in 2018, while spend on […]

AppNexus teams up with Axel Springer and Schibsted in Supporting IAB Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework

AppNexus teams up with Axel Springer and Schibsted in Supporting  IAB Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework

Last month, AppNexus announced support of IAB Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework and encouraged their clients to adopt it. The Framework provides publishers and advertisers with full optionality to comply with the ePrivacy Directive and the transparency and legal basis requirements of the GDPR according to local interpretations of the requirements for both the directive […]

Unilever threatens to pull ads from Facebook and Google

Unilever threatens to pull ads from Facebook and Google

Consumer goods giant Unilever, one of the world’s biggest advertisers, has threatened to pull investment from digital platforms such as Facebook and Google that “create division” in society or fail to protect children. Keith Weed, chief marketing officer at the maker of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and Dove soap, will announce the company’s plan in […]

IAB launches ‘Gold Standard’ to clean up online advertising

IAB launches ‘Gold Standard’ to clean up online advertising

In an effort to raise the standards in digital advertising and address the key issues facing the industry, the IAB UK is launching the “IAB Gold Standard” initiative, comprising three primary actions that media owners can take. Initially, the Gold Standard has three fundamental aims – to reduce ad fraud, to improve the digital advertising […]

IAB survey demonstrates the negative impact of advertising on the mobile experience

IAB survey demonstrates the negative impact of advertising on the mobile experience

Surveying 3,600 mobile users from 18 countries spanning North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, the Internet Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) ‘Always On – A Global Perspective of Mobile Consumer Experience’ study reveals how mobile advertising is having an adverse effect on many people’s day-to-day experiences on their mobile phones. The research illustrates that consumer […]