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TubeMogul Introduces Video Verification

Written on
June 24th 2011
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Just when you’d suppressed your rage about click fraud, here comes pre-roll fraud to get your ire back up — don’t throw away that blood pressure medication just yet. Video DSP TubeMogul recently tested pre-roll ads across 7,000 sites and discovered more that 400 sites were running potentially 3 [...] more...

TVs Say Goodbye, Online Advertisers Say Hello

Written on
May 16th 2011
Author
Anupam Gupta

ADOTAS – According to the latest Nielsen Report, the number of TVs in homes across America dropped for the first time in 20 years. While nearly 97% of American households still have a TV, it is clear that consumer habits are changing. Americans now use their laptops, and increasingly tablets, [...] more...

CPGs Are YuMe’s Top Video Spenders

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February 21st 2011
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Consumer packaged goods companies were the biggest spenders on YuMe, which serves an average of 30 million video ads a day across its video ad network and for the more than 600 publishers that use its ACE platform. CPG video ads accounted for 27% of spending in 2010, followed [...] more...

Answers Served: Media6Degrees Frames Social Targeting for Video

Written on
December 10th 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Its potential has been touted for years, but it seems that online video advertising has finally hit its stride in 2010. eMarketer predicts $1.42 billion in spend this year compared to $1.02 billion in 2009. That figure will grow to nearly $2 billion in 2011 and $5.71 billion [...] more...

Skipping the Ads Away on YouTube

Written on
November 23rd 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – I recently got into an interesting discussion about pre-roll with the CEO of a targeting company dipping its toes into video advertising. While the public may love to bitch and moan about pre-roll, it’s generally accepted as the tradeoff for free video content. The bigger problem is the [...] more...

Qoof Brings Video Apps to Brightcove

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September 29th 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Outside the OMMA conference yesterday, an industry player and I were joking about whether the term “interactive pre-roll” was an oxymoron. But transforming an online video or rich media ad from a simple-functioning widget into a truly interactive app — now there was an idea whose time had [...] more...

BrightRoll Opens Mobile Doors for Pre-Roll

Written on
September 23rd 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – In May, video ad network BrightRoll released a case study suggesting that a five-month online video ad campaign for one advertiser led to a 6% lift in in-store sales. So what kind of lift would a mobile video campaign give to a similar retailer? BrightRoll will soon find [...] more...

Here, There and Everywhere: Digital Video Trends in 2010

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February 2nd 2010
Author
Bryan Hjelm

ADOTAS – For those of us in digital advertising, 2010 marks the kickoff to the next decade of our industry. From online consumer trends to ad interactivity, to 3D and HD technologies and innovations, to online/offline integration — 2010 will be the year of video for the digital advertising industry. With [...] more...

YuMe Hits Triple Play for Interactive Vids

Written on
January 20th 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – The newest fad with video ads is user interactivity, and YuMe has jumped on the trend train with its Triple Play offering. Somewhat similar to Jivox’s new interactive rollover product, Triple Play adds an interactive menu with three options to the end of a five to 20 second ad. [...] more...

ScanScout’s Pre-Roll Is Super, Thanks for Asking

Written on
December 18th 2009
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Seconds — that’s all a pre-roll video ad has to engage a viewer. His/her chances of paying attention the whole way through slip by with each tick of the clock. How do you suck them into your brand in such a fleeting moment? You give them something to do. [...] more...



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