InFronts 2019, presented by Tru Optik

Amid the “battle that we’re seeing play out right now” among major media companies for streaming video revenue, one thing is certain. It’s hard to monetize video that doesn’t get watched, according to IRIS.TV’s Daniel Harrison. “You’ve got a lot going on, but ultimately each of these companies needs to figure out a strategy that […]

Compared with the outgoing medium of linear, analog TV, internet-connected over-the-top (OTT) transmission seems to offer unrivalled opportunity for advertisers to target and measure their ads, and to attribute those ads through to business lifts. But that opportunity could be squandered if marketers don’t use technology which has full sight of the addressable market. That […]

While the world of online ad targeting was suffering from fraud and transparency concerns, television held its head up high. If digital was being exposed to dark data tactics, good ‘ol TV seemed altogether cleaner. But what happens when TV becomes digital, when even linear TV ads start getting targeting using data obtained from virtual warehouses […]

With its roots in local print, radio and television advertising, Cox’s Gamut has been branching out in recent years via partnerships with national TV networks for their OTT inventory. “So now we have an opportunity to be able to help local buyers kind of round out their entire local market video spend, get incremental reach […]

SpotX and clypd are integrating their platforms to enable media owners to manage audience-targeting campaigns across linear television, digital video and OTT using common audience targets. “The workflow capabilities are not to be understated. This is often a huge pain point for media owners,” says SpotX CRO Sean Buckley. “And also as we get into […]

Amobee was the first advertising technology video platform to integrate with Tru Optik about two years ago. Addressable targeting across connected TV and a single opt-out across all devices were two motivating factors, according to Amobee’s Aleck Schleider. “We saw early on the continued growth of connected TV and OTT supply and obviously it continues […]

It may not have imagined numbers this big when it started out in Stamford, CT, six years ago, but Tru Optik – the tech vendor which helps ad buyers target and measure ads through connected TV platforms, now has technology tentacles in 80 million US homes. That scale has just brought another investment round, totalling […]

In 2019, more audiences and more regulators than ever before are concerned about how consumer data is being pieced together from various sources to track and target potential customers. That comes after Facebook, suffering its own Cambridge Analytica scandal, last year shut Partner Categories, the program which it allowed advertisers to target ads using customer […]

Just shy of its sixth anniversary, Tru Optik has reached “an inflection point for us” with a $10 million venture round whose participants include TransUnion, with which Tru Optik will partner on data and privacy, says CEO Andre Swanston. The funding round for the provider of over-the-top targeting, measurement and privacy management was led by […]