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Europe’s looming new data protection rules, which strength consumer protections and will require data handlers and processors to gain explicit consent from users, are scaring a lot of businesses that hold data on people. But GDPR, whose final deadline comes on May 25, doesn’t have to be scary, and companies don’t have to look at […]

By now, we all know that “data is the new oil” that fuels myriad targeting capabilities in the precision online era. But who holds the best data and how important is it? “That data’s not free,” according to Modi Media president Mike Bologna. “Of the 50-plus household campaigns we’ve run so far this year, we’ve […]

Data, data everywhere. The modern marketer has copious data sources at her fingertips to plan, buy and assess online advertising. Amid the conversion of Mad Men in to Maths Men, it feels like “data” is the only game in town. But are we beginning to witness a counter-revolution, a return to the roots of Madison […]

What will AOL and its users get out of the company’s recent acquisition by Verizon? Better content and better ads, says the outfit’s ad tech chief. Integration plans have recently been reported, but tentatively centre around using Verizon customer data for personalization. “Verizon feels they have an oil field filled with valuable data, AOL has […]

Does the future of advertising lay in curing the common cold? That may be so for Johnson & Johnson and its agency, J. Walter Thompson. Together, the pair have just bowed HealthyDay, an iOS app that shows US users local colds, flus and allergy symptoms as though they were checking the weather.  The project was implemented […]

If a tree falls in a forest and no-one was around to hear it, did it really make a sound? Many advertisers have asked themselves that question in years gone by, unable to know whether their analog media spend really made a difference. But digital ads that lead to digital actions mean attribution can delight marketers, says eXelate CEO […]

FORT LAUDERDALE — Fresh from RTL buying a majority stake for $144m, programmatic video ad tech outfit SpotXchange says it will shortly be opening up more offices in Europe under the group’s stewardship. “You’ll see some news from us early this year around new office openings specifically in the European region,” SpotXchange platform SVP Sean Buckley […]

One of the industry’s celebrated digital marketing chiefs says using his company’s own data about consumer behavior will become key to future campaign management. “Data will become more and more important to every single piece of media that we buy,” Mondelēz International global media and consumer engagement VP B. Bonin Bough tells Beet.TV in this video interview. […]

CHICAGO — Storytelling and data can go hand in hand in digital marketing, so long as marketers keep searching for insights in real time, says Danny Huynh, SVP and Group Director at Havas, in an interview with Beet.TV. “You have the ability to story tell based on data at hand. You use data as you are doing resesrch […]

Even if it isn’t quite “the new oil”, data is becoming more and more important to the new era of advertising targeting. “Data is absolutely the most essential foundation piece of programmatic,” MediaVest advertising technology and platforms SVP Oleg Korenfeld tells Beet.TV in this video interview. “You cannot efficiently and effectively buy media if you don’t […]

In online advertising, data management platforms (DMPs) are winning fans by letting ad buyers plug in customer data, break customers down in to segments and then target those segments. But even that advanced technology is being upgraded, says Adobe Audience Manager product marketing director Ali Bohra. “The DMP has evolved by going beyond data and tying […]

So-called “programmatic” ad-trading techniques may be more commonly associated with fast-moving, low-tier ad slots than with premium TV slots that are fought over months in advance – but the former can serve the latter, too, says an ad exec. “In the TV world, there is a very different supply and demand dynamic,” Comcast Cable’s advanced advertising […]

LONDON — In an advertising world increasingly fuelled by customer data, who do agencies go to for these vital ingredients? It’s not who it used to be, says Dentsu Aegis UK digital agency iProspect‘s chief media officer. “Five or six years ago, we were talking about the CIO, CMO and CTO groups merging together and […]

COLOGNE, Germany — As “maths men” take over from “mad men” on advertising’s Fifth Avenue, the new cult of data is proving to be too all-consuming, says one advertising veteran. “We may be losing the plot – too much math, too little meaning,” says DigitasLBi and Razorfish chair Rishad Tobaccowala. “We’ve forgotten that the data […]

LONDON — Data is rooted in numbers, but the use of it is most effective when brands view data as a “consumer fingerprint,” says Steve Simpson, Exec VP and Global Managing Director of Digital Strategy, Data and Analytics at SMG, in an interview with Beet.TV. “Think about it as a reflection of people and what they are doing […]

The recent deal signed by ad agency Publicis’ digital unit VivaKi to buy ads from Amazon’s new self-service display tool crystallizes the outfit’s ethos, says company exec Marco Bertozzi. “The Amazon announcement is the fruition of 18 months of working with them -it’s a case study for exactly what we’re trying to do with our […]

Dave Morgan says  Simulmedia, is taking an important step by participating in upcoming US TV ad-buying upfronts for the first time. “It’s been something we’ve watched from the sidelines as a spectator,” Morgan tells Beet.TV. “For the first time, we have positions on both the sell side and the buy side.” Simulmedia brings an avalanche of […]

LONDON — If “data is the new oil“, The Guardian is sitting on a well. The news publisher has built its own in-house analytics platform, dubbed “Ophan”, to measure dozens of metrics for thousands of stories, chief digital officer Tanya Cordrey tells Beet.TV. “It shows the performance of our content at any moment of any […]

LONDON — More advertisers may soon buy synchronized video ads on multiple digital screens to continue reaching TV viewers distracted by secondary devices. Group M’s data and audience unit Xaxis has already operated the scheme, dubbed Xaxis Sync, in the Netherlands, buying social mobile ads corresponding to TV spots identified by data partner Civolution. Now […]

LONDON — The Guardian’s publisher will post annual digital revenue up by a quarter to over £70 million ($116 million) for the year ending March, CEO Andrew Miller tells Beet.TV. Although many in the industry report worsening ad rates, the Guardian Media Group CEO says: “We’re seeing a hardening of our CPMs.” The group will […]