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AdBlueDigital integrates Digital Element technology

Digital Element, a provider of IP geolocation technology, has announced that global contextual advertising agency, AdBlueDigital, has deployed its NetAcuity Edge hyperlocal IP geolocation technology to improve ad targeting accuracy. AdBlueDigital’s advertising technology delivers contextually relevant advertising for over 10,000 premium publishers, reaching more than 20 million unique users daily and driving 60 million impressions […]

February 18, 2015

UK marketers adopting cross-screen, targeted tactics

Videology, the advertising technology platforms, has found marketers in the UK marketers are increasingly embracing more sophisticated methods of targeting and execution. Examination of Videology’s platform in the fourth quarter has revealed 53 per cent of all ads run were served using advanced targeting – a 66 per cent rise on the same period in […]

February 17, 2015

‘Energetic’ TV adverts risk turning off viewers

Research suggests that TV commercials with a high energy feel (e.g. featuring upbeat, enthusiastic spokespeople) can have less of an impact when placed in serious TV dramas, which are increasingly becoming more popular and now make up 40 per cent of programming. The research – Consumers Response to Commercials: When the energy level in the […]

February 16, 2015

Social tactics pay-off for Super Bowl advertisers

Super Bowl XLIX lived up to high expectations, delivering a major increase of 105 per cent in customer conversion rates and an even greater jump of 163 per cent for social tactics, according to business intelligence from The Exchange Lab. With record-breaking ad prices, this year¹s Super Bowl Sunday received unprecedented media attention with advertisers […]

February 4, 2015

Super Bowl advertisers neglect second screen users

The majority of brands who invested in advertising during Sunday’s Super Bowl failed to integrate TV advertising campaign buys with their online and mobile presence during the big game, according to a study conducted by wywy, a cross-screen advertising and real time TV-ad tracking company. For 56 different US TV commercials

February 3, 2015

Budweiser lifts Super Bowl ad crown

Findings from TiVo Research, giving second-by-second data insight into Super Bowl viewers’ most-watched commercials and moments, revel that comedy was a prevailing theme. While ‘Deflategate’ may have dominated much of the talk leading up to the game, the recurring theme of comedy lost no air – despite the emotional spots attracting attention, suggests TiVo. The […]

February 2, 2015

Centriply to deliver targeted TV media solutions

Consumer targeting software specialist Cable Scope has launched a new company, Centriply, which aims to deliver targeted TV solutions for advertisers looking to maximise the value of their TV/video investments. The Centriply platform is available as a managed/white label service that agencies and other users can brand as an enhancement to their existing media services. […]

February 2, 2015

Ads pay for £187 of media per household

Advertising provides £187 (€251) worth of media, culture and sport to each UK household every year, according to a report commissioned by the Advertising Association. The research, conducted by Deloitte, claims that without advertising, much of the UK’s media, culture and sport would be “unsustainable”. The report examined advertising on television, radio, online services, newspapers […]

January 28, 2015

Imagine acquires RGB Networks

In a move that boosts its end-to-end video distribution capability with Dynamic Ad Insertion, Just-in-Time Packaging and Cloud DVR Technology, advertising management and video infrastructure solutions specialist Imagine Communications has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of RGB Networks, Inc., a leading provider of multiscreen video delivery solutions based in Sunnyvale, California. The […]

January 27, 2015

Civolution’s Teletrax for Super Bowl ad placement

Civolution’s Teletrax, a provider of real time analytics and TV synced ads, will offer TV-synced contextual multi-screen advertising during Super Bowl XLIX on February 1st. Teletrax’s live event triggers solution allows advertisers to programmatically place digital and contextually relevant advertisements simultaneously when there is a touchdown, field goal, turnover, unsportsmanlike conduct or any other marquee […]

January 22, 2015