The IAB Europe Virtual Programmatic Day H2 2019 will happen on Tuesday, November 19, 2019, from 1:00 PM until 5:00 PM GMT. IAB Europe says this edition will have the focus on the latest market trends including spend, drivers and barriers, key growth areas such as connected TV,

As of 1 December 2019, Renato Profico will take over as the new CEO of Doodle, Tamedia announced. Gabriele Ottino, the current CEO, has decided to leave the company. According to Tamedia, Gabriele Ottino has successfully driven the growth of paid premium services for business customers, during his 3-year tenure

Google this month announced that is reviewing the workflow in DV360 for the trafficking of Audio Ads. Advertisers will be able to directly upload the Companion Ads when they set up a new audio creative. Before this change, advertisers needed to upload beforehand an image or a non-responsive HTML5 companion

Amazon Advertising this week launched Sponsored Display to vendors who sell on Amazon in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, India, Japan, and Canada. Sponsored Display is a self-service advertising solution that enables advertisers to engage shoppers who showed interest in categories related to the promoted ASIN or by

Spotify yesterday launched Spotify Kids, a standalone app designed for kids and families. Spotify Kids is now available in Ireland, in a beta launch, for the users with Premium Family plan. Spotify Kids will be rolled in the coming months in all Spotify markets. The content within Spotify Kids is

Google Ads this week opened a beta for the Lead Form Extensions, a new ad extension that enables advertisers to display a form submission directly on Google Search. Lead Form Extensions works only on mobile. Katerina Daveynis, Product Manager at Google Ads, wrote that Lead Form Extensions capture interest when

TVSquared this month announced a partnership with Extreme Reach (ER) to enable advertisers to measure TV content served across ad-supported OTT streaming service. Extreme Reach integration captures all ads, giving advertisers the ability to track performance at scale across linear and digital TV content everywhere. TVSquared says that each day,

Amobee this month announced that is now using DoubleVerify measurement for connected TV inventory. Amobee says the extension of the partnership prevents fraud from reaching the Amobee platform, ensuring advertisers have access to a safe, transparent buying ecosystem with high-quality inventory. “DoubleVerity is pleased to partner with Amobee to bring

Facebook this month included the ad campaigns using Automatic Placements on the Facebook Search Results. There is a limitation: the feature is only available to English and Spanish search terms. According to Facebook, the Facebook Search Results placement includes search result pages including general search and Marketplace search. Facebook says

Spotify yesterday reported the financial results for the third quarter of 2019, where it saw a revenue growth of 20% Y/Y. Spotify says the ad supported growth underperformed the expectations in Q3. A new order management software to replace Google’s Doubleclick Sales Manager, which was sunset in July,

Microsoft Advertising this month opened a new beta with a new redesigned platform. Microsoft is inviting all advertisers to move to the new platform via this form. According to Microsoft, the series of changes on the new UI were done with the goal of modernize the look, feel, and functionality

Audion has raised €1.1 million in a first seed round, the company announced this week. The seed round included Founders Future, and Kima Ventures, among other angels. Audion says the funding round will allow the acceleration of the development of its technology and to expand into four new countries

Mastercard yesterday announced it is acquiring SessionM, a customer management platform (CMP), used mainly by retail. SessionM is a customer engagement and loyalty platform used by retailers, airlines, restaurants and CPG companies. Mastercard expects the acquisition will happen in the fourth quarter. Mastercard says SessionM will enhance Mastercard’s ability

HubSpot this week added LinkedIn Lead Gen Form creation to the free HubSpot ads tool. LinkedIn Lead Gen Form creation enables advertisers to collect leads from their ads on LinkedIn using pre-filled forms, which they can now set up directly within the connected HubSpot platform. The HubSpot ads tool connect

IAB this week released the IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report 2019, revealing that the first 6 months of 2019 registered the highest spend in history for the first half of the year. U.S. digital advertising revenues reached $57.9 billion on the first half of 2019. The Internet Advertising

IAB and the IAB Tech Lab today released for public comment the IAB California Consumer Privacy Act Compliance Framework for Publishers and Technology Companies. IAB and the IAB Tech Lab are asking publishers, technology intermediaries, ad agencies, brands, data companies, and all other participants in the digital advertising supply chain

Roku today entered into an agreement to purchase the DSP dataxu. dataxu provides advertisers with an automated bidding and self-serve software solution to manage ad campaigns programmatically across digital platforms. dataxu uses advanced TV and OTT media planning tools, a proprietary device graph, and data science to help marketers optimize

Rubicon Project today announced the acquisition of RTK.io, a publisher provider of tools and services related to header bidding. Rubicon Project paid $11 million cash for RTK.io. “RTK shares our commitment to open source and our passion for serving publishers with powerful tools and incredible client service,” said

Google today issue a recommendation for AdMob publishers to try the Adaptive Anchor Banner. Google says that adaptive anchor banners consider the device in use, the ad that a publisher is comfortable using, and the aspect ratios and performance of all available demand. Smart banners, another option available in AdMob,

TVSquared today announced a partnership with Ampersand, the audience-based multi-screen TV advertising sales and technology company. Through TVSquared’s technology, exposure metrics can now be linked to observed consumer actions, bringing transparency and accountability to TV investments, and empowering Ampersand advertisers with campaign performance insights in addition to standard reach

Apple TV app is now available on the Roku platform since this week, Roku announced. Apple TV app gives access to iTunes video library on the Roku platform, and starting in November to Apple TV+. Here the Roku device models compatible with Apple TV app: Roku TV 7000X, C000X, 8000X

The IAB Technology Laboratory (Tech Lab) this week announced that SpotX Chief Scientist Neal Richter was elected by its board of directors as the new chair. Neal Richter will guide the Tech Lab’s work to evolve privacy-compliant standards for programmatic advertising, simplify video ad delivery, increase supply chain transparency,

AdsWizz this week integrated the PodScribe’s contextual-targeting solution for podcasts on AdsWizz’s AudioMatic platform. PodScribe has been in private beta for more than a year, and has been tested with podcast publishers. PodScribe is available with select publishers and advertisers around the world, in multiple languages. AdsWizz says

Pixalate this month released the Programmatic Seller Trust Indexes for the Q2 of 2019. RhythmOne was named #1 on the display-focused Global Seller Trust Index (GSTI) for the U.S., #1 on the Mobile Seller Trust Index (MSTI) and #1 on the Video Seller Trust Index (VSTI) for both the