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RTL Group Buys Video Ad Stitching Company Yospace For $33 Million

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RTL Group is paying up to $33 million for Yospace, a UK-based server-side ad insertion company. The company will operate independently, but work closely with SpotX, which provides video ad serving and advertising demand to video publishers. “This acquisition will go a long way toward solving issues with programmatic and OTT,” said SpotX CEO Mike… Continue reading »

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Discovery To Run Automated Guaranteed Programmatic Campaigns Through SpotX

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Advertisers and consumers both love a good binge watch during the holidays, and Discovery Inc. and SpotX have teamed up to better manage their inventory just before winter break. Discovery will run automated programmatic guaranteed campaigns through SpotX, the SSP said Tuesday. This development complements Discovery’s direct sales efforts and private marketplace offerings, said Bill… Continue reading »

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4C Adds Integrations To Make OTT And Linear Inventory More Accessible

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See you later, siloed views. Data science and technology company 4C is hoping its integrations with Freewheel, Telaria and SpotX, unveiled Tuesday, will streamline the buying of over-the-top (OTT) and linear inventory. These partnerships make more OTT and linear inventory accessible within 4C’s platform, Scope, a dashboard that lets ad buyers plan, purchase and measure… Continue reading »

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SpotX Partners With Dentsu’s CCI to Bring Its Tech to Japanese Broadcasters

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SpotX has teamed up with Dentsu’s Cyber Communications Inc. to make its video ad-serving platform available to domestic broadcasters in Japan, the company said Monday. Since almost all publishers in Japan work with CCI-affiliated companies to buy ads, the move will give SpotX access to the Japanese market. CCI is a digital-focused subsidiary of Dentsu… Continue reading »

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UCLA Offers Advertisers A New Way To Buy Traditional Media

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National advertisers don’t particularly covet college media inventory. The buying process is manual and clunky, and the ad is often just an image slapped onto a rudimentary webpage. And don’t even think about any meaningful ad verification. On the other hand, college media reaches a demographic that is very much coveted: affluent 18- to 24-year-olds… Continue reading »

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Envisioning An All-Encompassing Total Video Strategy

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“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Allen Klosowski, senior vice president of the advanced solutions group at SpotX. When people say, “I’m watching TV,” many would likely envision them gazing at moving pictures on a television screen while lounging on a… Continue reading »

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Buyers Conquer The PMP Scale Problem With Curated Marketplaces

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Ad buyers are turning to a tool called curated marketplaces to get more reach for their private marketplaces. Curated marketplaces let buyers set up a group deal ID across several publishers based on likeminded attributes. Supply side platform SpotX first developed them in 2015, and they’re gaining more traction with buyers. Of the 65% of its… Continue reading »

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Why It Could Be Time To Stop Treating OTT And TV As Different Channels

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“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Allen Klosowski, senior vice president of the advanced solutions group at SpotX. My parents have seen a lot of technology come and go during their lifetimes. When they were young, television was in its infancy,… Continue reading »

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OTT Audiences Are There – So Why Aren’t Advertisers Buying?

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OTT audiences are prevalent and engaged. But while advertisers are buying, they’re not exactly beating down the doors. Watch any premium long-form show on an internet connection and you’ll see the same irrelevant message played so frequently it’ll haunt your dreams. What gives? The main issue is buyer confusion about how to transact on OTT… Continue reading »

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Penske Media Pilots ‘Player Bidding’ With SpotX And JW In A Bid To Boost Video Revenue

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Penske Media, the publisher of WWD, Variety and IndieWire and majority owner of Wenner Media, is doubling down on video across its portfolio. Its formats range from snackable, short-form clips and pre-roll to text-based video and more cinematic, long-form series. Although Penske’s video mix is diversified, monetizing that inventory to its fullest potential can be… Continue reading »

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