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Anthony Katsur explores the Trusted Server initiative, its impact on ad tech, and how it addresses challenges like browser privacy, signal loss, and ad blocking while enhancing attribution and transparency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Marketecture, Ari Paparo sits down with Gary Mittman, CEO of KERV.ai, to discuss how AI-driven video analysis is transforming contextual relevance and shopability. Mittman explains how KERV’s technology identifies key moments in video content to enable dynamic, targeted ad placements, creating new opportunities for publishers and advertisers. The conversation covers use cases with major media companies, the role of AI in ad compliance, and the challenges of integrating contextual targeting into the evolving ad tech landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Kane, and Mike O'Sullivan have a spirited debate on the Marketecture Live stage. Eric and Ari break down the latest on ad verification, Applovin’s response to short-seller attacks, the ongoing DSP fee wars, and major moves by X and XAi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marketecture’s Jeremy Bloom and co-host Josh Palau go deep on what matters to brands. Each week the Brand Forum brings in leading brand marketers to talk advertising, media, and marketing through an insider's lens. In our inaugural episode, Josh and Jeremy sit down with Alex Birchmeier of Conagra Brands. Alex talks through testing new channels, pushing new boundaries, and all in all how he balances time and efforts across a powerhouse portfolio of brands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This interview was recorded at Marketecture Live. Sean Black from DailyMotion talks about myths and misunderstandings in the CTV market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ari, Eric, and Brian Wieser dive into the revised 2025 ad forecast, what’s driving uncertainty, and the potential impact of pharma ad bans. Plus, AI advancements reshaping media buying, IAB’s latest technology, and YouTube allowing host-read ads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the Marketecture Live event, Bill Wise (CEO of Mediaocean) and Grant Parker (President of Innovid) discussed the merger of Flashtalking and Innovid, emphasizing scale, independence, and AI-driven innovation in ad tech. They highlighted balancing control and transparency for advertisers while competing with Google’s ecosystem. The conversation covered AI’s role in campaign automation, supply path optimization, and the Harmony initiative, which enhances ad performance across multiple channels. They also touched on brand safety, DSP market fragmentation, and future ad tech trends, underscoring their commitment to neutral, scalable solutions for enterprise advertisers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian O'Kelley joins Ari on stage at Marketecture Live where they go in depth on the latest product announcements from Scope3. Also, Ari and Eric discuss highlights from Marketecture Live, including Innovid’s brand launch, Netflix’s Ad Suite, updates in ad tech, and recent media M&A activity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sovrn's Signal product is an on-page measurement and data enrichment tool designed to help publishers increase the value of their ad inventory. In the interview, Peter Cunha, Managing Director of Signal at Sovrn, explains that the product enhances bid requests by incorporating attention metrics, dynamic floor pricing, and identity signals to improve ad performance. Signal originated from Sovrn’s acquisition of OnScroll, a company that pioneered viewable engaged time as an early attention metric. Sovrn differentiates itself by eliminating revenue share on its SSP and instead charging publishers a volumetric CPM fee only when Signal improves yield. The conversation also touches on the growing role of attention-based advertising, the challenges of industry adoption, and why major platforms like Google and Amazon don’t offer similar data transparency to publishers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SuperAwesome is a leading marketing company focused on kids and teens. Kate, the CEO, comes on the show to talk about the challenges with marketing to this regulated market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The interview with Alex Persky-Stern, CEO of Waymark, explores the company's AI-powered video production platform, which simplifies ad creation for media companies and advertisers. Waymark automates video generation by pulling assets from business websites, leveraging AI to create motion graphics, voiceovers, and scripting, while integrating with Shutterstock for additional content. The platform primarily serves TV, streaming, and ad tech industries, enabling efficient video ad creation for mid-market and local advertisers. Persky-Stern highlights Waymark’s shift towards automated, large-scale video generation and its expansion into ad tech. The company follows a SaaS-based pricing model and sees platforms, not advertisers, as the key stakeholders in AI-powered ad creation. Addressing concerns about AI limitations, he emphasizes Waymark’s focus on real business assets rather than purely AI-generated visuals. Looking ahead, he foresees the rise of automated, data-optimized video content as a major industry shift. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Cheq.ai is a cybersecurity company that specializes in protecting marketers from various forms of fraud, data manipulation, and bot-driven attacks. Their platform helps businesses detect and block fake users, prevent click fraud in digital advertising, and ensure marketing analytics remain accurate by filtering out non-human traffic. Cheq.ai also addresses broader security risks, such as preventing unauthorized data collection by third-party marketing tools. Their solutions cater primarily to enterprises but also offer self-serve options for small businesses, helping them reduce wasted ad spend and improve decision-making by mitigating fraudulent activities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Telly is giving away free TVs. Seriously. We find out how exactly they can make enough money on ads to support this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ross Benes has been a senior analyst at eMarketer for over seven years. He shares some stats, and some color on how the stats are created. Plus Juggalos! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a frank conversation with Krzysztof Franaszek of Adalytics about the finding of ad-supported child sexual content and how the government got involved. We also ask him about his unconventional methods and the controversies around how his company does business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ron Jacobson from Rockerbox joins Ari and Eric to talk about Media Mix Modeling (MMM) and why Google and Meta have embraced it. Plus everything else you care about in measurement. We also discuss the news of the week, including the massive StackAdapt funding round, along with TVScientific's "B" round that included Roku as an investor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Overwolf provides developers with an app store for PC games, where third-party creators can build overlays that enhance gameplay with real-time information, tools, and enhancements. These apps function as add-ons to existing games, offering features like real-time strategy guides, in-game analytics, and other utilities that improve user experience. Overwolf monetizes through an advertising model, where independent developers earn revenue via in-app ads while game publishers benefit from increased player engagement without direct monetization. The company operates out of Tel Aviv and has raised significant funding from investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Griffin Gaming Partners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Wilson was the founder and CEO of TubeMogul through its sale to Adobe. Now he's the founder of Swift.vc, a fund focused on AI enablement. Eric and Ari talk to Brett about what he's seeing in the market and where there are opportunities. In the news of the week we discuss Nielsen's move to stop selling panel data as a stand-alone service, Facebook's monster earnings, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AdBridge is a creative technology startup that focuses on enhancing contextual relevance in native advertising. Founded by James O'Connor, the company aims to improve ad memorability by blending editorial content with pre-approved brand messaging through a transitionary language they call "The Bridge." Their initial product targets web-based environments, where ads integrate seamlessly into articles while maintaining clear disclosure as advertisements. AdBridge is in its early stages, with plans to expand beyond its current ad-serving fee model and build publisher partnerships to scale. The company distinguishes itself by prioritizing context within the creative process, aiming to refine its solution and expand into other channels over time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paige Bilins is the SVP of product for Magnite. She joined me at CES in Las Vegas to talk about the future of CTV and what is in store. Eric and Ari talk TikTok getting saved by Trump, Nielsen getting its groove back (or at least its certification), WPP employees rebelling against RTO, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

VidMob is a creative data company that helps marketers optimize their advertising by analyzing the creative elements of ads and linking them to performance metrics. It uses proprietary models to process data from platforms like Meta, Google, TikTok, and Amazon, examining millions of ad creatives frame by frame to identify factors like production style, narrative arc, and audience preferences. The platform enables brands to make data-driven creative decisions, leading to substantial performance improvements. VidMob also integrates AI tools to enhance creative workflows and supports clients through a pay-per-impression pricing model, focusing primarily on large enterprise marketers. Founded in 2014, VidMob operates globally, emphasizing the growing importance of creative data in effective marketing strategies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric and Ari are joined by digital out of home expert Tim Rowe who helps us dissect the $600 million acquisition of Vistar by T-Mobile. We also discuss the surprise Sincera acquisition by The Trade Desk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AD-ID is owned by two non-profits organizations and provides a universal identifier for advertising creatives, akin to a UPC code for ads, enabling standardized tracking and management throughout the advertising ecosystem. Used by over 80% of Fortune 500 companies, AD-ID's system supports transparency, accountability, and cross-platform measurement by encoding essential metadata like brand, product, and format. The platform offers flexible creation methods, including APIs and spreadsheets, and charges based on usage volume to encourage widespread adoption. Despite its utility, challenges remain in achieving full ecosystem compliance, especially with large platforms and ensuring integration into legacy systems. AD-ID also plays a critical role in talent payment tracking through agreements with organizations like SAG-AFTRA, emphasizing its significance in both operational and creative aspects of the advertising industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have author and professor Sandra Matz talking about her research into the effect of consumer psychology on advertising and marketing. Eric and Ari were at CES this week and they talk about all the exciting CTV news, including Comcast's "Universal Ads". Sponsored by Start.io, visit at start.io/nofees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tercept is a data infrastructure provider specializing in supporting ad tech and media companies by streamlining the collection, processing, and visualization of monetization and marketing-related data. Founded in 2018, the company offers tools and services to integrate, normalize, and manage data from over 400 sources, enabling clients to transform raw data—such as logs from ad servers and third-party platforms—into actionable insights through customizable dashboards and role-based access. Tercept caters to both companies with limited technical resources through fully managed solutions and more sophisticated teams seeking customizable pipelines, positioning itself as a flexible partner for addressing complex data infrastructure challenges. Recorded: January, 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ari and Eric review the best and the worst of 2014 and make some predictions about the future. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Lipsman is an Independent analyst, formerly eMarketer, NPD, Comscore. We talk retail media trends, Walmart-Vizio, etc. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Bloom interviews Aashish from TikTok For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest on S4 Capital, how AI is shaping the holding companies of the future, and more. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Bloom interviews Achim Schlosser, the VP of Global Data Standards at Bertelsmann about the challenges of working with data in today's privacy environment. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PCH, or Publisher's Clearing House, has been around for 70 years, and had a lot to teach us about user data, consent, and direct marketing. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Bloom interviews Manny Puentes of Genius sports. Genius has been a leader in visual enhancements to live sporting events and is now building an advertising business. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legendary marketing whisperer Michael Kassan comes on the show to help up celebrate our 100th episode. We talk about pretty much everything! For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mathieu talks about how ID5 is trying to replace third party cookies with something better. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ari is joined by Cadi Jones, the GM for EMEA for Index Exchange to talk about curation, CTV, and more. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. m36M678BgOBEML6GrhJu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marc is the CEO of Adelaide and he gives Eric and Ari a crash course in everything about attention measurement and metrics. In the News, we talk about the awful Forrester chart and the allegations against Zeta. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ari interviews Shailley Singh the COO of the IAB Tech Lab from their big event in London. And we announce our first ever conference, MarketectureLive (www.marketecturelive.com) For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We took advantage of Advertising Week by conducting a number of in-person interviews. We spoke to Elizabeth ChapmanVP, Tech Partnerships & Channels of Nextroll (formerly AdRoll) about their work with the Privacy Sandbox and how they are approaching the cookieless future as a retargeting company. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We took advantage of Advertising Week by conducting a number of in-person interviews. We spoke to Katie McAdams, the CMO of Basis (formerly Centro) about their expansion into mid- and large-sized agencies from their traditional position with smaller clients. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We took advantage of Advertising Week by conducting a number of in-person interviews. We kicked off the week Vasuta Agarwal, the Chief Business Officer of Inmobi and Charles Manning, the CEO/President of Kochava. We talk about the current state of in-app advertising, as well as how brands are looking at the opportunities outside of the walled gardens. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is our inaugural episode of the latest podcast from Marketecture, The Monopoly Report. Hosts Ari Paparo and Alan Chapell will be interviewing legal, policy, and business experts about the ongoing antitrust cases against the advertising giants. Subscribe to the Monopoly Report podcast for more. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices