The Blueprint

MediaVillage | April 23, 2020

The Myers Report has issued updated 2020 economic forecasts for 21 advertising categories, plus digital and legacy/linear break-outs for eight of those categories. (Scroll down for 21 category details.) For additional insights on the advertising outlook through 2020 . We project a 20% overall decline in 2020 ad spend, with greater declines in most categories offset by projected 26% increases in online originated video advertising and interactive/OTT/Addressable TV advertising. Not su...

AdGreetz | August 13, 2020

AdGreetz, the industry's leading video personalization platform, today announced a partnership with TikTok, the social-networking service that is currently the most downloaded app in the world. The relationship extends TikTok's platform capabilities significantly, enabling advertisers globally to more-effectively communicate with users by producing, deploying and optimizing relevant, hyper-personalized content and messaging delivered in real time. "The world around us is changing da...

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Vonage | October 20, 2021

Vonage, a global leader in cloud communications helping businesses accelerate their digital transformation, today announced that it has acquired Jumper.ai, a Singapore-based leader in omnichannel conversational commerce solutions. Jumper.ai's team will join Vonage's Product and Engineering group. With this acquisition, Vonage gains significant technology and developer-focused talent, as well as expertise in conversational commerce, complementing the programmable, flexible ...

IAB Tech Lab | October 29, 2020

IAB Tech Lab today released Content Taxonomy 2.2, a common language to help third-party verification vendors and publishers identify content so that the advertisers can make decisions about whether it's appropriate for their ads. Tech Lab worked closely with the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) to create the update, with the shared goal of creating a safer digital environment. The Content Taxonomy enables buyers to use a consistent, easy-to-understand language across the entire a...