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marketingdive | February 10, 2020

Quibi was a standout advertiser at the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, airing five separate 30-second spots. The commercials used ticking clock scenarios drawn from Hollywood movies, like the time it takes to turn into a zombie once bitten or sink into a pit of quicksand, to spotlight the platform's focus on video content that's 10 minutes or less, a measure of time deemed a "Quibi" in the creative. The heavy TV play from the mobile-only streaming service, whose name is...

effinghamdailynews | January 13, 2020

The tech giant recently announced it would not ban false political advertising, or disallow ad targeting that could fuel discrimination or racism and generally create even bigger divides in the American electorate. Facebook is shirking it social responsibility as a company with great power to influence the next election and American democracy. Google has agreed to prohibit ads making false claims and so called “deep-fake” videos that mislead through doctoring images or using a real i...

PATTISON | February 19, 2020

PATTISON Outdoor Advertising, Canada’s largest Out-of-Home advertising provider today announces it is merging its Digital division, Onestop, the leader in Canadian place-based Digital Out-of-Home, under the title brand. The move unites the divisions’ excellence in Digital Innovation and Operations, along with its premium Digital Networks in downtown cores across key markets, with the scale of PATTISON Outdoors’ national product portfolio and market-leadership. The move will foc...

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Cavai | August 23, 2021

Cavai, the global leader in conversational ad tech, has raised £6.5m from a range of prominent investors including Norway’s 2 largest venture players, Investinor and Idekapital, and ad tech industry specialist FirstPartyCapital. It will use the funds to bolster its offering in existing markets, develop its product portfolio, and expand in the US as it gets IPO-ready Alex Rahaman, London based partner at Idekapital, has relevant international ad tech experience ...