Programmatic Advertising, Advertiser Platforms
PR Newswire | July 04, 2023
Pixalate, the market-leading fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform for Connected TV (CTV) and Mobile Advertising, today launched the inaugural Top Developer Rankings for CTV across Roku and Amazon Fire TV. The report ranks the world's Connected TV (CTV) app developers, bringing transparency to the programmatic advertising ecosystem.
Pixalate's Top Developer Rankings build on the Publisher Trust Index, which provides ratings for individual CTV apps that support programmatic advertising. These rankings are based on multiple factors, including invalid traffic (IVT), popularity, ad density, and engagement scores.
Often in programmatic advertising, buyers and sellers partner with app developers rather than individual apps. The new Top Developer Rankings provides an aggregated analysis of a developer's portfolio of apps, aiding ad tech companies in their advertising inventory partner evaluations.
Top 5 CTV App Developers in April 2023 (Roku, North America):
Fox News
Pluto Inc.
AT&T Services Inc.
A Parent Media Co. Inc.
Frndly TV
Download the full April 2023 Top CTV App Developer Rankings for Roku here. The full report contains the top Roku app developers across North America, EMEA, APAC, and LATAM as well as regional trends.
Top 5 CTV App Developers in April 2023 (Amazon Fire TV, North America):
Disney
Discovery Communications
fuboTV
Frndly TV
A+E Networks
Download the full April 2023 Top CTV App Developer Rankings for Amazon Fire TV here. The full report contains the top Roku app developers across North America, EMEA, APAC, and LATAM as well as regional trends.
About Pixalate
Pixalate is the market-leading fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform for Connected TV (CTV) and Mobile Advertising. We work 24/7 to guard your reputation and grow your media value. Pixalate offers the only system of coordinated solutions across display, app, video, and CTV for better detection and elimination of ad fraud. Pixalate is an MRC-accredited service for the detection and filtration of sophisticated invalid traffic (SIVT) across desktop and mobile web, mobile in-app, and CTV advertising. www.pixalate.com
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Ad Networks
prnewswire | August 09, 2023
Skai, an omnichannel platform for performance marketing, published its Q2 2023 Digital Marketing Quarterly Trends Report, an in-depth analysis of the digital marketing trends that defined the second quarter of this year, along with an interactive infographic detailing key analysis. While the pattern of more ads at lower prices mostly continued to affect year-over-year (YoY) trends, comparing Q2 2023 to the previous quarter suggests an improving economy on numerous fronts.
Retail media growth accelerates while other channels hold
Year-over-year (YoY) spending grew 35% for retail media, up from 30% last quarter, while paid search and paid social only varied slightly from last quarter's trend. Paid search spending increased 3% YoY while paid social spending declined by 4%, both down one percentage point from Q1 YoY levels.
Virtuous cycle drives retail media, paid search
Retail media and paid search cost-per-click (CPC) both grew 11% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) while conversion rate (CVR) was up 8% in retail media and 10% in search. Higher conversion rates translate to fewer clicks leading to a purchase, which then offset the higher click costs without negatively affecting return on ad spend (ROAS). Higher CPC then also allows for higher-quality placements on search results or product description pages.
Bright spots in paid social
While overall social spending was down, several segments saw YoY growth over Q2 2022. Video ads grew 12% and both Instagram ads and Awareness & Engagement campaign objectives were up 5% over last year.
Expansion of formats and placements for commerce ads
In each channel, commerce ads that are taking new forms and reaching new audiences showed robust QoQ growth. Amazon DSP spending increased 56% from Q1 to Q2, while Google Performance Max campaigns and Meta Advantage Shopping Campaigns+ grew 34% and 38%, respectively.
"Retail media is already showing signs of accelerating spending growth, while both paid search and paid social look like they are hitting the end of recent deceleration trends. This all bodes well for a strong H2 for digital marketing spend as economic conditions improve," said Chris Costello, Senior Director of Marketing Research at Skai. "Meanwhile, digital publishers are consolidating disparate elements of campaign management and then expanding those campaigns to new audiences and properties to reinforce their value to advertisers."
For more information and to view the infographic, visit skai.io/digital-marketing-trends/.
Methodology
Analysis is drawn from a population of approximately $9 billion in advertising spend over five quarters, comprising more than 3,000 advertiser and agency accounts across 40 vertical industries and more than 150 countries running on the Skai™ platform on Google, Microsoft, Baidu, Yandex, Yahoo! Japan, Verizon Media, Amazon, Walmart, Instacart, Criteo, Kroger, Apple Search Ads, Pinterest, Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram. Except where noted, only advertisers with 15 consecutive months of performance data are included. Some additional outliers have been excluded. Ad spending and pricing have been translated to USD at the time the spending was incurred, where applicable.
About Skai
Skai (formerly Kenshoo) is a leading omnichannel marketing platform that uniquely connects data and media for informed decisions, high efficiencies, and optimal returns. Its partners include Google, Meta, Amazon Ads, TikTok, Snap, Walmart Connect, Instacart, Roundel, Criteo, CitrusAd, Pinterest, Microsoft, Apple Search Ads, and more. For over 15 years Skai has been trusted by an impressive roster of brands including Pepsico, Michaels, Reckitt, Daimler, LG, and Vodafone. The company is headquartered out of Tel Aviv, with seven international locations, and is backed by Sequoia Capital, Arts Alliance, Tenaya Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Pitango, and Qumra Capital.
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Display Advertising, Ad Tech and Martech
Business Wire | July 03, 2023
AdAdapted, an advertising technology solution that helps brands get their products on consumer shopping lists and into retailer e-commerce carts, has added Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits’ (SGWS) DRAM Agency to its roster of specialized partners. DRAM is a leading provider of digital marketing consulting and services to wine and spirits suppliers looking to activate or accelerate their e-commerce strategies.
The partnership extends AdAdapted’s leadership in regulatory-compliant digital shoppable media for wine and spirits brands by leveraging DRAM’s experience in campaign management and e-commerce strategy development within the alcohol vertical. Additionally, the partnership provides DRAM with unprecedented access to AdAdapted’s first-party, pre-shop data for targeting and strategy development.
AdAdapted has unparalleled expertise in maintaining digital marketing regulatory compliance for Legal Drinking Age (LDA), Distilled Spirits Council (DISCUS) and Tied House Laws, while consistently generating Incremental Return on Ad Spend (iROAS) above industry benchmarks. As a result, AdAdapted is uniquely positioned to support DRAM clients with its game-changing solutions.
“We are thrilled to be working with such an impressive collection of dedicated, experienced client-focused talent and the exceptionally high-quality work DRAM is known for within the industry,” said Molly McFarland, co-founder and CRO, AdAdapted. “Over the past three years, AdAdapted has activated over 800 successful campaigns for wine and spirits companies, supporting both global and regional brands. Combining DRAM’s extensive industry expertise — and our recently launched multi-retailer, one-click e-commerce ad solution — we deliver 20x higher cart transfer rates than industry standard tactics.”
About AdAdapted
AdAdapted is an advertising technology solution that increases purchase intent and product trial of shoppers by reaching the right consumers at the right time to get brands onto shopping lists and into carts. The company offers several solutions to drive in-store and online sales leveraging digital shopping lists, display, eCommerce, video, keyword and other touchpoints for CPG brands, agencies and retailers. Media can be run through managed service, self-service, and SaaS platforms. With more than 110 million U.S. shoppers using mobile devices for their grocery lists, AdAdapted has built a distinct audience and ad offering that uses first-party shopping behavior and product preference-based targeting, providing the easiest, most efficient way to reach active verified shoppers — exactly when they decide what to buy.
About DRAM Agency
DRAM, an acronym for the Digital Revolution of Alcohol Marketing, was formed as an affiliated company by Southern Glazers in December of 2021 to provide digital marketing consulting and services to wine and spirits suppliers looking to activate or accelerate their eCommerce strategies. The agency brings a distinctive service offering to Southern Glazers’ suppliers to ensure they win at the digital point of purchase and grow sales and market share across e-retail channels. A renowned distributor of beverage alcohol, Southern Glazer’s is a multi-generational and family-owned firm that is ranked the largest wine and spirits distributor in the States. It currently operates in 44 states in the U.S, the District of Columbia, and Canada.
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