Blogs

Authenticated Inventory: A Necessary Premium

We’re less than 6,500 hours from the single most significant third-party signal loss our industry has faced: the end of the Chrome third-party cookie. And it’s time for us all to stop hopping from lily pad to lily pad looking for Band-Aids. There are proven solutions to this signal loss – ...

Netflix’s Answer To Subscriber Churn? Fewer Ads

Subscriber retention is trending on Netflix right now. Ads have become a key aspect of Netflix’s strategy to retain users by offering a lower-cost option – and, so far, the approach seems to be working. Netflix told investors during the company’s earnings call on Wednesday that a jump in ...

The Big Story: The Sorta SSP

Consolidation in programmatic is taking many forms. Acquisitions, bankruptcies and mergers are reducing the number of DSPs and SSPs; supply-path optimization is cutting down reselling, which means less companies are touching each impression; and DSPs are going direct to publishers, while SSPs ar...