Oath has made programmatic audio ads available globally through its Oath Ad Platforms suite of marketing and advertising solutions. Oath Ad Platforms launched in September, combining the assets of BrightRoll, One by AOL, and Yahoo Gemini into a single set of solutions. The addition of programmatic audio ads enables advertisers to reach podcast and streaming […]
Audio ads are now available via DoubleClick Bid Manager (DBM) meaning advertisers can now purchase spots on Google Play Music, Spotify, SoundCloud, and TuneIn, with Pandora coming soon, via the platform. The new audio advertising offering comes at a time of growing buyer demand, according to Google, with the company citing research claiming that over […]
Spotify has restated key usage metrics for 2017 leading up to its IPO next month, claiming it recently discovered 2 million users had been accessing the free version of the streaming-music service using unauthorized apps that blocked ads. “On March 21, 2018, we detected instances of approximately two million users as of December 31, 2017, […]
Pandora is set to acquire digital audio ad technology company AdsWizz for $145m in an effort to bolster its advertising revenues. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2018 and is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval. Pandora agreed to pay $145m in a combination of cash and stock, […]
Last Fall, Spotify launched Spotify Ad Studio, the first-ever audio self-serve advertising platform, in the US. The platform now embarks on a world tour as the public beta expands to Canada and the UK. Spotify Ad Studio makes it easy for marketers of all sizes to create audio ads on Spotify in minutes, letting them […]
India’s advertisers can now access India’s largest inventory of targeted mobile audio ads through the continuously globally expanding AdVoice telco ad network. AdVoice enables advertisers to play audio ads to mobile callers. It replaces the call-waiting tone of Bharti Airtel subscribers who have opted in for the Reward Tunes service. AdVoice provides the technology, the […]