OpenX, a leading independent advertising technology provider, announced that after successful testing in Q1 with more than 100 premium mobile applications, it would be taking its first of its kind opt-in mobile video exchange to full beta, providing brands with access to the highest quality consumer opt-in video inventory globally. “The OpenX opt-in video exchange […]
Shine Technologies is changing its name to Rainbow, leaving the ad-blocking market and recreating itself as a service with benefits for consumers and advertisers alike: an opt-in experience allowing web users to decide what ads they get. The move signals that the Israeli company is embracing advertisers, its previous enemy, developing the new product with […]
Mobile has changed everything. Findings from a new Nielsen Media Labs study commissioned by Jun Group, a leading mobile video advertising platform, found that consumers prefer opt-in mobile advertising (aka “value exchange,” “incentivized advertising,” and “rewarded video”) over traditional digital ads like pre-roll and display by a near 2-1 margin (54 percent versus 29 percent). […]
Heineken is the best selling European beer among US soccer fans, and soccer is a growing sport in America. The brand’s Soccer Is Here campaign, where Heineken compares its own history in the US to the rise of football, talking about everyone saying its name wrong in the beginning and how it gradually earned people’s […]
AdVoice, the Nigerian-based mobile advertising provider, is rolling out an audio ad channel for operators in the country. The company provides real-time audience targeting for mobile advertisers, but also audio advertising solutions for mobile carriers. AdVoice’s MNO Ad Network has been built specifically for mobile network operators to get a share of the mobile ad […]
Perennially popular dating app Tinder is pushing further beyond the realm of hookups with the launch of a new group socializing feature in a handful of markets. First announced as part of a pilot program in Australia back in April, Tinder Social encourages groups of friends to meet up with other groups of friends and […]