Most consumers would stop buying products advertised near dangerous content, says Tag & BSI’s survey

Most consumers would stop buying products advertised near dangerous content, says Tag & BSI’s survey

80% of people in the US would reduce or stop buying a product if advertised next to extreme or dangerous content online, according to a study from the Trustworthy Accountability Group (Tag). Along with the Brand Safety Institute (BSI), Tag surveyed 1017 people, testing how a range of hypothetical situations involving ad misplacement would impact […]

Leading ad exchanges make programmatic transparency pledge

Leading ad exchanges make programmatic transparency pledge

Six of the top advertising exchanges have come to a mutual agreement, promising to clean up the programmatic buying experience by being more efficient, transparent, and fair. An open letter signed by Rubicon Project, OpenX, Pubmatic, Sovrn, SpotX and Telaria speaks of a commitment “to unleashing the full potential of programmatic advertising” by providing transparent marketplace principles for […]

AdColony receives TAG certification for fighting digital ad fraud; commitment to quality

AdColony receives TAG certification for fighting digital ad fraud; commitment to quality

AdColony, the ad quality video marketplace, today announced the company has been granted the coveted Certified Against Fraud certification by the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG). The certification reaffirms AdColony’s continuing efforts to directly combat ad fraud and offer increased transparency for its advertising and publishing partners. “Advertisers deserve to know that the campaign reporting they […]

Cross-industry standards bodies TAG and JICWEBS partner to clean up digital advertising

Cross-industry standards bodies TAG and JICWEBS partner to clean up digital advertising

The two leading cross-industry standards bodies in the UK and US today announced they are aligning many of their key initiatives to create a consistent approach to tackling the big issues facing digital advertising and to increase industry adoption. The Joint Industry Committee for Web Standards (JICWEBS) will continue to drive brand safety efforts in […]