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Since launch, 82% of advertisers that buy inventory through the Yahoo DSP have tried Backstage at least once. And buyers are seeing lower CPMs from cutting out SSPs.

In today’s newsletter: Microsoft Edge debuts its Ad Selection API, a PAAPI competitor; the EU’s DMA is live; and OhHello aims to help ad industry employees network.

Advertisers are turning the spigot back on. And PubMatic’s investments are paying off. The SSP reported 14% year over year revenue growth in Q4, powered by 9% growth in display.

Vevo, a joint venture co-owned by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, is prioritizing monetization through streaming distribution by getting its TV channels onto more platforms beyond YouTube.

Outstream ads, better instream ad targeting and more interactive user interfaces are just a few of the latest developments making it easier for viewers to discover new content and for advertisers to provide content recommendations.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Dissing And Dismissing Quelle surprise. On Monday, Google filed a motion to dismiss the Justice Department’s antitrust case over Google’s dominance over the online advertising market. The DOJ sued Google in January alleging that the behemoth – sorry, the company – not only […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. When Even The Whales Are Small Fish Microsoft has new job listings for software engineers to develop a line of “low-cost PCs powered through advertising and subscriptions,” reports Windows Latest. It’s one of many recent cases where Microsoft Advertising supports another business line, […]

Music video hosting service Vevo has graduated from the smartphone to the living room. At the start of the pandemic, just 4% of its business came from connected TV. Today, nearly 50% of Vevo’s business comes courtesy of CTV, mainly through numerous distribution partnerships with the likes of Samsung, Pluto TV, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Bryon Schafer, SVP of research at Vevo. Today, the media industry faces multidimensional fragmentation, heightened media competition, limited measurement, and rapidly decreasing TV ad supply. Networks have pivoted toward streaming, and the buying community […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Mo’ Problems Google and Facebook are expected to become ensnared in a host of private antitrust lawsuits stemming from the government cases against the tech giants. The New York Times reports that more than 10 suits echoing the federal and state cases have already […]