‘Xandr DSP took the brunt of the frustration with Netflix’: Overheard at the Digiday virtual town hall

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Dynamics in ad tech, particularly within the demand-side platform sector, are in flux, causing media agency practitioners considerable head-scratching. That’s why it’s good to talk with peers. 

Media buyers attending Digiday’s Programmatic Marketing Summit last month expressed a desire to evaluate their DSP partnerships and explore opportunities to shift more spend to more favorable, i.e., transparent, platforms that better align with client needs.

Many wanted to explore the impact of trends, such as the rise of Amazon’s DSP on the ad tech market (particularly its potential to undercut market leaders, including The Trade Desk and Google’s DV 360), so fervently that a virtual follow-up session was called for. 

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‘Fundamental to our success’: Ryan Kangisser, the media svengali behind the industry’s biggest pitches

Next week’s Cannes Lions festival in the south of France will bring CMOs, holding company execs and consultants together for the industry’s biggest bazaar.

While the creative shops are there exclusively to gather up armfuls of Lions and keep the regional vineyards in business, media agencies tend to spend the week shoring up their existing accounts and teeing up their next pitch when they’re not collecting trophies.

The Riviera might not be where client reviews end, but it’s where conversations about a brand’s next agency often begins. One name top marketers and agency execs often turn to for an introduction or word of advice is Ryan Kangisser, the chief strategy officer and managing partner of media consultancy MediaSense.

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