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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Bye Of The Iger?  Bob Iger is stepping down as CEO of Disney, the company said Tuesday. He will be replaced by Bob Chapek, most recently chairman of Disney Parks, effective immediately, and stay on as executive chairman through 2021, CNBC reports. Over his […]

Comcast has acquired the OTT streaming service Xumo, the companies announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Xumo is best known for its free, ad-supported app on platforms like Roku and Apple TV. It licenses content and other networks to create a linear-like television experience. Xumo’s ad revenue is undisclosed, but it’s a […]

If there was ever any ambiguity about the extent to which marketers could transact on NBCU’s linear and digital inventory in one fell swoop, consider that confusion lifted. The broadcast giant detailed Tuesday how advertisers could plan, buy and measure via One Platform, which NBCU formally unveiled at CES 2020. Here’s what you need to […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Fox And The Tubi Fox has reportedly expressed interest in buying Tubi as the streaming wars kick into high gear. The deal could be valued at more than $500 million, sources tell The Wall Street Journal. The purchase would put Fox in the […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Shelf Life Many CPG brands have become iconic through the twin marketing pillars of TV advertising and in-store shopper marketing. The latter includes shelf positioning, aisle displays and end-caps, among other strategies. But linear television is steadily eroding, and access to prime shelf space […]

Roku’s platform business is growing like a weed. Platform revenues, which include ad sales, increased 78% year over year in 2019 to $740 million, the company said Thursday in its Q4 2019 earnings report. Platform revenue accounted for 63% of Roku’s total annual revenue, which grew 52% year over year to $1.1 billion. In Q4, […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Stick To It GumGum began life as an image-recognition startup that served contextual ads alongside relevant images. The company muddled along during a period when contextual was not exactly in vogue, but now appears well positioned to seize on headwinds faced by user-level addressability. […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Hearts & Science & Mar Tech Hearts & Science is launching a mar tech division with more system integrator capabilities. “And in doing so the agency hopes to beat back increased competition from consulting firms offering similar services,” The Wall Street Journal reports. The […]

Political advertising in the United States from 2019 through 2020 will total $6.9 billion, up 63.3% from the last presidential cycle, according to eMarketer’s first political spending forecast published on Wednesday. If electoral budgets do play out as eMarketer forecasts, it will show the enduring hold TV has in the political media world. Television will […]

Marketers are spending boatloads on YouTube – to the tune of $15 billion in 2019 ad revenue, which Google shared for the first time last week. But YouTube can be a black box for data, and buyers want more insights to optimize their spend on the platform. “The more [data] we can get upfront about the […]