DramaFever had more than 400,000 paying subscribers -- passionate fans of Korean dramas. But it wasn't enough in a world where OTT is only getting costlier.

Some marketers have sued Facebook over its 2016 scandal on video metrics, but media buyers say that metric really shouldn't matter. Here's why.

In our latest Confessions series, we spoke to an agency director who lamented how internal politics and legacy models puts unnecessary pressure on teams.

While Balthazar was always popular among the Soho celeb crowd, over the last decade it's also become a hotspot for the advertising and media industries. Read our oral history.

For those reliant on programmatic ad revenue, an important year lies ahead. Join us at the Digiday Programmatic Media Summit from Nov. 14-16 to learn how industry leaders are handling concerns around transparency, efficiency and GDPR.

 

'This is a big boy's game now': DramaFever is a casualty of the big-money OTT war

Sahil Patel

DramaFever had more than 400,000 paying subscribers — passionate fans of Korean dramas. But it wasn’t enough in a world where OTT is only getting costlier.

Media buyers (again) shrug off Facebook's latest video metrics screwup

Kerry Flynn

Some marketers have sued Facebook over its 2016 scandal on video metrics, but media buyers say that metric really shouldn’t matter.

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How thoughtful UX can benefit both users and advertisers

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'They think programmatic is pushing a button': Confessions of an agency exec on ad holding companies

Jessica Davies

In our latest Confessions series, we spoke to an agency director who lamented how internal politics and legacy models puts unnecessary pressure on teams.

'Cool enough, but not too hip': The definitive oral history of Balthazar

Shareen Pathak

While Balthazar was always popular among the Soho celeb crowd, over the last decade it's also become a hotspot for the advertising and media industries.

4 ways agencies can drive client growth and revenue by using the "human element"

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The ultimate video management platform (VMP) cheatsheet

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Events Title
 
October 25, 2018
Digiday Hot Topic: The Future of Entertainment
Los Angeles, CA
 
Early Deadline:
October 26, 2018
Digiday Video Awards
 
Awards Gala:
November 1, 2018
Digiday Marketing and Advertising Awards Europe
 
 

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