Account Mapping
Associating buyer or publisher account identifiers between different platforms or systems, ensuring that each party’s inventory, data, and transactions are accurately aligned.
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Ad Exchange
A digital marketplace where publishers and advertisers buy and sell advertising space, often through real-time auctions.
Ad Fraud
Deceptive practices that manipulate ad delivery and reporting to generate illegitimate revenue or drain advertising budgets.
Ad Impression
An instance where an advertisement is displayed on a web page and has the potential to be seen by a user.
Ad Inventory
The total amount of advertising space that a publisher has available for sale on their digital platforms.
Ad Network
A company that connects advertisers to websites and apps that want to host advertisements, aggregating ad inventory for easier buying.
Ad Quality Filters
Controls and rules set by a platform or publisher to block or allow ads based on criteria like content category, creative attributes, advertiser domains, or brand safety standards.
Ad Request
A call from a user’s browser or app to an ad server or exchange to retrieve an ad for display. The request often includes information about the user’s device, location, page context, and targeting signals.
Ad Server
A technology that stores advertising content and delivers it to digital platforms, also tracking performance metrics.
Addressable TV
Television advertising technology that allows advertisers to target specific households with customized ads based on demographic or behavioral data.
Advertiser
A company, group, or brand that buys ad space online to sell products or services to a target audience.
Advertiser ID (AdID)
A unique identifier assigned to an advertiser or advertising campaign to track performance across platforms and devices.
Addressable TV
OSN, the MENA region’s entertainment company for premium content, selected Magnite to power its “Advanced TV”, addressable advertising across OSN’s STB linear broadcast and VOD inventory for the first time. The Magnite SpringServe video platform’s ad server will manage the delivery of this high-value advertising format to OSN set-top boxes across the region.
Why Programmatic Is Finally Bridging Streaming and Linear
The convergence of linear and streaming isn’t a theory anymore. It’s measurable, scalable, and finally here—a seismic shift with real staying power. Here’s a deeper look at what’s driving this shift, and how innovations in ad buying and advanced TV are giving brands the best of both worlds.
Samsung Ads and Magnite Deepen Partnership to Enhance Audience Addressability in Streaming TV
Magnite announced an expanded global partnership with Samsung Ads. From 2023 to 2024, Samsung Ads saw double-digit percentage gross revenue growth on the Magnite Streaming SSP as a result of their successful collaboration.
Agency Trading Desk
A specialized team within an advertising agency that focuses on programmatic media buying and optimization.
Application Programming Interface (API)
A set of protocols and tools for building and integrating software applications. In programmatic advertising, APIs allow buyers, sellers, and partners to access platform features, retrieve data, or automate workflows.
Attribution Modeling
Analyzing and assigning credit to different marketing channels and touchpoints that contribute to a consumer’s conversion.
Attribution Window
The predefined period during which a user’s action (like a click or view) is considered attributable to a specific ad for conversion tracking.
Audience Extension
A technique where publishers use third-party data to expand the reach of their audience segments beyond their own properties.
Audience Segmentation
The division of a broad consumer market into subgroups based on shared characteristics like interests, behaviors, or demographics.
Audience Targeting
The practice of using data and technology to identify and reach specific groups of consumers who are most likely to be interested.