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Programmatic & Advanced TV

Ad Tech

Deep research on the programmatic and Connected-TV market — auction plumbing, identity, measurement, and the regulation closing in on all three. Every claim traced to its sources; every forecast graded in public. The Fingerprint files the daily wire.

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FingerprintAll the news that's fit to Fingerprint

The Fingerprint · Nº 35

Nielsen to Buy DoubleVerify for $2.15 Billion

Platform Watch · Performance CTV · Partnership Signals · Competitor Moves · Regulatory Wire · Campaign Wire

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The CTV Board

Earnings, CPMs, ad spend, and watch time across Connected TVFull board →
BreakingNielsen to Buy DoubleVerify for $2.15 Billion
NFLX$73.63
Mkt cap $309B
AMZN>$255
Mkt cap $3T (crossed Aug 3, a first)
MGNI$22.78 (after-hours)
PUBM$16.23 (after-hours)
Blended CPM$26
Typical range$25–35
Premium / targeted$40–60
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BriefingsThe desk's essays — filed one argument at a time.

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The Loom of the Republic

On what American advertising must become, now that it has become the Nation's picture of itself · In the voice of Thomas Carlyle

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The desk's forecaster

The Ad Tech Board

18 markets · 70 priced outcomes — every one from the research

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The desk's ledger

The Ad Tech Track Record

1 graded · 17 open positions — every call scored when it resolves

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The trading floor

The CTV Board

Public earnings, CPMs, ad spend by region, and watch time — plus the desk's latest bets

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The desk's dictionary

The Ad Tech Glossary

383 terms across 15 corpora, defined in plain language

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The Research

Platforms & Deals 3

Programmatic Infrastructure 4

Identity & Addressing 2

Trust, Politics & Society 3

Global Markets 2

Media Theory 1