最近千禧媒體(Millennial Media)正在與消費(fèi)定位業(yè)務(wù)公司合作,也許有一天你在電視上看到一個(gè)廣告,稍后手機(jī)上就會(huì)出現(xiàn)相關(guān)的廣告視頻和最近的商店,或者把促銷信息添加到你的智能手機(jī)的日歷上。
測(cè)試中可能遇到的詞匯和知識(shí):
reorientating 重新定位
collide 碰撞
integrate 整合
set-top boxes 機(jī)頂盒
anonymously 匿名
capitalise 利用
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By Shannon Bond in New York
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Millennial Media, the mobile advertising network recently bought by AOL for $238m, is partnering with Rentrak, the video measurement company, to allow advertisers to “retarget” through their phones people who have seen a particular ad on TV.
The partnership comes as AOL, which was itself acquired by Verizon in a $4.4bn deal this year, is reorientating its digital advertising business towards mobile devices, where consumers are spending increasing amounts of time.
AOL’s ability to drive more spending through its advertising technology tools, particularly video ads on mobile devices, was a key driver of Verizon’s interest in the company as the largest US wireless operator searches for new sources of growth.
Tim Armstrong, AOL chief executive, has said that “this is the year when TV and web budgets are going to collide”.
US mobile advertising revenues in the first half of this year reached $8.2bn, accounting for 30 per cent of overall digital ad spending. In 2014, online ad spend reached $49.5bn, compared with combined broadcast and cable ad revenues of $65.7bn.
Millennial Media says its new offering will help accelerate big brands’ spending in mobile and measure the results of that investment.
“Advertisers want to integrate all of their spending across screens,” said Liza Blumenthal, head of north-east sales for Millennial Media.
The partnership uses Rentrak data from set-top boxes to track which commercials a viewer sees while watching TV. Those viewers are then anonymously matched in Millennial Media’s database of smartphone and tablet users, so that personalised video ads can be placed in mobile apps, targeting viewers who have already seen a brand’s TV ad.
For example, a retailer could follow up a TV spot with a mobile video ad encouraging a consumer to find the nearest store location, add a sale to their smartphone’s calendar, or sign up to receive more information or offers over email.
Advertisers can also target mobile advertisements to people who have seen their competitors’ ads.
Millennial Media measures the impact of the retargeted mobile ads by tracking foot traffic to stores and the rate at which people who see the mobile ads take an action, like locating a store or adding an item to their calendar.
“We are taking [advertisers’] big TV commercial campaigns and allowing them to capitalise on mobile usage,” Ms Blumenthal said.
While other ad tech companies offer some ability to retarget TV viewers on the internet, Millennial Media says the scale that it and Rentrak bring sets its offering apart. Rentrak has data on 25m households, while Millennial Media’s ad network extends across 65,000 mobile apps, reaching more than 190m unique users each month.
請(qǐng)根據(jù)你所讀到的文章內(nèi)容,完成以下自測(cè)題目:
1. Who owned Millennial Media finally?
a. Rentrak
b. AOL
c. Verizon
d. the government
2. Where are consumers spending increasing amounts of time as mentioned?
a. mobile
b. tablet
c. PC
d. video devices
3. What is the key driver of Verizon’s interest in the AOL?
a. video measurement technology
b. service quality
c. advertisement operation
d. video advertising technology
4. What is the most important thing from Rentrak for Millennial Media?
a. video advertising technology
b. data from set-top boxes
c. mobile devices
d. its investment
[1] 答案c. Verizon
解釋:Millennial Media被AOL以2.38億美元收購(gòu), AOL又被Verizon收購(gòu)。
[2] 答案a. mobile
解釋:AOL正在將數(shù)字廣告業(yè)務(wù)轉(zhuǎn)向消費(fèi)者花費(fèi)時(shí)間越來(lái)越長(zhǎng)的移動(dòng)設(shè)備。
[3] 答案d. video advertising technology
解釋:AOL在廣告技術(shù),尤其是在移動(dòng)設(shè)備上的視頻廣告,從而帶動(dòng)更多消費(fèi)沖動(dòng)的能力,是Verizon迎娶AOL的關(guān)鍵動(dòng)力。
[4] 答案b. data from set-top boxes
解釋:綜合全文,Rentrak從機(jī)頂盒收集的數(shù)據(jù)是Millennial Media是區(qū)分用戶投放廣告的關(guān)鍵。