Ad Server definition

Ad Server

Technology that allows advertising to be served on digital media, facilitating the segmentation of campaigns. The system keeps statistics of the results generated by the actions as well, favouring their analysis and optimization. There are two main types of Ad servers: Support, in charge of serving the campaigns in the publisher, prioritizing them according to the publisher's business priorities. Agency, which facilitates the monitoring of the campaigns served by the publishers' Ad servers, making it possible to break up data, and measures the effects of the campaigns on the digital properties of the advertisers.

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Tech Tax OTT/CTV

Term used to define the costs applied for the use of technological solutions of the programmatic ecosystem. Among these fees are those applied for using SSP, Ad Exchange, DSP, DMP and the agencies' trading desks.

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Header Bidding OTT/CTV

System that allows publishers to bypass the traditional cascade auction method, where demand / SSP partners are called in a predetermined order. Instead, Header Bidding enables publishers to organize unified auctions in which all bidding partners compete simultaneously in real time.

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DMP OTT/CTV

Stands for Data Management Platform. Centralized data management platform that makes it possible to determine audiences by following a combination of data from various sources (navigation, advertising campaigns, CRM), own and / or third parties. The DMP, along with programmatic buying and selling platforms (DSP and SSP), allows these segments to be inserted into advertising calls in order to segment campaigns.

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Ad Exchange OTT/CTV

Technology platform where programmatic advertising transactions are carried out connecting demand (DSP; demand side platforms) and supply (SSP; supply side platforms).

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SSAI OTT/CTV

Server-side ad insertion, also known as "dynamic ad insertion." Method that makes it possible to insert advertisements into a video stream automatically from an external server.

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Preferred Deal/Unreserved Fixed Rate OTT/CTV

Offer variant in the private market where a publisher or SSP offers inventory at a predefined price.

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First Price Auction OTT/CTV

Programmatic auction in which the winner pays the price offered for the impression in the bid.

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Automated Guaranteed OTT/CTV

Automated advertising transaction in the private market where an advertiser buys placements at a fixed price for a limited period of time. It is the variant most similar to purchasing traditional non-programmatic media.

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