Video and connected TV adtech vendor Tremor International has purchased Amobee, which offers its own cross-channel ad platform.  The seller was Singtel and the price was $239 million, considerably less than the $321 million that Singtel paid for Tremor in 2012.  But that was long ago and far away.

Industry-specific CDP packages are one of the industry’s major trends.  Tealium advanced in that direction today with release of Tealium for Pharma, which includes tight integrations with widely-used pharma tech vendors Veeva, Doceree, and DMD.  The package also includes pharma-specific data models, segmentations, and use cases.

It’s tough to get brand safety right, but the industry keeps trying.  IPG Mediabrands announced a new set of tools to find and block inappropriate ad placements, while IAS expanded its suitability measurements to include standards from the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM).  Meanwhile, DoubleVerify admitted a mistake made brand safety on X/Twitter look worse than it really was in October 2023 and March 2024.