Industry standards group SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) has published standards for using audio watermarks to embed ID codes into advertising and entertainment programming. This sounds obscure but it will help tracking systems to identify when a piece of content is presented to a viewer, easing one of the big challenges in marketing measurement. That’s important.
Just when marketers were getting used to smart phones as their primary communications channel, smart speakers could displace them.
Still more unification: Master Data Management vendor Stibo Systems announced new customer data management features to simplify GDPR compliance by letting users set data policies within the system.
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.