For decades, 'primetime' has been a familiar concept to advertisers: the moment when audiences gather, attention peaks, and impact follows. Yet in digital out-of-home (DOOH), the idea of prime time is still a new and unexplored concept. Traditional DOOH planning relied on fixed schedules and average audience estimates, assuming exposure was relatively constant. But the real world doesn't work like that. People move in rhythms, not averages.
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The Trade Desk operates the largest independent ad-buying platform on the open internet. On Monday, the company unveiled Audience Unlimited, a major upgrade to how advertisers access and apply third-party data on its platform. The new approach aims to push data from a nice-to-have to the default setting -- removing cost surprises, reducing guesswork, and tightening the connection between data and campaign outcomes.
The test is still in early stages, and Hearst's svp of ad product and data Jen Dorre, offered only limited detail last week at the Digiday Publishing Summit in Miami. Still, the early signs are promising. When advertisers buy Hearst ad inventory through the Amazon DSP, Dorre's team is seeing noticeably stronger completion and click-through rates compared to other buys.