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100


This advertising holding company acquired Interpublic Group for $13.25 billion in a bid to become the industry's largest.

Omnicom

100

This DSP is known for its strong focus on e-commerce and retail advertising.

Amazon

100

This SSP is a major player in the CTV and OTT advertising space.

Magnite

100

What is the former name of Magnite?

Rubicon Project (merged with Telaria)

100

What is the name of the protocol that enables real-time bidding communication between DSPs and SSPs?

oRTB

200

In 2024, the global advertising market reached a historic milestone. For the first time ever, total ad revenue surpassed this figure.

$1 Trillion Dollars

200

This DSP is a strong contender for advertisers seeking to reach audiences across a wide range of formats, including display, video, native, and audio.

Yahoo

200

Which SSP is known for its focus on high-impact, creative ad formats?

TripleLift

200

Index Exchange was previously known by this name.

Casale Media

200

In what year did the first real-time bidding auction take place?

2009

300

This research firm's latest report on Sell-Side Platforms placed Google in last place.

Forrester

300

Which DSP is known for its cookieless solutions and focus on privacy-preserving advertising technologies?

Criteo

300

Which SSP is a major player in mobile advertising and offers a wide range of ad formats for in-app and mobile web?

Smaato

300

Basis DSP was formerly known by this name.

Centro

300

This organization, founded in 2010, played a crucial role in standardizing the technologies and protocols used in real-time bidding. What is the name of this industry body?

IAB Tech Lab

400

This company, known for its demand-side platform, announced in November 2024 that it was developing a smart TV operating system called Ventura.

The Trade Desk

400

This DSP offers a unique bidding strategy called 'Predictive Lifetime Value' to optimize campaigns for long-term customer value.

Beeswax

400

This SSP prides itself on its independent ownership and transparent platform.

Sonobi

400

This DSP was formerly known as Invite Media.

Display & Video 360 (DV360)

400

In the early days of RTB, this company developed a groundbreaking technology called "yield optimization" that allowed publishers to maximize the revenue they earned from their ad inventory. Which company was this?

Admeld (later acquired by Google)

500

In 2021, this organization, known for its open-source header-bidding technology, rejected an acquisition offer from the IAB Tech Lab.

500

Which DSP is a good option for advertisers looking to leverage contextual targeting and semantic analysis to reach relevant audiences?

500

This SSP offers advanced yield optimization tools for publishers.

Yieldmo

500

The IAB Tech Lab was formerly known by this name.

OpenRTB Consortium

500

Apart from Google, name the other two early pioneers that significantly contributed to the development of real-time bidding technology.

AdECN (acquired by Microsoft) and Right Media (acquired by Yahoo!)

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