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Pub tech SaaS startup Swivel wants to make ad ops much less manual and time-consuming with an AI-driven yield optimization tool designed by people who used to build ad servers.

Instead of simply watching ads on the big screen, consumers are now being encouraged to interact with those ads – a shift in marketing that was particularly apparent at the 2025 NewFronts presentations in New York City this week.

Alphonso shareholders won their lawsuit against LG Ads, clearing the way for an IPO. Then, as TikTok counts down the days until its stay of execution expires, Oracle might buy a minority stake.

It took two bitter lawsuits and the airing of a lot of dirty laundry, but LG Ads is finally on track to go public by the end of Q2.

Today, AI is being used in CTV for a variety of machine learning applications. But in the future, AI will drive an unprecedented level of personalization. In this interview at CES 2025, LG Ad Solutions CTO Dave Rudnick talks about the division’s new “moonshot” unit, Innovation Labs, and more ways technology is transforming the streaming […]

After being summarily booted from the board of LG Ads in late 2022, Alphonso’s founding team has won its lawsuit against LG Electronics.

The corporate drama continues at LG Ads. Alphonso’s founders – including several who were unceremoniously booted from the company in December –  along with a group of minority shareholders are suing South Korean electronics manufacturer LG and Zenith, its US R&D subsidiary, over alleged board malfeasance. LG acquired TV data measurement provider Alphonso in January […]

The leadership team is out at LG Ads Solutions. As of Friday, at least two of Alphonso’s top brass were pushed out, including CEO Raghu Kodige and Alphonso co-founder and executive chairman Ashish Chordia. What gives?

LG Ads Solutions sells ads, but it also helps LG reap the benefits of manufacturing its own TVs, such as maximized inventory, scale and user experience. It’s why the company pivoted to media when it rebranded from Alphonso to LG Ads, according to CEO Raghu Kodige.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Ya-Who’s There?  Yahoo (which is back, in case you haven’t heard) launched an ID-free targeting solution on Thursday. The company has a proprietary ID, which it calls the Yahoo ConnectID. But even today, 30% of ad impressions carry no advertising ID, Yahoo says […]