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Text ad

A static appended text attached to an advertisement.

Third-party ad serving

The technology used to deliver creative assets from one adserver into another, allowing advertisers to track the performance of the campaigns and record impressions and clicks amongst other campaign metrics.

Tracking

The ability to assess the performance of an ad campaign.

Tracking pixel

A 1x1 pixel-sized transparent image that provides information about an ad's placement. In many cases, a tracking pixel is used to notify an ad tracking system that either an ad has been served (or not served, in some cases) or that a specific webpage has been accessed. Also known as: beacon, web beacon, action tag, redirect, etc.

Trading desk

An agency branch trading entity known as the expert operators in their use of new technology.  These entities can be independent or operate within an agency holding company.  This group of people (known as traders) play the day-to-day campaign management role. Used by agency holding companies, operating agencies and advertisers.

Traffic

Number of visitors who come to a website.

Transactional VOD (TVOD)

Connected TV

A video content service where customers pay for each piece of video on demand content. For example, a customer would pay a fee for each movie or TV show that they watch. TVOD services, like Apple’s iTunes, enable one-off purchases and often time-limited access.

 

Unique visitors

Unique visitors refers to the number of distinct individuals requesting pages from a website during a given period, regardless of how often they visit. Visits refer to the number of times a site is visited, no matter how many visitors make up those visits.

Upfront

Connected TV

CTV video ad spending committed in advance.

 

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