Not long after wunderloop was sold to AudienceScience, its country rival Nugg.ad sells for an undisclosed amount to Deutsche Post, according to research-live.com.
Is this an indicator that Behavioural Targeting has matured enough or simply German recession driving smart investors to pick-up cool tech companies?
Well done to Terence Kawaja on his “A Few Good DSPs” comedy video, it has definitely struck the hilarious chord in the industry. If you are wondering what a “DSP” is, then don’t bother, but if you know your IAB from your EIAA then you will be in for a treat:
Internet world business reported today that US targeting provider AudienceScience has reached an agreement to buy wunderloop, the European leader in behavioural targeting that had filled for insolvency end of April this year. The amount and terms have not been disclosed yet but Internet World speculates it would be in the double-digits (Millions), having beaten another potential investor from Germany FAZ.
AudienceScience has long been trying to get a foot in the European market after leading the US and Japanese scenes.
wunderloop and United Internet Media announced today they have struck a deal to merge their targeting technologies into a single platform. This will create one of Europe’s leading online advertising targeting platforms and serving 7 of the top 10 German media players (AGOF Internet Facts 2009). wunderloop is to receive the TGP technology assets from UIM and take over the operation and development of the new platform whilst in return 1&1 Internet AG receives a minority stake in wunderloop.
Went to have a chat with Ciaran from FarneyMedia over a pint about the wunderloop connect exchange and ended up having a very interesting debate on the whole life and death and life of online advertising. Coming from the technology side of the fence myself, Ciaran strikes me as a one of those people who manages to get both tech and commercial landscapes in one sentence, which is perhaps why his blog is such an interesting read. You can find the article on wunderloop connect at http://www.farneymedia.com/2009/07/31/wunderloop-connect-enhancing-the-online-media-buy-in-europe/
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