Smaato Partners With Protected Media to Ensure Quality of Online Advertising and Protect Advertiser Budgets

SAN FRANCISCO, March 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

Smaato, the leading global real-time advertising platform for mobile publishers and app developers, announced today that it has implemented Protected Media's in-app and video ad fraud protection technology to protect its network of 90,000+ publishers and app developers, as well as the 10,000+ advertisers on its platform. The partnership will provide Smaato with advanced cyber security tools, including sophisticated evaluation of the legitimacy of ad impressions with precise data verification.  

Smaato is taking these proactive, preventive measures for fraud protection, in order to safeguard its mobile in-app ad formats which are in high demand. The percentage of in-app ad spending on the Smaato platform has grown from 80% to 96% of the total in the last year, while in-app video ad requests have increased by a remarkable 14X. Advertisers like that in-app inventory experiences significantly less ad blocking than desktop and mobile web; however, without proper management it provides a new opportunity for fraud.

Over the past six months, Protected Media has seen in-app fraud, where fraudsters mask low-quality apps to look like premium publishers, rise to almost 10 times the previous rate across its installed base. According to Forrester, while video accounts for 45% of total ad spend, it's linked to 64% of all ad fraud, and also requires additional fraud prevention in-app. Protected Media's innovative technology paired with Smaato's rigorous standards for its publishers delivers the antidote to fraud.  

"At Smaato, advertisers receive high-quality traffic for all of their mobile ad campaigns across our vast publisher base, and this partnership ensures that quality and value are maintained," said Georg Fiegen, COO of Smaato. "With Protected Media, we can ensure that the traffic on our exchange is viewable, brand-safe, transparent and protected from fraud."

"We are proud to provide Smaato with the in-depth information, at the impression level, that is required to diagnose problematic traffic," said Asaf Greiner, CEO and Founder of Protected Media. "Fraudsters are becoming more pervasive, advanced and persistent, and sophisticated technology combined with the expertise of Smaato's traffic quality team will help keep campaign results genuine."

About Smaato 

Smaato is the leading global real-time mobile advertising platform, connecting 10,000+ advertisers - including 91 of the Top 100 Ad Age brands - with over 90,000 app developers and mobile web publishers. Smaato manages up to 19 billion mobile ad impressions daily and reaches over 1 billion unique mobile users monthly. Founded in 2005 by mobile pioneers Ragnar Kruse and Petra Vorsteher, Smaato has global headquarters in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Hamburg, New York City, Shanghai and Singapore. Learn more at http://www.smaato.com.

About Protected Media 

Protected Media's solutions enable buyers and sellers of digital advertising to ensure that display mobile and video ads are properly located, visible, and seen by real people. Protected Media's technology provides in-depth information at the impression level to detect problematic traffic so agencies can work side by side with publishers to identify and eliminate suspicious activity to dramatically increase overall ad quality. For more information visit http://www.protected.media.

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