Zefr, the leading video contextual technology platform for brands and agencies, has been selected for the expanded YouTube Measurement Program (YTMP), signaling its commitment to deliver nuanced brand suitable contextual targeting campaigns at scale on YouTube. This announcement coincides with the expansion of Zefr’s Context DMP, which for the first-time ever will allow global brands to expand their human-trained machine learning approach in 20 languages, including Spanish and Japanese.
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These announcements come on the heels of the launch of Zefr’s Context DMP in January, a first of its kind contextual data management platform (DMP). Zefr’s Context DMP is an identity-less solution that enables brands to build video-level targeting sets based on their unique content preferences. Unlike legacy contextual targeting technologies, which leverage keywords and Natural Language Processing to understand text-based webpages, Zefr’s proprietary process combines human cognition with machine learning to capture the nuance of video. In addition to YouTube, Zefr’s video-level suitability targeting is also in Beta for Facebook In-Stream video advertising.
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“Legacy contextual targeting tools, like keyword blocklists or broad content labeling, come up short when it comes to the nuance of video, leading to inaccurate labels and wasted media spend,” said Rich Raddon, Zefr co-CEO. “As a YTMP partner, we’re excited that Zefr can deliver nuanced, video-level contextual targeting for our clients on a global scale.”
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