IPG Mediabrands to Leverage Comscore vCE as a Preferred Solution for its Clients’ Audience and Ad Validation Needs for Digital Display and Video Campaigns
RESTON, VA, May 15, 2014 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced that IPG Mediabrands has selected Comscore as a strategic partner for digital campaign measurement. IPG Mediabrands will use Comscore validated Campaign Essentials™ (vCE®) as a preferred solution for measuring audience delivery, viewability, brand safety, in-geo delivery and non-human traffic for its clients’ digital display and video campaigns. This announcement follows Comscore and IPG Mediabrands partnering earlier this year, along with Rentrak and Experian Marketing Services, to bring IPG Mediabrands clients a unique cross-platform planning, buying and optimization solution through the MAGNA’s proprietary data stack, AMP, and its High Definition Buying platform. As a partner, Comscore’s full suite of services, including Comscore vCE, are available to all IPG Mediabrands clients. "We look forward to this strategic partnership with Comscore vCE to bring our clients the value of viewability and audience validation for their display and video campaigns,” said Kristi Argyilan, President, MAGNA North America. “vCE’s single-point solution helps us to streamline planning and buying workflows and enables real-time optimization that improves the performance of our clients’ campaigns.”
“We are extremely pleased that IPG Mediabrands has selected Comscore as a preferred provider for digital campaign ratings,” said Serge Matta, President of Comscore. “This deep partnership with IPG helps us further expand the footprint for vCE and extends the value it can bring to advertisers. We look forward to collaborating with IPG Mediabrands on this effort as a key part of our overall relationship.”
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