Targeted Advertising Technologies in the ICT Space: A Use Case Driven Analysis 2013th Edition

From the book reviews:

“This book provides a broad overview of trends and developments in targeted advertising, covering all relevant information and communications technology (ICT) channels … . the book is well structured and presented as a research treatise on the subject. It will also be useful to media professionals working in the ICT space.” (C. S. Arora, Computing Reviews, June, 2014)

In recent years, the field of information and communication technology has started to change dramatically. Carriers are threatened by high revenue losses requiring them to identify new revenue potentials beyond their core business. Targeted advertising can be one of these revenue opportunities. Christian Schlee provides a broad overview of the latest developments and trends in targeted advertising in the ICT space. The author focuses on the technological aspects of targeted advertising, but also covers business and legal aspects. He analyzes the most interesting use cases in the Web, IPTV, the mobile environment, and in converged scenarios and examines important technological key building blocks.

Contents

· Types of Targeting, Definition of Advertising Formats

· Targeted Advertising Use Cases in Web, IPTV, Mobile and Converged Environments

· Key Building Blocks: Generic Targeted Advertising Platform, Identity ManagementIssues, Recommendation Technologies

· Business and Legal Aspects

Target Groups

· Researchers and students in ICT, engineering, business administration with technological background

· ICT engineers, new media experts, advertising professionals with technological background

The Author

Christian Schlee studied business administration and electrical engineering at Darmstadt University of Technology and Information and Communication Technologies at Ecole Centrale de Lyon. He works for a large European telecommunication provider with a special focus on IPTV topics.