GumGum completes rollout

GumGum, a contextual-first, global digital advertising platform, has announced the integration of Playground xyz’s media portfolio into its Asia-Pacific (APAC) business – creating a suite of AI-powered, contextual ad solutions to help advertisers tap into audience mindset.

Acquired by GumGum in 2021, Playground xyz is one of the world’s top attention-based advertising platforms. The company says it has developed creative ad formats, including Hang Time, Super Skin and Hoverboard, that provide a canvas for enhanced creativity and increased consumer attention rates in digital campaigns. These formats are now fully integrated into GumGum’s fleet of ad solutions, added the company.

Playground xyz’s APAC media business will adopt the GumGum brand for unification and global alignment, the company continued. Playground xyz’s Attention Intelligence Platform (AIP) will continue as a standalone data solution delivering global attention measurement for GumGum’s media business and the broader industry across Display, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, OLV and more.

AIP’s proprietary metric, Attention Time, uses eye-tracking technology to calculate the amount of time an individual looks at an ad in seconds. According to GumGum, a 2019 study with Kantar found Attention Time is 7.5x more powerful at driving brand awareness, and 5.9x more effective at increasing recall, compared to standard viewability measures.

The integration of GumGum’s media businesses in APAC represents the final piece of the global rollout of The Mindset Platform. Launched in North America and Europe last year, The Mindset Platform brings together GumGum’s media products, contextual targeting platform Verity and AIP. Together, creative, context, and attention bridge the gap between brands and consumers, allowing advertisers to meet audiences with the right mindset for the ad message to drive increased attention, better outcomes, and boost ROI, added GumGum.

“In an increasingly crowded and distracted digital ecosystem, the ability to tap into consumer mindset and capture and measure attention has become mission critical for brands,” says Sorrel Osborne, head of media, APAC, at GumGum. “The rollout of The Mindset Platform in APAC offers our clients the essence and core DNA of Playground xyz with the increased scale of GumGum. Our combined media and data offering gives brands the tools they need to stand out and achieve better outcomes, with real-time attention insights, a combination of high impact ad products, and cutting-edge contextual intelligence.”