Cox Says It's Shutting Down Videa Advanced Ad Unit

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Cox Enterprises said it is shutting down its Videa advanced advertising unit.

The unit will close March 31.

“Over the years, the company made significant progress in the programmatic television space, but it is no longer sustainable to continue operations. We thank our extraordinary employees for their hard work and will continue to provide resources to help them through this transition,” the company said in a statement.

Videa was launched in 2014 and aimed to work with station groups, agencies and rep firms across the spot TV industry to build an automated television solution that optimizes advertising campaigns and enables workflow efficiencies and data-enhanced audience targeting.

It launched a supply-side platform in 2015.

Last year Cox Enterprises agreed to sell Cox Media Group and its television stations to Apollo Global Management.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.