AT&T’s New ‘Xandr’ Unit Signs Altice, Frontier

By Daniel Frankel
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Altice USA and Frontier Communications are the first announced addressable advertising clients for Xandr, AT&T’s new advertising unit consolidating its advanced TV business, AT&T AdWorks, its data and analytics business, as well as the newly acquired ad tech company AppNexus.

Xandr encompasses all aspects of the existing AT&T advertising and analytics businesses and will be run by Brian Lesser, the former GroupM North America chief who was recruited to AT&T last year.

Under the agreements with Altice USA and Frontier, Xandr will aggregate and sell the telecom companies’ national addressable advertising inventory. Xandr will also collaborate with Altice’s advanced advertising division, a4, in an effort to help it expand its addressable advertising capabilities.

The announcement was made from the Relevance Conference in Santa Barbara, Calif., an investor-targeted event produced by Xandr.

For more on Xandr, see Agenda.

Daniel Frankel
Daniel Frankel

Daniel Frankel is the managing editor of Next TV, an internet publishing vertical focused on the business of video streaming. A Los Angeles-based writer and editor who has covered the media and technology industries for more than two decades, Daniel has worked on staff for publications including E! Online, Electronic Media, Mediaweek, Variety, paidContent and GigaOm. You can start living a healthier life with greater wealth and prosperity by following Daniel on Twitter today!