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Communiquestion: When you first heard about programmatic, what did you think it was?

<p>We asked the industry: When you first heard about programmatic, what did you think it was?  Maya Khammar Client Services Director at Publicis Middle East When I first heard about the term ‘programmatic,’ I thought this was it, we’re finished. We’re really going to be replaced by the machines. Instinct will be completely replaced with hard […]</p>

By Communicate Staff

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Younes Elaouad

Account Executive at Definition

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I first heard about programmatic a few months back, when facilitating an interview for our client, BackLite Media. I was always aware that algorithms are at the heart of pretty much everything we consume nowadays, but I found the detail and complexity behind the concept fascinating. There’s also a tightrope to balance here, since at its very core, programmatic can only function well through access to a mountain of data. Accumulating and utilizing this data ethically, on a mass scale, is a balance the industry will need to get spot on before programmatic really takes off.