Discover how Allen Media Group and Equativ achieved 10x revenue growth by segmenting ad accounts to optimize fill rates and auction efficiency.

10X

Local Now revenue growth post account split

2X

Weather Channel revenue increase

6X

Fill rate improvement across properties

Context

Allen Media Group, a programmatic monetization client of Equativ, set out to improve yield and performance across its primary digital properties: The Weather Channel and Local Now.

Both apps were originally managed under a single advertising account. Because Local Now is heavily news-driven, advertiser brand-safety filters around “news” and “controversial content” were unintentionally suppressing demand for The Weather Channel’s brand-safe inventory.

The result: lost bids, lower fill rates, and constrained revenue across both properties.

Product

Audience

Campaign Goals

Region

US

By separating Local Now and The Weather Channel into distinct supply environments, we improved demand segmentation, auction efficiency, and overall yield across both properties. This structure reduced cross-property overlap, delivered stronger performance for advertisers, and created a more transparent and scalable monetization framework. Equativ’s flexibility allowed us to manage each environment independently while maximizing total platform revenue.
— Allen Media

Solution

Strategic Account Segmentation: The Weather Channel and Local Now were split into two distinct ad accounts to reflect their different content environments.

Improved Auction Dynamics: Separating inventory removed unnecessary bid suppression and restored competitive demand for each
content type.

Cleaner Demand Targeting: Brand-safe advertisers could now fully access Weather inventory, while news-focused buyers were directed specifically to Local Now.

Greater Control & Performance Optimization: Each property could now be optimized independently based on audience, content sensitivity, and advertiser intent.