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Donovan Data Systems' BrandOcean agency workflow tool helps prevent ad budget overspend

NEW YORK - In today's economy there's no room in your advertising budget for overages. No one can afford to absorb any extra costs.

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Faster brand allocation with Donovan Data Systems' national media buying software

NEW YORK - Donovan Data Systems' (DDS) brand allocation tool saves you time by automatically meeting your budget objectives for network syndication and cable TV buys. It assigns brands to programs, based on advertiser dollar and target rating goals, and constraining parameters for each brand.

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JT Batson joins Donovan Data Systems as president of the company’s digital business

EVP of the Rubicon Project brings deep knowledge of digital marketplace

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Donovan Data Systems' digital media buying software manages agency's budget approval process

NEW YORK - Donovan Data Systems' iDesk software for digital media buying puts controls in place to manage the budget approval process at agencies.

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MLB Network sends electronic cable changes to Donovan Data Systems agencies

NEW YORK - In time for baseball season, MLB Networks joins the long list of cable networks that send electronic cable deals and electronic cable changes to Donovan Data Systems (http://www.donovandata.com/) agencies.

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Electronic insertion orders from Donovan Data Systems' digital media software populate the publisher's system

NEW YORK - In an industry first, electronic insertion orders sent from Donovan Data Systems' (DDS) (http://www.donovandata.com/) iDesk digital campaign management software can be transferred electronically into digital sellers’ systems.

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Quickly find missing timesheets in Donovan Data Systems' BrandOcean advertising agency workflow system

NEW YORK - Timesheets are a critical component of an ad agency's workflow and vital to its business. Agencies use timesheets to calculate billable time, monitor the availability of staff and compare projects' estimated and actual budgets. Missing timesheets means missing information, and wasted time tracking down timesheets.

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Donovan Data Systems promotes eBusiness in digital advertising as member of IAB

NEW YORK - Donovan Data Systems (DDS) (http://www.donovandata.com/) is pleased to announce its membership in the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the industry organization working to establish eBusiness standards for digital advertising.

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Donovan Data Systems sponsors ANA Financial Management Conference

NEW YORK - Donovan Data Systems is pleased to sponsor the opening reception at the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Financial Management Conference, to be held April 25-28 in Boca Raton, Florida.

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Donovan Data Systems’ iDesk digital campaign management software integrates with latest version of DoubleClick's DART for Advertisers

NEW YORK, March 4, 2010 - Donovan Data Systems (DDS) (http://www.donovandata.com/) has completed the integration of its iDesk digital campaign management system with the latest version of the DART for Advertisers (DFA) ad serving and management system.

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Donovan Data Systems sponsors 4A's Transformation 2010 conference

Donovan Data Systems is pleased to sponsor the 4A's Transformation 2010 conference, February 28-March 3 in San Francisco, CA.

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More cable networks trading electronically using Donovan Data Systems' electronic cable changes

Comcast and NBC Universal networks, including G4, Style, E!, Golf Channel, Versus, Bravo, MSNBC and Syfy, have joined the roster of cable networks using Donovan Data Systems' (http://www.donovandata.com) electronic cable changes to trade electronically with national media buyers.

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Donovan Data Systems at the IAB Leadership Meeting

Look for Donovan Data Systems (http://www.donovandata.com) at the IAB Annual Leadership Meeting, February 21-23 in Carlsbad, CA, to see how you can transact digital media faster and more accurately by integrating with Donovan Data Systems' iDesk digital media buying application.

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Reduce discrepancies using Donovan Data Systems' national radio orders

NEW YORK - Media buyers using Donovan Data Systems' (http://www.donovandata.com/) media buying application can now send national radio orders electronically to radio rep firm MFS, and receive back electronic confirmations.

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Donovan Data Systems sponsors 4A's Transformation conference in San Francisco

NEW YORK - Donovan Data Systems, creator of iDesk for digital media buying, is a sponsor of the 4A's Transformation 2010 conference. Leaders from across the marketing communications industry will meet in San Francisco over three days, from February 28 to March 3, to discuss emerging needs in the digital age.

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Donovan Data Systems renews multi-year contracts with Mediabrands and McCann agencies in UK, Ireland

NEW YORK — Donovan Data Systems (DDS) is pleased to announce that all of Interpublic Group's Mediabrands agencies in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as McCann Erickson, have renewed contracts for DDS products and services.

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GSD&M Idea City renews long-term contract with Donovan Data Systems

NEW YORK — Donovan Data Systems (DDS) is pleased to announce that Austin, TX-based GSD&M Idea City has signed a multi-year contract renewal following a review of its media and client accounting systems.

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Liberman Broadcasting selects Donovan Data Systems' broadcast sales system for new Hispanic network

Liberman Broadcasting, the largest privately held, minority-owned Spanish-language broadcaster in the United States, launched Estrella TV, a nationwide Hispanic network.

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Donovan Data Systems (DDS) presents eBusiness accomplishments at IAB Ad Operations Summit

DDS' iDesk product director, Kelly Petersen, participated in the eBusiness Solutions panel discussion at the IAB Ad Operations Summit, held November 16, 2009 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.

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iDesk helps protect sites from insertion order fraud

iDesk's electronic insertion order (IO) process helps protect sites from IO fraud.

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Donovan Data Systems renews international contract with Omnicom Media Group

NEW YORK, NY - Donovan Data Systems (DDS) is pleased to announce that Omnicom Media Group has renewed a multi-year contract for DDS systems and services, including DDS’ iDesk for digital ad campaign management and BrandOcean for agency workflow.

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Marketron Broadcast Solutions and Donovan Data Systems collaborate to provide direct electronic orders between radio stations and media agencies

NEW YORK — Donovan Data Systems (DDS) and Marketron Broadcast Solutions have collaborated to offer completely electronic transactions between spot buyers and radio stations.

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Operative and Donovan Data Systems link to streamline digital ad buying and selling

Operative, a global advertising revenue management technology and services provider, has linked the Operative Dashboard with iDesk from Donovan Data Systems (DDS), a leading systems provider to the advertising industry.

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Use of electronic cable TV initiative soars as agencies, networks enjoy seamless order integration

More than 3,000 transactions for national cable TV inventory have been sent electronically between cable networks and agencies since the inception of an eBusiness initiative led by the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau (CAB) and Donovan Data Systems (DDS).

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Get the right information to the right people at the right time

BrandOcean, DDS' agency workflow and production system, simplifies key processes across your business while delivering new levels of efficiency and collaboration.

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Donovan Data Systems first to integrate with DoubleClick's DART for Advertisers 6

The integration of iDesk from Donovan Data Systems (DDS) and DoubleClick's latest version of DART for Advertisers (DFA6) was activated on July 19 at AMS Media, one of the UK’s leading digital agencies.

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Donovan Data Systems goes green and saves three million sheets of paper a month

July 2008 was our first major Go Green milestone, when we replaced most of our traditional paper reports with more efficient online versions. Since then, we've worked with our clients to further reduce our printing by 75%, saving around three million sheets of paper every month.

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Ad agencies poised to reap massive benefits from new Donovan Data Systems and NCC partnership

Donovan Data Systems (DDS), the leading systems and services provider to the advertising industry, and National Cable Communications (NCC), the leader in cable television advertising sales and marketing, have collaborated to bring fully electronic order processing to the national spot cable ad marketplace. The partnership enables DDS' Spot Desktop application and the NCC eBusiness sales system to seamlessly interoperate.

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Spot radio and spot TV buying in one application

DDS' Spot Desktop media-buying application for local broadcast now handles radio prebuy in addition to TV prebuy, with the same look and feel for both media.

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Donovan Data Systems sponsors 2009 ANA Advertising Financial Management Conference

As in past years, Donovan Data Systems (DDS) sponsored the cocktail reception at the 2009 ANA Advertising Financial Management Conference, held April 19-22 in Phoenix, AZ.

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Donovan Data Systems award for media agency network of the year goes to Starcom MediaVest

Media industry luminaries from around the globe gathered in Valencia on Tuesday, April 21, for the Festival of Media Awards ceremony. Donovan Data Systems (DDS) was pleased to be at the city's Arts & Science Museum as sponsor of the Media Agency Network of the Year award, which the Festival jury gave to Starcom MediaVest.

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iTraining for sites on iDesk electronic RFP process

DDS is offering sites online training on how to complete and submit electronic RFPs and proposals.

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More than 500 stations use StationXpress to connect with their reps

Stations use the Web-based StationXpress application to:

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Grey Group units select Donovan Data Systems

Grey and ghg (formerly Grey Healthcare Group) have chosen Donovan Data Systems (DDS) to provide systems and services to Grey offices across the United States.

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All media buyers can receive electronic proposals from any seller

A consortium of industry vendors has developed Proposal XML, an open-standard spec for sending and receiving electronic avails that advances eBusiness for the entire industry.

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iDesk enables electronic proposal processing

Removes manual tasks from campaign optimization

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Final farewell to faxes

With the latest version of DDS’ Spot Desktop local media buying application, every order is now electronic. Media buyers using DDS never need to send a fax, print paper or get a “fax back” from a seller.

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Starcom MediaVest Group and Donovan Data Systems end arbitration process

Laura Desmond, CEO of Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) and Michael Donovan, Chairman and CEO of Donovan Data Systems (DDS), today announced they have reached a mutual agreement to end the arbitration process which began in July 2007 and withdraw all claims currently pending between the two companies.

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Invoice Manager application introduces groundbreaking electronic invoicing capabilities

DDS MediaOcean’s web-based Invoice Manager application fulfills DDS’ media buying organization clients’ and industry demands for easy, secure, and efficient transport and delivery of electronic invoices.

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Donovan Data Systems joins IAB as beta partner in EDI implementation for digital advertising

Where will my ad appear? How many impressions should be served per day or per month? Which audience should be targeted? These are just a few instructions communicated in buyline comments for digital media.

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Green initiative reduces printing

As part of our Go Green initiative, we have developed applications for viewing and storing DDS-generated bills and reports electronically. The print queue displays reports on your desktop, and DDS Archive offers easy online report storage and retrieval.

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Media Planning Group, RJ Palmer and RPA renew contracts with Donovan Data Systems

Donovan Data Systems (DDS) is pleased to announce that Media Planning Group, RJ Palmer and RPA have signed new long-term contracts with DDS following comprehensive reviews of media systems.

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MediaOcean reduces discrepancies between TV buyers and sellers

The MediaOcean sales management system, used by stations and reps, connects seamlessly with DDS’ Spot Desktop application, reducing the cost of transacting spot TV.

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New electronic cable changes from Donovan Data Systems eliminates discrepancies between agencies and cable networks

Leading media-buying agencies now receive and process cable network television schedule changes electronically using a new application from Donovan Data Systems (DDS).

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Donovan Data Systems announces full availability of iDesk at Venice Festival of Media

DDS today announced at the Venice Festival of Media that iDesk, its digital campaign management system, is now handling full-scale digital media transactions successfully for client campaigns ranging from major car manufacturers to cosmetics companies.

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DDS MediaOcean and WideOrbit integrate media sales and traffic systems

DDS MediaOcean and WideOrbit are pleased to announce the first-ever cooperative integration between station traffic and media sales. The two companies have successfully completed an ambitious project to fully integrate their respective sales, order management and traffic applications - the MediaOcean media sales system and the WideOrbit traffic system.

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Direct rep-station connectivity reduces discrepancies

Now more than 350 stations connect electronically to their reps using StationXpress, a web-based application that streamlines the workflow between stations and reps.

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DDS announces ePort initiatives with TVB

Donovan Data Systems (DDS) is pleased to expand its relationship with the TVB's ePort initiative.

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Donovan Data Systems introduces iDesk

DDS today announced iDesk, its digital campaign management system, at the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) 2008 Media Conference & Tradeshow in Orlando. iDesk is the answer for agencies faced with the explosion of small transactions in the fast-growing digital world. Streamlining workflow by eliminating the deluge of faxes, spreadsheets and paper notes, iDesk greatly improves productivity and means agencies can effectively manage their digital campaigns.

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Donovan Data Systems in the press

There has been recent press coverage about Donovan Data Systems (DDS). While some articles are mostly factually correct, others paint an inaccurate picture of the situation and of DDS’ business.

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Donovan Data Systems transforms digital and traditional media

Visit Donovan Data Systems (DDS) at booth 508/510 at the AAAA Media Conference to see how DDS is transforming the digital and traditional media buy. We’re showcasing our groundbreaking applications that will make your workflow more effective and efficient.

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