Ciaran O'Kane
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Ciaran O’Kane is the CEO of WireCorp, the publishing holding group focused on the digital advertising, retail technology and gaming sectors. He has worked in digital advertising over the last twenty years as a developer, digital marketer, ad operations provider, media monetisation specialist and senior sales executive. He continues to write editorial for ExchangeWire on advertising technology, marketing technology and programmatic - and acts as an advisor to a number of leading digital media companies in Europe.Articles by Ciaran
Why Telcos Are Going to Smash the Google/Facebook Ad Duopoly
The Yahoo saga is finally over. After the most protracted sales process of recent times, Verizon acquired Yahoo's core assets (content properties, email, search, and an assortment of ad technology) for nearly USD$5bn (£3.8bn). It is likely that Mayer will disappear into [...]
King: Testing New Reward Video Ad Format to Monetise 400+ Million Users
King is rumoured to be launching a media business later this year to help build revenue around its incredibly sticky global audience of 463 million monthly active users. The gaming giant has already made a number of key hires in the [...]
Marketing Tech Bellwether Posts Decent Q4 As Potential Suitors Line Up
Marketing technology remains the hot area for digital marketing right now - with increased M&A and investment in the space. Marketo is the public market bellweather for the martech space, given its complete focus on automated marketing. It posted its [...]
Yahoo Cuts 15% of Staff in Anaemic Fourth Quarter
Yahoo's big news to Wall Street, in its Q4 earnings, was the announcement that it is cutting 15% of its workforce; and looking to reduce costs by USD$400m (£277.6m) by the end of the year. Its Q4 results were in [...]
Telenor Acquires Tapad For USD$360M As Telco Ad Tech Stack Race Continues
Telenor, a leading telco in APAC and Europe, has acquired Tapad for USD$360m (£252m). Tapad is a leading device graph company. The device graph is the hottest point solution in ad tech right now, with continued M&A speculation around remaining players in [...]
80% Of Facebook's USD$5bn Quarterly Ad Revenue Comes From Mobile
Facebook strengthened its position as the leader in mobile display after delivering a strong Q4. The company announced in earnings that it is now making over USD$5bn (£3.49bn) in digital advertising revenue. Eighty percent of that is now coming from [...]
Could You Excuse Me? My Fridge Is Talking to Me.
It is CES week, and everything in your home is becoming 'smart'. You have intelligent washing machines, telling you when your washing is done. You have cerebral thermometers, adjusting heat to your preferred selection via an app on your phone. [...]
Why the Existential Crisis of Ad Tech is Overblown
This is not a prediction piece. It is not even a listicle of half-baked predictions – cleverly disguised as a post – based on either some patchy M&A conversations I overheard in a bar, or my 'expert' insight. I am not [...]
'Ad Tech Personality of the Year' Shortlist Announced
With ATS London (now sold-out) just a matter of days away, we are announcing our short list for our first 'Ad Tech Personality of the Year' award. This prestigious prize will be awarded at the end of our sixth ATS London, [...]
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