Ronan Shields
Senior Editor
Ronan Shields is the senior editor at ExchangeWire. He has extensive experience covering the digital media and advertising globally. His output focuses on challenges facing both media owners and media buyers as they attempt to negotiate the challenges posed by technology, data and the the strategic impact of programmatic trading. Ronan holds academic qualifications in journalism and has worked for a number of leading industry titles in both Europe and the Middle East.Articles by Ronan
Here Comes the Telco Ad Stack War
Verizon Wireless' purchase, or merger, with AOL stands out as one of the ad tech stories of 2015. This is not only for its multi-billion price-tag, but also how it symbolises the attempted re-emergence of telco operators in the digital [...]
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Overcoming the Challenges of Attribution Model Progress
The industry is largely agreed upon the weaknesses of last-click attribution, yet it remains in common use. Below, Rafael Garcia-Navarro, Experian Marketing Services, head of analytics, discusses overcoming the challenges of finding out what marketing activities do and don't work. While [...]
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OpenX Overtakes Google at Top of 'Trust Index'
OpenX has overtaken Google as the most trusted inventory source, according to figures released this week, as the latter of the pairing aims to underline its leadership in the industry’s fight against dishonest players. The claims were made in the latest [...]
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Can You See Me Now?
Dave Hendricks, LiveIntent president, reflects on the AOL/Verizon merger and predicts the rise of such deals will herald the end of probabilistic targeting. If you are old enough, or an aficionado of board games, you might have heard of Battleship. This staple of [...]
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Confusion Reigns Over Data Protection
UK marketers are uneasy with how third-parties, including media agencies and tech providers, treat their data, and are largely in the dark as to who is ultimately responsible for implementing data privacy rules, despite upcoming data protection reform across the [...]
AOL Buy Heralds Telco Stack War; Transparency Takes Top-Billing
In this week’s ExchangeWire Weekly European Roundup: Verizon buys AOL for $4.4bn in latest round of operator entry to ad tech; UK retargeting company Tapad clinches $18m funding round; Concerted drive on transparency; Rubicon Project courts SMEs; Tate Modern goes [...]
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UK Tops Viewability League
The UK is the leading market when it comes to ad viewability, according to numbers released today from advertising software firm TubeMogul, which has also released figures detailing the state of programmatic advertising in emerging markets for the first time. The [...]
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Addressing the Inefficiencies in TV Media Buying
TV ads, and the placement of them using programmatic buying technologies, has been tipped as one of the key growth areas in the ad tech sector for 2015. ExchangeWire speaks to Steve McCartney, managing director, digital and programmatic, Europe, of [...]
Should Agencies Acquire or Build a Technology Stack to Remain Competitive?
The rise of programmatic advertising has changed the whole online display advertising ecosystem and is shaking up the position of power. In this piece, Maciej Zawadziński, Clearcode, CEO, explores the issues media agencies need to explore before deciding where to [...]
Ad Tech Reports to Wall Street; Weve Subsumed by O2
In this week’s ExchangeWire Weekly European Roundup: Rocket Fuel reveals revenue update post clear-out; Criteo & Rubicon post strong growth; Weve subsumed by O2 amongst telco consolidation; In-housing on the rise, Data orgy as Britain goes to the polls. Rocket Fuel [...]
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