Sonja Kroll
EMEA Editor
Sonja is the EMEA editor for ExchangeWire and covers all things programmatic in Europe from her base in Dublin. She initially found her way into the online marketing world through editorial and management roles for Yahoo! Search Marketing in the mid 2000s, before switching sides in 2009 and reporting on the online advertising industry as a regular contributor to German language internet news portal internetworld.de, and working as a content creator for a variety of clients in the tech and marketing world. Sonja has a BA in Photographic Media under her belt and in a previous life, qualified as secondary school teacher from the University of Würzburg, Germany, conducted traffic surveys and acted as an extra on an Irish soap opera.Articles by Sonja
Programmatic Video in China
Like everywhere else in the world, programmatic has also entered the Chinese market. But the digital advertising market in China is fragmented, and RTB is still at the beginning of its journey. Ad tech provider ReachMax's 'Guide to Programmatic Video in [...]
New EU Data Protection Regulations; Eyeo Reveals Funding for Adblock Plus
ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: EU has decided on new data protection regulations; Eyeo is financed by whitelisted marketers; and AppNext partners with Hisense. EU finally hauls data protection [...]
'Adoption, Implementation & Experimentation', Interview With Ulrich Hegge, AppNexus
Despite a large online population, a broad range of providers of advertising and marketing solutions, as well as a strong publishing landscape, the German market has yet to enter the 'high-development' phase of programmatic. In an interview with AppNexus's newly appointed VP [...]
Shining the Spotlight On Eastern Europe
With varying internet penetration rates from the Czech Republic to Romania, Eastern Europe is a diverse, yet exciting, market for digital growth. But what is the state of programmatic in Eastern Europe? Firat Dirik, regional director eastern Europe, MediaMath, takes a [...]
A Look-Back On 2015 Trends
In our final column from the IAB’s Display Trading Council for 2015 we asked our council members to give some opinions on the trends that became apparent over the course of a year which, if our Media Owner Sales Techniques [...]
The Cat-&-Mouse Game of Mobile Ad Fraud
A recent study by mobile app marketer AppLift, in conjunction with fraud detection expert Forensiq, concluded that a staggering one-third of mobile traffic is at risk of fraud. With mobile programmatic on the rise, media buyers are concerned. Ad fraud affects [...]
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