News in brief: Warner Brothers' Max Arrives to Asia; Indian News Agency Sues OpenAI; Havas to Consider M&A  Warner Brothers’ Max Arrives in Asia Warner Brothers is bringing its Max streaming service to Asia. The entertainment giant is relying on its large [...]

This week on The Stack: M&A takes off; Google, Meta and Apple privacy woes; Today’s MadTech Daily  It's been a big week for ad tech M&A, with Viant acquiring IRIS.TV, Alliant being sold to Inverness Graham, MediaSense buying R3 and Azerion [...]

ShowHeroes Group, a global leader in digital video advertising and CTV solutions, today (October 8th, 2024) announces the acquisition of Vidds, an AI-powered video creation and editing platform, for an undisclosed sum.  Founded in 2020 by Ed Thomas and Andrew Walters, [...]

Equativ, the global independent ad tech company, announced the strategic acquisition of Kamino Retail, the flexible and agnostic on-site retail media platform designed for retailers. Supported by Bridgepoint, its primary investor, Equativ has tripled in size over the last three [...]

Today’s news: YouTube’s Pause Screen Ads Roll Out to All Advertisers; FTC Denounces Social Media Giants’ Data Use; Publicis Groupe Acquires Mars United Commerce  More than a year after YouTube revealed it was testing ads which play when a user pauses [...]

Adelaide, the leader in attention-based media quality measurement, has acquired Rita, a privacy-friendly marketing insights company, in an all-stock transaction aimed at enhancing its models with deterministic behavioural data, ad exposure data, and outcomes. Through this acquisition, John Arts, CEO [...]

This week on The Stack: Latest Ad Tech Deals and Acquisitions; Today’s MadTech Daily  Deals and acquisitions made a big splash in our digest news this week, starting with the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the US. Establishing its media rights [...]

On today’s news digest: UK BVOD Ad Spend to Surpass £1 Billion in 2024; FTC to Investigate Surveillance Pricing; Grab Abandons Acquisition of Trans-cab  UK Ad spend on broadcast video on demand (BVOD) services will surpass £1bn for the first time [...]

On today’s news digest: Informa Acquires Cannes Lions Owner Ascential; YouTube Earns £6.7bn in Q2 Ad Revenue; UK Streaming Market Loses 300k Subscribers Informa, the UK based and world’s biggest international events group, has agreed to acquire Ascential, owner of global [...]

On today’s news digest: BeReal Acquired for €500m; Global Ad Spend to Rise 7.8%; Paramount and Skydance Merger Off the Table  BeReal, the Paris-based photo sharing app which promotes authenticity on the platform, has been acquired by French video game maker, [...]