Last week saw the publication of key advertising performance report, the Advertising Association/WARC (AA/WARC) Expenditure Report. ExchangeWire speaks to figures within the industry to get their thoughts on the report's findings. Context and sentiment can help brands capture untapped audiences It's no [...]

Matthew Goldhill (pictured below), founder and CEO at Picnic Media, writes about what the lockdown imposed to fight the novel Coronavirus has taught his mobile ad start up and the industry at large over the past few months. Netflix CEO Reed [...]

A new study from FreeWheel, a Comcast Company, and the provider of the industry’s leading video advertising software, reveals 75% of UK consumers think brands should acknowledge the COVID-19 situation in their advertising campaigns.  The survey, conducted with independent market research provider [...]

MediaCom UK has announced the appointment of Richard Davies to the open role of chief digital officer, as it continues to drive the digital agenda for its clients. Davies moves into the role having joined MediaCom last year as head of [...]

Video ad tech company Unruly has released new research on consumers' emotional responses to TV as ad campaigns. The study found that ITV’s “Apart. But Never Alone” is the most moving Coronavirus campaign in the UK (so far), attracting the [...]

The IPA has today [29 April 2020] published its annual Agency Census detailing a breakdown of the make-up of agencies within IPA membership in 2019. Overall numbers reveal that, at the time of data collection, the employed base in IPA member [...]

Ogury, the creator of the first advertising engine driven by user choice, today [28 April 2020] announced the release of Video Chooser, a new way of delivering full-screen mobile video advertisements that enable consumers to choose the ad that most [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Microsoft reportedly looks to invest in Paytm; traffic to pirate film sites rises by almost 60% in the UK; and Publicis Groupe has appointed Justin Billingsley as its new global chief marketing officer.   Microsoft reportedly seeks [...]

Global in-game advertising platform Anzu.io has announced a new collaboration with Nielsen Connectivity, which will bring advanced advertising effectiveness measurement, optimisation, and real-time brand-specific metrics to in-game ad campaigns, driving a new wave of investment in video game advertising. Through collaboration [...]

The IPA Bellwether Report for Q1 2020 has revealed that marketing budgets have receded at their fastest rate since the global financial crisis in 2009. The latest report, released yesterday [22 April 2020], attributed the fall to the ongoing Coronavirus [...]