This month has been a big one for Online Video Platform Blue Billywig, opening a new office in Singapore on the month of their 15th anniversary. We chatted with Kevin Smith, APAC Country Manager, about the new office, the main [...]

In this exclusive Q&A, Jenni Chase, vice president, digital sales, solutions & operations at Mediacorp, and judge of The Wires Global 2021, outlines the nature of premium over-the-top (OTT) streaming in Asia, and how advertisers can realise the opportunity offered by [...]

Leading video advertising enablement platform, Intelligent Video Solutions (iVS) today (22 September) announced its latest round of fundraising. The Pre-Series B round, led by Tin Men Capital as well as notable investors such as Vulpes, Kickstart Ventures and SG Innovate, [...]

Ad Tech leader Kevin Smyth, who previously led the expansion of Magnite’s (formerly Telaria) digital SSP business across Southeast Asia, has joined Playground XYZ as head of sales, Asia. Thanks to strong continued growth across APAC and a burgeoning roster of [...]

In today's ExchangeWire daily news digest: Danish media companies in collective bargaining push; Amazon acquires Art19; and Voyager raises USD$167m (£120m) Danish media companies in collective bargaining push A near-30-strong collective of Danish media companies has been formed to negotiate with major [...]

Verizon Media today announced the roll-out of its Next-Gen Audiences and Next-Gen Buying in Southeast Asia, the first two tools from its newly introduced Next-Gen Solutions suite. This first-to-market offering for advertisers and publishers is independent of advertising identifiers for audience creation, buying or [...]

In today's ExchangeWire daily news digest: Skillz to acquire Aarki; Etsy purchases Depop for USD$1.625bn (£1.148bn); and Accenture Interactive expands to SEA via Entropia acquisition. Skillz to acquire Aarki Mobile gaming and esports platform Skillz has announced that it has entered into [...]

Verizon Media has promoted Paul Sigaloff, expanding his remit beyond Australia and New Zealand to include the regions of India and South East Asia. Effective immediately Sigaloff will become vice president of ANZ and INSEA and will lead Verizon Media’s teams in [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Singapore "super app" Grab go public in the US via a record-breaking SPAC deal; media firms Univision and Grupo Televisa merge to build the US's largest Spanish-language player; and the Biden administration add 7 Chinese [...]

Verizon Media has announced the promotion of Simon Wheeler to senior director of content following significant growth of Verizon Media’s Australian media brands.  Under his new regional remit Wheeler will lead editorial strategy in English-language regions including Australia, India and Southeast [...]