To mitigate the risk of ad fraud and bots, marketers in Asia-Pacific should not be too dependent on programmatic open exchanges and must combine technology with human oversight. Advertisers should practise caution against relying solely on automation, advised Rob Leach, Kargo's [...]

Data-driven marketing and machine learning often are touted as helping advertisers reach audiences more accurately; but human judgement still is needed to tell the story that connects customers. This approach helped power AirAsia's campaigns, according to Kuo Chia-Fang, Oath's Asia-Pacific media [...]

Collaboration. It’s a simple concept, but it seems to be one we take for granted. In a professional environment, at least, collaboration is a concept that could definitely be worked on and developed. Collaborating with potential industry competitors may not [...]

When it comes to the most controversial subjects of the marketing world, native and programmatic are vying for first place. Native is criticised as a tactic that intentionally misleads audiences, allowing advertising to disguise itself as genuine editorial content, while [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: Singapore publisher ends print, goes all-digital; Australia's Network Ten to be part of CBS; Twitter partners with [...]

Amidst brands pulling millions of dollars in advertising after being placed next to extremist content on YouTube earlier this year, brand safety remains a top concern for both advertisers and content creators. Speaking exclusively with ExchangeWire, Tony Chen, CEO and [...]

This week the IPA issued a direct call to action to Google's YouTube and Facebook to clean up safety, measurement, and viewability of online video on their platforms. ExchangeWire asks experts to weigh in on whether this was the right [...]

Whilst 'context' has been sidelined in the past, it is experiencing a renaissance and now finds itself right at the centre of brand safety and agency concerns, as John Snyder, CEO and co-founder, Grapeshot, explains. Speaking exclusively with ExchangeWire, Snyder [...]

Publishers in Asia-Pacific still are putting multiple codes from different SSPs, which drags down page loads and worsens ad latency. They need to move away from this and start embracing header bidding, urges Rammohan Sundaram, C1X's Asia-Pacific Middle East Africa [...]

In October 2016, Nick Welch (pictured below), business development director, UK, ADmantX, argued in an ExchangeWire article, that brand safety shouldn't take a backseat to revenue safety, explaining the importance of making brand safety a focus before it hits the bottom [...]