In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: The Programmatic Advisory acquires Forge Group; Infectious Media launches in-housing consultancy; Criteo partners with Pixalate; FreeWheel Council for [...]

In-housing is a trend that has been on the rise as programmatic has matured, with the IAB recently suggesting that 86% of brand advertisers in programmatic either fully in-housed their buying functions or have partially moved these processes. In recognition of [...]

ExchangeWire have invited hundreds of thought leaders to share their thoughts on what next year will hold, across a range of topics. The service layer is changing. Whether a battle, a war, a fight for supremacy, a fight to the death, or [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: New Funding for MediaMath; Customer Analytics Boost Growth & Revenue; GeoSpock/Tamoco Partnership Links Real World with Data; Flashtalking Introduces Consulting Services; and FreeWheel Partners with Operative on [...]

In the build up to ATS Paris, ExchangeWire speaks to Julien Gardes, vice president southern Europe, Adform, to get his thoughts on the future of the service layer, the role consultancies can play in helping advertisers, and the trend of [...]

The service layer is a complicated space right now. Holding groups, consultancies, and vendors are all fighting to work directly with marketers. All are approaching it from a different angle. Holding groups are in a forced rationalisation process, as they to [...]

Wayne Blodwell (pictured below), founder and CEO of The Programmatic Advisory, speaks with ExchangeWire about the service layer, the changing relationships between agencies and marketers, and the impact of the increasing prevalence of consultancies on these relationships. ExchangeWire: You’ve recently set [...]

Consultancies have been busy acquiring creative agencies and leveraging their existing end-to-end relationship with clients to build market share in digital marketing. Deloitte, IBM, Accenture, and McKinsey are all building internal capabilities to attract more business from brand marketers. Creative seems [...]