In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Google begins FLoC testing; IAB releases buy-side tech specs for comment; and GroundTruth acquires Addy. Google begins FLoC testing Google has announced that its third-party cookie alternative for the Chrome browser, Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC), has [...]

In today's news digest: Irish broadcast giant RTÉ launch two new research tools for advertisers; Canada-based design and experience agency Jam3 have entered a conditional deal to merge with S4 Capital's MediaMonks; and Bloomberg Quicktake has seen viewer numbers thrive [...]

Montreal-based District M and San Francisco-based Sharethrough have entered a definitive merger agreement. The merger will see the creation of one of the largest independent omnichannel ad exchanges in the world, anchored in a user-centric, respectful, quality-first approach to digital [...]

Smart AdServer, the independent ad tech platform, is reshaping its capital structure via a Management Buyout of current investor Cathay Capital by Capital Croissance, which becomes its new majority shareholder. Cathay Capital fuelled the foundational growth of Smart, and it [...]

Taboola is going public via a merger with ION Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd. (NYSE: IACA), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, with USD $259m (£189.6m) in trust. Taboola has also secured approximately USD $285m (£208.6m) in primary and [...]

At the tail end of last year I profiled 17 European ad tech companies that I expect to do big things in 2021. With the exception of one or two, these companies are very much at the start of their [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Twitter boosts its plans for its own podcasting network by acquiring podcast app Breaker; live sports streaming service fuboTV reports better-than-expected results for 2020; and the US box office sees revenues crumble by 81%.   Twitter builds [...]

There are lots of startups emerging from Europe that are addressing measurement and targeting in a privacy-first world. Below I profile 17 European ad tech companies that will have a big 2021, and why you, dear readers, need to keep [...]

ShowHeroes, leader européen indépendant de solutions vidéo digitales pour les éditeurs et annonceurs, crée la marque ombrelle ShowHeroes Group. La nouvelle entité regroupe six marques et solutions. Parmi les dernières acquisitions du groupe figure l’Italien Viralize, leader de la publicité [...]

ShowHeroes SE, Europe's leading, independent video platform for publishers and advertisers, is launching the ShowHeroes Group. With the new umbrella brand, the company is bundling its six different business sectors and integrating the companies Streamads (Netherlands) and Viralize (Italy), which both [...]