China's Alibaba Group is evidently looking to beef up its advertising revenue, which already accounts for the bulk of its revenue, as it kicks off the new year with an acquisition in the ad tech space. The e-commerce giant this week [...]

The amount of companies in the martech sector has almost doubled in the last 12 months, with the number of vendors classified as operating in this field approaching 2,000 (according to influential research firm ChiefMartech) as the worlds of adtech [...]

As we stand on the cusp of 'the internet of things' becoming a mass market reality, Konrad Feldman, Quantcast, CEO, writes from the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), hosted in Las Vegas, on the increasing role of ad [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the top stories in the European ad tech scene, and in this week’s edition: WPP poised for Dunhumby swoop; ExchangeWire Research survey now live; IPONWEB appoints first GM for BidSwitch; Questions over Google's viewability pledges, and [...]

Next year will be the year of mobile no more as the multiscreen audience prevails; the 'war on data' will become the 'war on identity'; and we'll see the emergence of the 'vertical walled garden'. Read more predictions for 2015 from Gareth Davies, [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the top stories in the European ad tech scene, and in this week’s edition: AppNexus continues shopping spree; Group M digital chief speaks programmatic with ExchangeWire; Mobile operators to block ads to get in on [...]

M&A deals in the ad tech sector in 2014 were worth double that of the previous year, according to a report from investment advisory firm AGC Partners, with demand for video and data management platforms (DMP) driving growth in the [...]

Established in France during the mid-90s, HiMedia Group can lay claim to being one of the leading lights in the European ad tech scene, and more recently has begun to foray into alternative services such as online payments (HiPay) in [...]

Stephen Upstone, LoopMe Media, CEO, discusses potential methods to stimulate the mobile video advertising sector, and calls for a more widespread adoption of technology standards.  Mobile Video Programmatic Advertising The IAB's latest ad spend estimates £64m will be spent on mobile video [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up the week's biggest stories in ad tech, and in this week's edition: Apple crosses the Rubicon into programmatic; British consolidation move reflects the blurring world of ad- and martech; Millennial Media hires Gubbins; PubMatic eyes Italian opportunity.  Apple [...]