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  • Why ExchangeWire Is Making Its Cannes Lions Debut

    The title of this piece may illicit some barbed retorts, such as; ‘A week-long jolly on Cote d’Azur drinking Rosé and charging it back to expenses’, etc, etc. But the fact is, the scale of the presence of ad tech [...]

  • AppNexus CEO: ‘There's no global body for ad tech, it’s something we’ve thought about’

    In the second part of a two-part interview with ExchangeWire, Brian O’Kelley, AppNexus co-founder and CEO, explains some of his thoughts on how the ad tech sector can move unilaterally to address some of the more complex issues with programmatic [...]

  • AppNexus CEO: 'Viewability' is a misnomer

    Brian O’Kelley, AppNexus CEO, has established himself as one of the biggest names in the programmatic advertising sector, having first helped establish Right Media Exchange, and continuing his career after its $850m sale to Yahoo, with the founding of his [...]

  • Whither the media plan – 2011 vs 2014

    One ExchangeWire source revisits the heady predictions of 2011, compared to market reality in 2014, and ultimately concludes that media spend is still allocated, by and large, the same way as it was in three years ago. Back in the dizzy [...]

  • If TV Is Now A ‘Secondary Device’, Why Are Multi-Screen Campaigns Still So Difficult?

    New research from YuMe indicates that the TV is losing its prominence in terms of media consumption, but continues to dominate ad spend, pointing to a failure of the digital media industry to keep apace with its own innovations. Charting [...]

  • ‘Programmatic will be massive in APAC, but there are key areas that need focus’

    Tom Simpson, Mediaquark, CEO, shares insights on some of the common mistakes made by international companies looking to successfully crack the diverse APAC region. Singapore-based Simpson stresses the need for localisation (plus increased levels of education) in the APAC region [...]

  • The Truth About Online Ad Fraud

    The FT published an article documenting the levels of online ad fraud present on a recent Mercedes-Benz campaign earlier this week bringing the debate to a more mainstream audience. Jalal Nasir, Pixalate, co-founder, CEO, lifts the lid on some of the techniques [...]

  • Rocket Fuel Hits Back At ‘Sensational Headlines’ In Bot Traffic Row

    Under-fire Rocket Fuel has moved to underline its credentials in the “arms race” between ad tech players and “scammers” after being cited in a critical FT article claiming a recent it participated in for Mercedez-Benz was plagued with click fraud [...]

  • The Guardian Preps Mobile App Relaunch, Brings Programmatic To Its Core

    The Guardian is preparing to relaunch its mobile app offering to help advertisers access its most engaged readers, as it also continues to place programmatic media trading at the core of its commercial operations. The disclosure was made this week by [...]

  • Adobe: Marketers Pin Hopes On Data Analysts To Keep Up With The Times

    Adobe study points to serious gaps in the digital skillet among brand-side marketers across Europe, with those in the UK looking to hire data analysts to help “reinvent” themselves. Adobe marked its European Summit by publishing “a wake-up call for business [...]