The role of online retail is ever changing and facing constant disruption by the socially connected web. Despite this, ecommerce remains a major part of internet’s ecosystem, with continued growth on the horizon. One company that is emerging as the major [...]

Phil Duffield, Managing Director Adap.tv, discusses the growth of Video RTB in the APAC region, publisher adoption of the buying mechanism and some key infrastructure problems that currently is holding back the market. Is the fusion of TV and video applicable [...]

Adnologies announced this week that Damian Blackden will be joining the company as international CEO, as the European buy-side tech provider aims to roll-out its buy-side "stack" solution across Europe. Blackden worked as President, International at Annalect: Omnicom Media Group’s [...]

Dustin Deunert is the Real Time Bidding Manager at the uniquedigital agency in Hamburg. Here Deunert discusses the data-driven advertising eco-system in Germany, the realities of the market, the agency approach and the uniquedigital strategy around automated buying. What were your [...]

Aegis has been on the market for a while, allegedly. First, there was talk about Havas buying - or maybe even Publicis or WPP. However in the end it was Dentsu, the cashed-up Japanese media-buying behemoth, that finally took Aegis [...]

Dirk Freytag, a veteran of the German digital advertising space, announced this week he was joining Rubicon to help build out its proposition across German-speaking markets, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Here Freytag discusses why he is joining Rubicon, the [...]

Ros Allison is a Director at Vivaki. Here she discusses Vivaki's cross-platform approach in the APAC marketplace, AOD’s multi platform addressability and the growth of the data-driven market in the region. You’ve recently launched a world first offering in the addressable [...]

Rhys McLachlan is Head of Corporate & Business Development (UK) Videology Group/TidalTV. Here he discusses the emergence of connected TV and its likely implications for the online advertising space. The annual nerd-fest migration to Las Vegas in early January to attend [...]

Yahoo! is in selling mode. We have seen numerous stories this week (usually spectacularly misinformed pieces) about Yahoo's intention to spin off its ad technology business. This has prompted the likes of Adweek, AllthingsD and Business Insider to ponder over [...]

Wayne Blodwell is the Client Digital Partner at Universal McCann. Here he examines why digital display should be an "Always On" channel. Many advertisers have seen an improvement in performance against their previous display buying since the adoption of real time [...]