While agencies may have moved on, some advertisers in Asia-Pacific have yet to transition from the ad network model and hold out-dated views about programmatic. Matt Harty, Asia-Pacific senior vice president of The Trade Desk, explains in this Q&A with [...]

Evolved out of traditional ad networks, most DSPs in China currently operate on a 'markup model' that is proving harmful to both advertisers and publishers. This typically involves low-tier inventory bought in bulk at low CPMs, and later sold to [...]

In our latest piece from the IAB’s Display Trading Council, Berit Block, marketing director for Europe at DataXu, sheds light on the meaning of ‘transparency’ in media buying and programmatic marketing. While researching for this piece, I was reminded just how [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: 33Across launches 100% viewability platform in three APAC markets; Nielsen expands Digital Ad Ratings into Asian markets; [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: Grapeshot brings APAC languages to The Trade Desk; Mobile drives 27% of ecommerce in SEA; Sizmek looks [...]

China's Great Firewall presents special challenges that impact the way RTB operates in the country, so market players will need to set up a separate infrastructure to resolve these issues, advises Tim Koschella, CEO and co-founder of AppLift. In this Q&A [...]

Despite being the largest advertising market in Europe by total ad spend, Germany’s media business is still widely regarded as cautious when it comes to embracing the programmatic media-buying revolution. However, the ADTRADER Berlin Conference hosted today (2 June) will see [...]

Opinions in the industry may differ on whether first-party data is more reliable than third-party data. For Eyeota CEO Kevin Tan, both offers its own value, and efforts should instead be channelled towards improving data quality and transparency. In this [...]

The industry is largely agreed upon the weaknesses of last-click attribution, yet it remains in common use. Below, Rafael Garcia-Navarro, Experian Marketing Services, head of analytics, discusses overcoming the challenges of finding out what marketing activities do and don't work. While [...]

In this week’s ExchangeWire Weekly European Roundup: Verizon buys AOL for $4.4bn in latest round of operator entry to ad tech; UK retargeting company Tapad clinches $18m funding round; Concerted drive on transparency; Rubicon Project courts SMEs; Tate Modern goes [...]