The programmatic advertising and marketing technology industries are beautifully complex ecosystems which marry technological, financial and regulatory processes. Whilst key developments and trends are often discussed at the international level, it can be easy to overlook details at a more [...]

Social networking platform Facebook has hit the headlines with a damning regularity in recent months due to seemingly chronic mismanagement of their data. Despite cap-in-hand ads running last summer proclaiming: "From now on, Facebook will do more to keep you [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: With Demand Manager, Rubicon Project Introduces Prebid as a Service; Teads announces official launch into Netherlands; AOP Launches [...]

Advertising fraud has for a long time cast a shadow over the ad- and martech ecosystem, compromising everything from brand safety to industry finances, with estimates suggesting an annual loss of USD$44bn (£33.6bn) by 2022. Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, Michael McNeeley [...]

The ad industry has long struggled with a poor public reception, with trust in the industry at a low ebb, partly due to the high prevalence of fraud. Brand safety has therefore become a key issue for marketers, ensuring that [...]

Out of home (OOH) advertising has been around for centuries, however the addition of programmatic technology and sophisticated data management methods have made this format one of the most exciting and rapidly developing sectors within the ad industry. In this [...]

The shortlist for The Wires APAC inaugural awards has been announced and Cadreon/UM Malaysia led the finalists, with four nominations across the categories. Celebrating businesses and their use of technology, expertise and innovation within ad tech and martech, The Wires is [...]

UK advertising spend reached a total of £23.6bn in 2018, representing a year-on-year increase of 6.3% and marking the ninth consecutive year of growth, according to the Q4 2018 Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report. Report highlights Q4 2018 growth totalled £6.5bn, a year-on-year [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: Appodeal introduces Stack; S4Capital announces strong Q1 2019 growth; FEPE International to rebrand as World Out of Home [...]