News in brief: YouTube Drives Channel 4 Social Viewing Figures; Half of Business Leaders See Marketing as a Cost-Centre; Adobe Releases AI Video Tool to Rival OpenAI   YouTube Drives Channel 4 Social Viewing Figures Channel 4 amassed more than 2.3 billion views [...]

News in brief: YouTube TV Viewership Exceeds Mobile; Kevel to Acquire Nexta; UK and US Refuse to Sign Declaration for Inclusive and Sustainable AI   YouTube TV Viewership Exceeds Mobile for First Time  TV has surpassed mobile and is now the primary device [...]

Kevel, the leading provider of API-based retail media ad serving technology, has announced the acquisition of Nexta, an automated advertising self-serve platform. The acquisition illustrates Kevel’s commitment to redefining the retail media landscape with an all-encompassing solution to arm retailers [...]

News in brief: ITV Investors Back M&A Talks; Netflix set to Enter Race for Live F1 Rights; OpenAI Makes Super Bowl Debut with $14m Ad  ITV Investors Back M&A Talks ITV’s major shareholders are in support of efforts to explore a potential [...]

Our ATS events series is back for 2025, landing in three global hubs: Singapore, London, and Tokyo. Here’s what to expect, and where to get your tickets... The events bring together industry leaders to discuss the latest trends and innovations in [...]

News in brief: Amazon’s Ad Business Earns $17bn in Q4; UK Orders Access to Apple Users’ Encrypted Accounts; Netflix Hikes UK Subscription Prices  Amazon’s Ad Business Earns $17bn in Q4  Amazon’s advertising services earned USD$17.3bn (£13.9bn) in the final quarter of last [...]

This week on The Stack: Outbrain and Teads Officially Merge; Google’s Latest Moves; Today’s MadTech Daily  In some of the biggest ad tech news of the week, Outbrain completed its USD$900m (£725m) acquisition of Teads. Moving forwards, the entity which merges [...]