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Fox to Buy Tubi TV; S4 Capital Sees Strong Organic Growth
In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: Fox to buy Tubi TV; S4 Capital sees strong organic growth; AnyMind Group acquires POKKT Mobile Ads; PubMatic releases Audience Encore; and Dentsu Data Labs & Adverty reveal mobile users prefer non-intrusive in-game ads. Fox to buy Tubi TV Fox has reached an agreement to purchase Tubi TV for USD$440m in cash. To help pay for the acquisition, the company [...]
Brand Suitability: Demystifying Blocking and the “DV Clouds”
In this article written exclusively for ExchangeWire, Matt McLaughlin (pictured below), COO of DoubleVerify, responds to concerns over the firm’s use of “clouds” in the aim of maintaining brand safety and negating advertising fraud. At DoubleVerify, a key component of our service is blocking. The blocking function executes just before an ad is rendered on a device, after the ad has already been effectively purchased. This typically occurs when the brand has won a programmatic auction or, on direct buys, when [...]
When Digital Ads Go Rogue, and the Quest for Nuanced AI
In this exclusive article written for ExchangeWire, Omar Amath, head of ad and data operations (pictured below), agenda21, highlights how third-party content verification platforms can assist in ensuring brand safety, while aiding publishers reclaim revenue lost to over-zealous block-listing. News stories about badly placed digital ads, in which the brand, media owner ad agency involved are all pointing the finger at one another, are ten a penny these days. But this week saw a new take on the argument, in which [...]
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Changing Attitudes Towards Walled Gardens vs. Open Web; Record TAG Recertifications
In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: Changing attitudes towards walled gardens vs. open web; record TAG recertifications; Criteo announces new traffic generation solution; M&C Saatchi Performance to double Indonesia team; and MG Motor UK makes in-game advertising play in DiRT Rally 2.0, with Bidstack & TMWI. Changing attitudes towards walled gardens vs. open web OpenX today announced results of its research, conducted in partnership with the [...]
Does Programmatic Advertising Have a Targeting Problem? An Investigation
In this exclusive article written for ExchangeWire, Stephen Byrne (pictured below), regional VP at smartclip, discusses whether programmatic advertising currently has a targeting problem, despite it supposedly being the primary advantage to the channel. Successful digital video advertising is based on many factors: creative ideas, high-quality environments and innovative formats are all equally important. But the first question should always be: Who do I want to reach? Based on data and automated targeting, this is where Programmatic Advertising thrives – at [...]
Crumbling Cookies will be Good for User Privacy. Next Task: Improving the Web Experience
In this exclusive article written for ExchangeWire, Matthew Goldhill (pictured below), founder and CEO of Picnic Media, discusses how the recent moves to phase out the third party cookie will be a positive shift for consumer privacy, yet such moves should be supported with the creation of an attractive and engaging environment for the user. Coming out in praise of Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) project isn’t necessarily the best way to win friends among web developers. Four years since the [...]
Publishers Let Randoms Stick Ads In Their Slots
In his latest article penned for ExchangeWire, Independent Ad Fraud Researcher Dr. Augustine Fou (pictured below) discusses the risk publishers face by allowing third-party vendors to serve ads into slots on their sites. Would you let someone stick their germ-ridden, muddy fingers in your cookie dough, right before you eat it? Ew, of course not. But that is exactly what publishers are allowing to be done to them by allowing ads from programmatic sources to be served into ad slots on [...]
Silverbullet Acquires Videobeet Italia S.R.L.; Azerion Acquires Collective Media Europe
In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: Silverbullet acquires Videobeet Italia S.R.L.; Azerion acquires leading digital ad experts Collective Media Europe; BDG selects Rubicon Project as preferred PMP partner; FreeWheel releases ‘The Delicate Art of Balancing Ad Load’; Wireless and Bauer Media join forces to launch Octave Audio. Silverbullet acquires Videobeet Italia S.R.L. Silverbullet, the data-smart marketing services company, has announced the acquisition of independent trade desk [...]
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Creativity, Data and the Future of Agencies
Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, Jon Goulding (pictured below), CEO at Atomic, discusses the future of creative agencies, the role of data in long-term success, and the coordination of strategic and creative teams. There are lots of people out there saying there is a crisis in creativity in the world of advertising. It isn’t a new state of affairs, but its effects have become plainer to see in recent times. Industry bodies and agencies are now discussing the way forward. And what’s [...]
Fundamental Shifts in Programmatic: Q&A with Luke Fenney, Index Exchange
In this exclusive interview, Luke Fenney (pictured below), vice president, publisher sales, international, Index Exchange, speaks with ExchangeWire on the future of the programmatic industry, and what the various underlying fluctuations affecting the sector mean for all players involved. Which channels are set to benefit most strongly from prioritisation of data-driven thinking? How can these be incorporated into existing “programmatic models”, and by contrast where does programmatic need to adapt to the channel in building a full media-buying strategy? Over the last [...]
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