Mathew Broughton

Research Lead
Mat Broughton joined the ExchangeWire team in March 2019 as Editor. After a brief stint as editor at ExchangeWire's sister publication, TheGamingEconomy, Mat is now Research Lead at ExchangeWire, running creation, analysis and report production of ExchangeWire's suite of research products. Before joining the company he worked as a project manager working within the telecoms and travel marketing industries. Mat graduated from the University of Liverpool with an honours degree in Biological Sciences.Articles by Mathew
ZEE5 Partners with Minute.ly; Alibaba & WPP Among Leading Companies in GlobalData Internet Advertising Theme
In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia Pacific region – in this edition: ZEE5 partners with leading AI Video enhancement startup Minute.ly to boost watching experience for tens of millions [...]
Silver Screen, Silver Lining: What the Wider Ad Industry Can Learn From the Cinema Experience
Serving effective ads which simultaneously enhance viewer experience is a perennial goal of the advertising industry, however in tough times it is often the bottom line that receives all the focus, shuffling consumers down the pecking order. This in turn [...]
Opportunities for Emerging Brands in Paid Search: Q&A with Mainline Menswear
Search advertising continues to account for a significant proportion of overall ad spend, with £6.7bn being spent in these channels last year according to AA/WARC figures. In such a developed market, opportunities for smaller brands can be harder to come [...]
Mobile Ad Fraud Cost USD$2.3bn (£1.89bn) in H1 2019; Sizmek Finalises Peer39 Sale
In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: Mobile ad fraud cost marketers over USD$2.3bn (£1.89bn) in H1 2019; 79% of UK marketers acknowledge cross-channel video [...]
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The Italian Programmatic & Martech Industry in 2019: Predictions & Reflections
Advertising: a truly global industry. Whether this is at a form comprising of hastily-scrawled posters attached to telephone poles, or the totality of links within the complex programmatic supply chain serving countless ads across the world each second. Despite this, [...]
Yield Management in a First-Price Auction World
Following the announcement earlier in the year that Google Ad Exchange traffic will transition to a first-price auction model by late August to early September, the industry has been awash with queries as to how this will affect optimisation, and [...]
Digital Identity, Blockchain & OTT: A Preview of ATS London
As we approach the 10th anniversary of ATS London, ExchangeWire hosted a preview of what will be discussed and debated on the day. Paul Gubbins (pictured below), global programmatic strategy lead at Unruly, covers the hot topics at the preview, [...]
The Capabilities of Biometric Testing: Q&A with David Wharram, Coast Digital
With tracking becoming more restricted, advertisers are having to do more to extract as much value from their ad spend as possible, hence the rise of solutions mentioning "AI" at every turn. However more can also be done to measure [...]
OpenX expands into Australia; Essence wins integrated media agency of record duties for ZEE5 India
In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia Pacific region – in this edition: OpenX expands into Australia; Essence wins integrated media agency of record duties for ZEE5 India; Verizon Media [...]
AA/WARC Q1 2019: UK Ad Spend Hits £6bn
UK ad spend increased by 4.2% year on year to hit £6.0bn in the first quarter of 2019, according to the latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report, released today Tuesday 30th July. Growth for the overall year is forecast to reach [...]
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