In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – and in this edition: eBay Advertising Announces New Offer to Boost ‘Shopper Insights & Influence’; Travel Tech Company Sojern Announces Financing Round Led By TCV; S4 Capital plc Third Quarter Trading Update: Continued Strong Growth; and Blockthrough Acquires PageFair, Creating an Ad-Block Revenue Recovery Powerhouse. eBay Advertising Announces New Offer to Boost ‘Shopper Insights & Influence’ eBay Advertising announced yesterday (15 November) the [...]

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Scripps to Acquire Triton; Major Ad Exchanges Create Shared Principles to Achieve a Better Programmatic Marketplace; Pangaea Alliance Expands Publishers, Products & Sales Team to Support Growth; eyeo Takes a Stand Against Circumvention Technologies with New Taskforce; Standard Media Index & Nielsen Establish Relationship to fuel SMI’s AccuTV with Nielsen Ad Intel Data Scripps to Acquire Triton The E.W. Scripps Company is acquiring Triton, the global leader in digital audio technology and measurement services, helping Scripps advance its strategies for near- and long-term value [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: New Ad Criteria from Acceptable Ads Committee on Eyeo; Pre-Bid Solution By Protected Media; AdsWizz Co-operates with Univision Audio Streaming Service; Exterion Media & Transport for London Announce Partnership with Euronews; and smart Launches Native In-App-CPM Solution. New Ad Criteria from Acceptable Ads Committee on Eyeo Adblock Plus makers Eyeo are releasing new criteria for their acceptable ads regulations. The independent Acceptable Ads Committee has [...]

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The more things change, the more they stay the same. Football nearly came home, Harry and Meghan tied the knot, and the UK is enjoying its first proper summer since 2003. Advertising woes, however, remain; and the problem of ad blocking in particular hasn’t gone anywhere. Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, Richard Poustie, CEO UK and Ireland, Kantar Media, explains why this is the case, and how marketers can change consumer conceptions of advertising. Kantar Media’s DIMENSION 2018 Report on the major trends [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Eastern Europe Is Biggest Growth Market for Mobile Advertising; AppNexus Acquired by AT&T; Eyeo Launches AI-Powered Ad Block Detector; Ligatus Has Entered UK Market; Merkle Expands to MENA; and Sublime Skinz Launches Programmatic Guaranteed. Eastern Europe Is Biggest Growth Market for Mobile Advertising The IAB’s AdEx Benchmark 2017 Report forecasts the value of the mobile ad market at €48bn (£42bn) this year. Mobile continues [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Ad Blocking Rates on the Decrease Since 2016; New Majority Stakeholder for Integral Ad Science; Outbrain Acquires AdNgin; Fyber Supplies FairBid Mechanism to Facebook Audience Network; Video Study: Longform Video Ads Keep Users Engaged; and Amobee Integrates with ownerIQ. Ad Blocking Rates on the Decrease Since 2016 Monitoring ad blocking activities for the past two years, a two-year ad blocking audit among the members [...]

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Ad blocking is an inescapable reality in 2018. Not only is the amount of ad-blocking use increasing, but some of the biggest online players are finally bowing to user pressure, essentially validating the use of ad blockers. In this piece for ExchangeWire, Christian Dommers (pictured below), head of business development, eyeo, will look at why you should embrace the reality of an ad-blocking audience, why they are so valuable, and the ways you can reach them. On the surface, ad blockers [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Adblock Plus Victorious Again; Manifesto by the World Federation of Advertisers; Dataxu Announces New Programmatic TV Solution; Slow Growth of UK Marketing Budgets; and SpotX Cooperates with XITE Networks for Programmatic TV. Adblock Plus Victorious Again Another landmark ruling settles against German publishers: following a number of legal actions by German publishers such as ProSiebenSat1, Spiegel, and Süddeutsche, Berlin-based Axel Springer Verlag had brought [...]

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Google has been blocking ads it deems intrusive since mid-February. In this opinion piece for ExchangeWire, Oliver Gold (pictured below), UK managing director, YOC, looks at the new rules as they are now permanently enforced, investigates how they came about, and explains what the changes mean to advertisers and publishers. On 15 February 2018, Google began making changes to the web by eradicating ads it deems annoying or intrusive to users. It used an industry trade body known as the Coalition [...]

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Google’s decision to equip their Chrome browser with an ad-blocker has caused controversy. What is seen as an all-too-easy solution for users to avoid exposure to ads is also a way for Google to eliminate their competition for ad dollars. However, the Chrome ad-blocker may also be an opportunity for Google’s competitors – at least when it comes to reevaluating their relationship with consumers, argues John Snyder (pictured below), CEO, Grapeshot, in this exclusive piece for ExchangeWire. Last month, Google introduced [...]

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