After the latest antitrust ruling against Google, it seems like a good time to resurface Ciarán O’Kane's MadTech Sketch on how the Google ad tech business could look if it is broken up. First published July 2022 Ever since the WSJ broke [...]

We look at the findings from the latest IPA Bellwether report, with insights from experts across the marketing industry.  Overall marketing budgets for Q1 2025 fell for the first time in four years, the latest IPA Bellwether report reveals. A net [...]

We examine the rise of data curation, with a particular focus on its expansion in the European region. What makes it a new essential for European advertisers, and what is driving its demand? Data Curation: A new essential for European [...]

AdPlayer.Pro, el proveedor global de tecnologías de publicidad en vídeo digital, ha lanzado una serie de actualizaciones importantes en sus productos estrella, incluyendo su servidor de publicidad en vídeo y su solución de alojamiento de vídeo (vídeo hosting).  Según el anuncio [...]

AdPlayer.Pro, a global provider of digital video advertising technologies, has released a series of significant updates in its flagship products, including its video ad server and video hosting solution. According to the company’s announcement, one of the essential novelties was the [...]

FirstPartyCapital (FPC), an early-stage venture capital firm specialising in ad tech, martech, and digital media, today (April 2nd, 2025) announced a strategic investment from DoubleVerify, the leading software platform for digital media measurement, data, and analytics. The investment strengthens FirstPartyCapital’s [...]

Eight months on from Labour’s victory in the UK’s last general election, how has our ad tech ecosystem been impacted? We examine the changes introduced by Keir Starmer and his party, as well as the industry’s trajectory for the near [...]

Today's digest looks at the latest surrounding Europe's Digital Markets Act, TikTok Shop expanding further into Europe and Reddit enhancing features for advertisers. EU to lessen DMA blow on Apple and Meta to avoid US backlash The European Union is set [...]

With fingerprinting making the headlines, what are the genuine alternatives to the cookie that the ad industry should consider? Mark Smith looks at the runners and riders… Between a rock and a hard place Digital marketing is facing a dichotomy.  On one hand [...]

Is AI in ad tech really all it's being promoted to be? Shirley Marschall takes a look... AI is being sold as the ultimate solution to ad tech’s biggest challenges. Privacy? Solved. Fraud? Eliminated. Performance? Optimised. Fragmentation? Gone. But what happens when [...]