This week, streaming platforms explored new frontiers, and major deals signalled shifting power dynamics across the entertainment industry. In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Tubi pioneering a ChatGPT-native app launch, Microsoft and Publicis deepening their partnership on agentic marketing, and [...]

Shirley is back, and this week's column looks at why sometimes special ingredients are there to drive the narrative, not the performance...

Adtelligent Inc., a global advertising technology company, has been recognised in the Financial Times and Statista "Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2026" ranking. The list highlights companies across North and South America that have demonstrated outstanding revenue growth and business performance. This [...]

This week, the spotlight fell on AI’s growth, evolving streaming models, and mounting regulatory pressure on global platforms. In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover UK social media use falling as video apps rise, ad spend in Australia dropping 3% year-to-date [...]

In the first piece of this series, we ask ad tech experts what’s making the biggest impact on the industry as we progress through 2026. From autonomous media buying to incrementality, they share what they believe is shaping the landscape. The [...]

In today’s Digest, we cover OpenAI raising USD$3bn from retail investors in a USD$122bn funding round, Anthropic set to sign a deal with Australia on AI safety and economic data tracking, as well as Elon Musk being ordered to face [...]

Roman Vrublivskyi, CEO of Attekmi, explores this year’s top ad tech trends, from first-party data to supply path optimisation. He expands on why first-party data is becoming the backbone of modern ad strategies, and what supply path optimisation really aims [...]

In her latest piece, the inimitable Shirley Marschall looks at why toenail fungus is the true measure of ad tech done badly… We've all been there. Browsing a high quality news site or app, reading an interesting article all the way [...]

In today’s Digest we look at Australia’s eSafety Commission warning of ‘major gaps’ in the enforcement of the country’s under 16 social media ban, California defying Trump’s demands on AI with the introduction of a new executive order, and Disney+ [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss OpenAI extending its ad pilot as it tests a global rollout of sponsored ChatGPT responses, Elon Musk’s X ad boycott being dismissed by a US Judge, and Disney+ striking a landmark next-day streaming deal with [...]