The web has presented legacy publishers with a monetisation challenge they have yet to master, and the emergence of media consumption on handheld devices has posed them with an even more difficult quandary as they now compete with Silicon Valley [...]

In the second instalment of a two-part look at how the growing importance of ‘big data’ and the subsequent emergence of programmatic media-buying, ExchangeWire examines the potential threats it poses to traditional media businesses, and just how they must adapt [...]

Transparency has been one of the key topics facing the ad tech sector in 2014, with issues such as click fraud, bot traffic and view ability generating reams of column inches, and propelling programmatic firms into mainstream press attention. Hence [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space, including the unveiling of the ATS London agenda, Rocket Fuel's turbulent week, the latest public spat in ad tech between TubeMogul and Turn, as well as [...]

The IAB Europe recently published a white paper exploring pan-European programmatic trading trends in a bid to harmonise understanding in the ad tech space as well as establishing a pan-European Programmatic Trading Task Force. In this piece Mike Peralta, AudienceScience, CEO, shares his [...]

UK gaming brands are seeking to use more sophisticated forms of ad tech, including the use of retargeting technology as well as more sophisticated forms of prospecting, as research reveals the public are beginning to place an increasing emphasis on [...]

John Were, CEO and co-founder of Xelsion, discusses the agency trading desks and compensation models, as well as how the entry of enterprise players such as Accenture and IBM is bringing pressure to bear on some of the accepted norms [...]

Chip Meyers, ReactX CEO, asks why brands that are willing to take their media-buying in-house are not doing likewise with their creative?

The City of London Police have moved to further starve online pirates of ad funding by replacing display ads on copyright-infringing sites with official banners from the force, as part of its ongoing battle with more nefarious elements of the [...]

ExchangeWire can confirm that UK-based ad trading platform Switch has bought ad sales house Unanimis for a publicly undisclosed fee in a deal that was executed earlier this week.