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 [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: Index to Assess AU Ad Sentiments; Mobile to Outpace TV in China; Grab Partners with Mediacorp to [...]

Amidst the growing amount of falsehoods that can be found online, Bloomberg and Twitter have joined forces with a pledge to provide Asia-Pacific advertisers a platform that carries credible content. The business news and social media companies last December unveiled [...]

Conversations around ‘augmented reality’ (AR) and ‘virtual reality’ (VR) focus largely in its glittering promise, but what are the ‘realities’ of running campaigns in these environments? In this Q&A with ExchangeWire, Joel LaMontagne (pictured below), CEO, Trivver, describes how the [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: SPH Looks to Digital As 1H 2018 Falls Flat; M&C Saatchi Acquires India Creative Agency; Mediacorp Folds [...]

This week, the spotlight is on marketers and the need for them to work within Southeast Asia's expanding digital ecosystem, the growth of which is fuelled by Chinese investors and increasing use of e-commerce platforms and mobile payments. China's tech giants [...]

Marketers in China need to consider 'seamless' user experiences and ensure their ads are appropriately designed to meet local market conditions and demands. The fragmented Android app store environment, for instance, means developers need to spend more effort building apps [...]

As the complexity of media buying has grown proportionally to the explosion of available advertising inventory, there’s been a parallel evolution of advertising technology leading to the evolution of the demand-side platform or DSP, writes Mark Grether (pictured below), CEO, Sizmek, [...]

Measurement is the important piece of the puzzle Asia-Pacific marketers need to get right in order to fix what may be wrong with their programmatic campaigns. "I would always start with measurement", Attila Jakab, Infectious Media's managing director, said in [...]

Most marketers know that pixel-based tracking faces increasing challenges as a measurement methodology. As some browsers implement third-party cookie management policies that impede or limit pixel-based tracking, and as more consumers periodically delete their cookies, there’s a growing and understandable [...]