ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Publicis wants a piece of Cheil; Google's DoubleClick starts Programmatic Guaranteed; Flashtalking acquires Encore; MediaMath Launches Helix; and Series A funding for startup [...]

Released yesterday (14, January), the Q4 2015 IPA Bellwether Report showed that UK marketing budgets went up marginally in Q4 2015. Despite this marginal increase, growth has now been sustained for 13 successive quarters, and marketers’ budget plans for 2016/2017 are positive. ExchangeWire spoke exclusively to Bill [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: Malaysians want fast, quality mobile video; AU to spend AUD$28m on ads promoting Innovation Agenda; SpotX hires [...]

Truly successful ads combine high-quality creative with suitable placement in appropriate environments and effective targeting. But, while advertisers are distracted by tailoring their ads based on data, they are missing the bigger picture. Nick Welch, business development director UK, ADmantX (pictured below), in this piece calls for [...]

China's largest DSP believes its local partnerships and strong knowledge of the local market mean it can deliver a higher level of service compared to Google, which it considers its archrival. iPinYou, which last month announced it had restructured to "return" [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: AU ad market to grow 3% in 2016; McGarryBowen sets up HK outfit; Gravity4 buys out Australia's [...]

Many articles have been written accusing publishers of causing the rise of ad blockers due to our ‘complacent, gluttonous, and user-hostile’ approach, resulting in sites flooded with more and more disruptive formats. Brands are the only ones that can reverse [...]

Ad tech vendors in the Asia-Pacific region are way too obsessed with the last click and are ignoring more meaningful interactions with consumers. More importantly, last-click attribution is not in line with key business metrics, according to Ann Reilly and [...]

Marketing and technology complement rather than contradict each other, at least when it comes to the role of the CMO. In this piece, Chris Le May (pictured below), SVP & MD, Europe and emerging markets, DataXu, takes a look at the changing [...]

Fuelled by increasing mobile adoption, mobile video ads have grown in prominence across Southeast Asian markets and advertisers in the region are eager to tap into this captive audience. However, brands currently resort to repurposing creatives developed for TV and [...]