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 [...]

In 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 to survive in the [...]

Speaking with ExchangeWire from the recent ATS Singapore event, Matt Harty, Experian, general manager, audience solutions – one of Asia's most well-respected programmatic figures – talks about his new role working with existing data segments to provide greater advertising utility [...]

One of ExchangeWire's 'inside sources' shares views views on why they are bored of the same old 'USPs', and why rigorous testing of media platforms is required if  the lofty claims of enthusiastic sales professionals are to be taken seriously.   ‘Proprietary DSP’, [...]

Ciaran O'Kane, ExchangeWire, global editor, muses over the potential impact of WPP's GroupM arm apparently halting the purchase of ad inventory from open exchanges. In this piece, he also speculates on whether or not Xaxis pivots to become the holding group's [...]

Programmatic advertising strategies devised by the top-tier management of digital marketing outfits are failing to trickle down to the teams that actually execute campaigns in APAC, according to a recent ExchangeWire poll conducted in partnership with Google. The findings identify [...]

We will be holding our first event in New York on November 4th at the School of Visual Arts. ExchangeWire is the global voice for ad tech and the exploding programmatic ad sector with events in Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Berlin, Stockholm, [...]

Xaxis has announced the formal opening of its Russian office, and the appointment of Nikolay Bulanov as Xaxis, managing director, Russia, as it aims to tap into the nascent, but rapidly expanding real-time bidding (RTB) market, valued at $37.7m last [...]

Ahead of next month’s ATS Singapore event on 7 July, Phu Truong, TubeMogul Managing Director, South East Asia, and IAB Singapore Leadership Council Member, explains his opinions that traditional media buying agencies can leverage third-party ad tech providers to work [...]

Last week an ISBA survey laid out just some of the concerns brands have about programmatic advertising, with a survey showing that only one-third of advertisers have a positive perception of real-time media trading, indicating the extent of concerns about [...]