In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: Vietnam May Turn to Mobile Ad Blockers As Awareness Climbs; Online Drives Car Ads in China; Dentsu Acquires Polish Marketing Group; IAB AU Offers Guides on Ad Tech Buys; AppNexus Turns on Ads.txt & Streamlines Refunds on Invalid Traffic; Burson-Marsteller to Merge With Cohn & Wolfe; and Appier Links to Google Ad Platforms. Vietnam May Turn to [...]

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In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: India Ad Spend to Climb 13%; GroupM Buys India Digital Creative Agency; News.com Most-Read AU News Site; Dentsu Reports 9.2% Profit Growth; and AANA Puts Focus on Media ROI. India Ad Spend to Climb 13% Advertising dollars in India are projected to climb 13% year-on-year to hit 693.46bn rupees (£7.66bn), according to estimates from GroupM. The WPP agency group [...]

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In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: China’s BAT amongst five platforms to grab ad spend growth; More AU consumers tuning into radio; Japan firm first to complete IAB audit verification programme; Dentsu opens new APAC HQ in Singapore; and Quantcast expands into APAC markets. China’s BAT Amongst 5 Platforms to Grab Ad Spend Growth China’s three biggest internet players (Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent [BAT])are [...]

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In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: APAC consumers see more ads across platforms; Bangladesh and Myanmar amongst fastest-growing ad markets; Eyeota snags £9.02m in Series B; and Toluna sets up China operations. APAC Consumers See Ads Across Platforms, But Find Them Intrusive Some 78% consumers in Asia-Pacific say they now see ads across more platforms compared to three years ago, but 61% also find [...]

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In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: APAC ad spend to climb 4.2% in 2018; AU agency ad bookings hit £4.1bn; Merkle merges with &c in China; AdAsia forms parent company AnyMind; and China social ads grow 53.7%. APAC Ad Spend to Climb 4.2% in 2018 Ad spend in Asia-Pacific is expected to grow 4.2% this year, or by USD$8.1bn (£5.9bn), which is up slightly from [...]

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In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: Marketers need mobile-first strategy as APAC shoppers head to their devices; AU brands improve on digital customer experience; Audience data spend more than double in Asia; Mindshare inks blockchain partnership in Singapore; and dentsu X marks its spot in AU. Marketers need mobile-first strategy as APAC shoppers head to their devices Twitter says its users in Thailand, Indonesia, [...]

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Recent reports have suggested Japan has the highest rate of ad fraud globally, with a whopping 81% of all impressions being tracked as fraudulent. ExchangeWire asks whether this is really the case. The report, published by Pixalate, revealed that the level of ad fraud in Japan was 2.25x higher than the next-highest offending market, Brazil, which saw ad fraud levels at 36%, with the US close behind, at 35%. On the face of it, it would appear that the Japanese market is [...]

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