It has been touted as a simple and effective way to combat ad fraud; but ads.txt has reportedly hit some speed bumps in terms of adoption and deployment. Its lead campaigner IAB, however, says it will limit unhealthy industry practices [...]

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 [...]

With media buyers seeking out more efficient paths to supply and demanding greater transparency in fees and auctions, it is time for DSPs to be more than automated workflow tools. DSPs have not evolved much from when they were built during [...]

In a market democratised by programmatic, brands in Asia-Pacific must be able to stand above the crowd and not have a myopic view of the digital landscape. Programmatic had levelled the playing field and created a space in which even [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: China programmatic ads to hit £4bn; Tencent online ads grow 48% in 3Q; Advertisers want agencies to [...]

Reports of the demise of email marketing have been greatly exaggerated. That is what Dynamic Yield would like to convey to industry detractors who decry the effectiveness of email as a marketing tool. The ad tech vendor launched a suite [...]

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 [...]

With artificial intelligence (AI) and other technological developments creating more ways to engage consumers, brands in Asia-Pacific need to ensure they are ready to tap these new avenues. The emergence of autonomous vehicles and mobility as a service, for example, would [...]

Now in its ninth year, the annual Chinese online shopping festival Singles’ Day (11 November) is no longer just about Alibaba, but has morphed into a nation-wide shopping craze with e-commerce players other than Alibaba taking up a substantial share [...]

There is urgent need to define viewability and create standardised metrics for mobile ads in Asia-Pacific, where marketers remain hooked on the numbers game, focusing their attention on clicks rather than other more effective metrics. This obsession over clicks has resulted [...]