In today's ExchangeWire news digest: new data shows global buy now, pay later purchases surged in 2021; Apple's attempt to dismiss a lawsuit from the creator of rival app store Cydia is dismissed; and Indonesian start-up Astro amasses USD$60m ($47m) [...]

Yahoo has promoted Paul Sigaloff to vice president, head of APAC. Effective immediately,  Sigaloff will lead sales for the ad technology business across the entire Asia Pacific region.  Previously VP of ANZ INSEA, his expanded remit now includes Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, [...]

Hivestack, the world’s leading independent programmatic digital out of home (DOOH) ad tech company today announced the launch of full operations in Malaysia. Now for the first time, brands, agencies and omnichannel demand-side platforms (DSPs) in Malaysia can access the [...]

This month has been a big one for Online Video Platform Blue Billywig, opening a new office in Singapore on the month of their 15th anniversary. We chatted with Kevin Smith, APAC Country Manager, about the new office, the main [...]

In this exclusive Q&A, Jenni Chase, vice president, digital sales, solutions & operations at Mediacorp, and judge of The Wires Global 2021, outlines the nature of premium over-the-top (OTT) streaming in Asia, and how advertisers can realise the opportunity offered by [...]

Leading video advertising enablement platform, Intelligent Video Solutions (iVS) today (22 September) announced its latest round of fundraising. The Pre-Series B round, led by Tin Men Capital as well as notable investors such as Vulpes, Kickstart Ventures and SG Innovate, [...]

Ad Tech leader Kevin Smyth, who previously led the expansion of Magnite’s (formerly Telaria) digital SSP business across Southeast Asia, has joined Playground XYZ as head of sales, Asia. Thanks to strong continued growth across APAC and a burgeoning roster of [...]

In today's ExchangeWire daily news digest: Danish media companies in collective bargaining push; Amazon acquires Art19; and Voyager raises USD$167m (£120m) Danish media companies in collective bargaining push A near-30-strong collective of Danish media companies has been formed to negotiate with major [...]

Verizon Media today announced the roll-out of its Next-Gen Audiences and Next-Gen Buying in Southeast Asia, the first two tools from its newly introduced Next-Gen Solutions suite. This first-to-market offering for advertisers and publishers is independent of advertising identifiers for audience creation, buying or [...]

In today's ExchangeWire daily news digest: Skillz to acquire Aarki; Etsy purchases Depop for USD$1.625bn (£1.148bn); and Accenture Interactive expands to SEA via Entropia acquisition. Skillz to acquire Aarki Mobile gaming and esports platform Skillz has announced that it has entered into [...]