On Wednesday 3 April, ExchangeWire presented ATS Paris 2019 in front of some of the finest minds within the French digital advertising industry. Whilst the range of vendors, agencies, and publishers was highly diverse, a few core themes began to make themselves present over the course of the day. The proposal for a single, or at least a select few, standard(s) for user identification was suggested throughout several of the panels. Whilst this raises obvious questions surrounding privacy, the context of [...]

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ExchangeWire has been doing ‘proper’ European events for over ten years. All our events are done predominantly through the native language of the country in which we host events: French, Spanish, Swedish, or German. I have even given two French monologues to an audience of over 500 French men and women. It must have been laughable to hear me blunder my way through a ten-minute overview of the programmatic landscape. I thank those attendees for not walking out on both those [...]

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In the build up to ATS Paris, ExchangeWire speaks to Julien Gardes, vice president southern Europe, Adform, to get his thoughts on the future of the service layer, the role consultancies can play in helping advertisers, and the trend of moving programmatic in-house. ExchangeWire: There has been a lot of talk about the end of the service layer recently. Is this being facilitated by in-housing, and is there still a need for a service layer? Julien Gardes: There has definitely been [...]

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Digital marketing is in flux in Europe right now – with privacy legislation, transparency concerns, and business models all effecting huge change. Our first European event of 2018, ATS Paris, is a reflection of this. Now in its eighth year, ATS Paris is the biggest programmatic event in France. This localised event brings French C-level executives together to discuss the biggest issues in programmatic advertising. And there is much to discuss this year. Below are eight areas that will have heavy focus [...]

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