In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: TF1 and M6 propose merger; Vungle acquires TreSensa; Kochava secures DigiCenter purchase. TF1 and M6 propose merger French broadcasters TF1 and M6 have entered into exclusive talks to merge with the aims of competing with online streaming services, such as Netflix and Disney+, and to ensuring the “long-term independence of French content creation.” The combined entity is set to generate a pro forma revenue of approximately €3.4bn (£2.9bn) with an operating profit of €461m (£397m), while current [...]

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In this exclusive interview, ExchangeWire speaks to Simon Halstead, Vice President Exchange and Supply International, Verizon Media, to discuss how machine learning can be applied to contextual solutions to provide reach and scale in cookieless environments. What are the key opportunities available for publishers and buyers in the new cookieless environment? How do next-generation identity providers help these players realise these opportunities? Cookies did a lot of things, so moving beyond the current use of cookies for publishers and buyers is going [...]

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The ad ecosystem map has been a staple of this industry for a good decade. From Scott Brinker’s Sistine Chapel martech work to the omnipresent ‘tidy box’ vendor map, we have used these resources to better understand the multitude of madtech offerings. There is nothing wrong with using these vendor maps as an overview, but I think in the post-cookie, privacy-first era, most will be redundant. I also think that there continues to be a huge overlap between vendors in [...]

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Shortly before Google sounded the death knell for the third-party cookie, Apple revealed that the long-mooted deprecation of its Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) would take place in the Spring as part of an iOS 14 beta release. As part of the wide-ranging changes, Apple also announced that it would be implementing a privacy protection framework, dubbed App Tracking Transparency (ATT), whereby users will be offered the choice of whether or not they wish to be tracked across third-party apps. Initial turbulence and [...]

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In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: Broadsign partners with AdMobilize; TVSquared launches always-on attribution platform; 64% increase in mobile adblocking; PubMatic releases video monetisation trends report; and IPA releases commercial media habits study. Broadsign partners with AdMobilize AdMobilize, a world-leading audience intelligence company powering DOOH networks with real time, fully-anonymous AI, and Broadsign, a leading digital out-of-home (DOOH) marketing technology platform, have announced a partnership to [...]

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There has been much conversation around direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands, and why and how they are causing such disruption to the traditional marketing model and the way they engage with the service layer. Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, Jay Friedman (pictured below), president and partner, Goodway Group, explains why the big-brand marketers should be taking note and looking to evolve their own marketing practices and service-layer relationships on their journeys to transformation. The holding companies are struggling to charge for and deliver measurable business [...]

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User acquisition is evolving. Where it used to be all about the number of installs, developers are becoming smarter and more discerning about campaign metrics and tying acquisition activity back to the bottom line. Now it’s about finding the highest quality users and moving beyond impressions and installs, to engagement and lifetime value. TheGamingEconomy speaks exclusively with Amit Dar, general manager, U.S., Taptica, about why user acquisition for mobile gaming is changing and the importance of setting goals for quality, [...]

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At the Cannes Lions festival last week, Clear Channel International brought together experts from across the advertising ecosystem to discuss the future of out-of-home advertising and its evolution from broadcast to narrowcast. ExchangeWire’s Ciaran O’Kane moderated the discussion between Donna Vieira, CMO, consumer bank and Chase wealth management, JP Morgan Chase; Mike McGee, CCO and co-founder of Framestore; Jeyan Heper, CEO, Skyn; and Clear Channel International’s commercial innovation director, Cadi Jones. OOH still plays well into the big brand awareness goal, perhaps [...]

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A lot has been written about the complexity (and accuracy) of cross-device audience measurement in digital marketing – and a lot of claims are made by players in the space. However, it is often discussed in the technical context of programmatic without much reference to the actual meaning of this to marketers. And the meaning to those spending the money is really frequency. In this piece for ExchangeWire, Martyn Bentley (pictured below), commercial director UK, AudienceProject, explains why blackbox frequency estimates aren’t [...]

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Measurement is the important piece of the puzzle Asia-Pacific marketers need to get right in order to fix what may be wrong with their programmatic campaigns. “I would always start with measurement”, Attila Jakab, Infectious Media’s managing director, said in an interview with ExchangeWire. “What is the measure of success? What are you trying to achieve? And how can you come up with a better way of measuring that business goal?” Jakab said. “Once you have that [established] and the right measurement [...]

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