The advertising industry’s Mad Men (the creatives) and Math Men (the technologists) still can’t agree on one crucial question: are technology and data destroying the creative process? Advertising wouldn’t be effective without the creative ideas that power it and embed [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: EU has decided on new data protection regulations; Eyeo is financed by whitelisted marketers; and AppNext partners with Hisense. EU finally hauls data protection [...]

When it comes to the latest funding news, the ad tech year in Europe ends on a high. Ad tech provider Adform has just bagged USD$21.5m funding from the Scandinavian Pension Fund, Danica. In this Q&A with ExchangeWire, Adform co-founder and [...]

With varying internet penetration rates from the Czech Republic to Romania, Eastern Europe is a diverse, yet exciting, market for digital growth. But what is the state of programmatic in Eastern Europe? Firat Dirik, regional director eastern Europe, MediaMath, takes a [...]

A recent study by mobile app marketer AppLift, in conjunction with fraud detection expert Forensiq, concluded that a staggering one-third of mobile traffic is at risk of fraud. With mobile programmatic on the rise, media buyers are concerned. Ad fraud affects [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: Three Asian markets to see strong ad spend growth; APAC expenditure on audience data drops in Q3; [...]

Is blocking the ad-blockers the answer to the on-going ad-blocking battle? Ken Parnham, general manager Europe, Near, (pictured below) argues for applying valuable insights into consumer behaviour (which can be gained from looking at mobile data) for winning back consumer [...]

Businesses are missing out on opportunities valued at £20m because of failed big data practices, according to research released earlier this week (2 December) by flash storage provider Pure Storage. In this piece, we review the findings from Pure Storage’s [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Publicis restructures; Yahoo may decide to sell off its core business; Sky FreeWheels into Germany and Austria; the move beyond programmatic to [...]

Its sheer market size presents tremendous growth opportunities for the ad tech community, but China is fraught with bureaucracy and complex business operations that require local knowledge to manoeuvre successfully. Several foreign ad tech companies have attempted to launch in [...]