The IPA released its latest Bellwether report on 16 January, with headline news that the growth of UK marketing budget flatlined in Q4 2018, amidst heightened business uncertainty, following six years of consecutive growth. Is this being caused by Brexit and a general lack of economic certainty, or is it purely cyclical? Experts share their views on the findings. Media agencies will need to integrate brands’ tech-first approach “Although last quarter saw a slower growth rate for main media advertising, it is [...]

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IAB UK & PwC Digital AdSpend report: UK Digital Ad Spend Grows by 15% YOY; New Research from Flashtalking Highlights Urgent Need for Better Measurement of Creative Performance; mediasmart Partners with TripleLift for Further Native Advertising Capabilities; GroupM’s Candice Odhams to Join Wavemaker as MD; and Simple Expands Intelligent Marketing Platform into EMEA UK Digital Ad Spend Grows by 15% YOY IAB UK announced Wednesday (10 October) that UK advertisers spent £6.4bn on digital advertising in the first half of 2018, according [...]

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In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the EMEA region – and in this edition: IAB Tech Lab Releases Privacy Chain for Public Comment; Interbrand Releases ‘2018 Best Global Brands’ Report; AdUX launches operations in Netherlands for its Native advertising business Quantum; and iotec Global Acquires Leading Native Advertising Platform ‘Platform360’ IAB Tech Lab Releases Privacy Chain for Public Comment The IAB Technology Laboratory announced on Tuesday (2 October) the early availability of PrivacyChain, a blockchain-based protocol and [...]

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You already accept that complying with the GDPR delivers a better consumer experience, right? Loads of articles have told you that. But what about the experience consumers have of exercising their GDPR rights? Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, Fiona Salmon (pictured below), UK MD, 1plusX issues a reminder that businesses responsible for managing data need to make it easy for consumers to understand their GDPR rights and allow them to make informed choices over the use of their personal data. As an internal [...]

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Zenith released its latest ad expenditure report on Monday, 24 September, finding, perhaps surprisingly to some, that paid search and social media will be the main drivers of global growth between 2017 and 2020, growing by USD$22bn (£16.8bn) and USD$28bn (£21.3bn), respectively. The ‘internet display’ sector, which includes social media and online video, is set to be the biggest overall driver of growth over the same period, contributing over USD$44bn (£33.5bn) to the global growth in ad spend up until [...]

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On this week’s news roundup; Adsquare Appoints Key Executives, Adsmovil and Audio.ad Announce a Strategic Alliance for the U.S. Hispanic Market. Adsquare Appoints Key Executives Across US & EMEA  Adsquare, a leading global real-time data exchange announced today the appointments of Michael Schlueter as VP Platform Partnerships & Strategic Projects, David Fieldhouse as Managing Director UK and Candice McDonald as Sales Manager US. The announcement of the newly established positions represents the company’s commitment to support the needs of its clients and partners across the key markets in the US and Europe. The strategic appointments are [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Brand Safety Study Reveals Carelessness of Marketers; Sublime Skinz Expands European operations; mediasmart & Brave Partner; Additional Funding for Drawbridge; and Partnership for Eyeota & TwentyCi. Brand Safety Study Reveals Carelessness of Marketers A new study by Sizmek on brand safety reveals that 38% of marketers are aware of having delivered adverts on harmful or unsafe web pages. At the same time, only 61% [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: New Ad Criteria from Acceptable Ads Committee on Eyeo; Pre-Bid Solution By Protected Media; AdsWizz Co-operates with Univision Audio Streaming Service; Exterion Media & Transport for London Announce Partnership with Euronews; and smart Launches Native In-App-CPM Solution. New Ad Criteria from Acceptable Ads Committee on Eyeo Adblock Plus makers Eyeo are releasing new criteria for their acceptable ads regulations. The independent Acceptable Ads Committee has [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Prebid by OpenX Now Generally Available; Adjust Expands to India; Further Expansion for adsquare in U.S.; Triton Digital Integrates with Tru Optik; and U.S.: 75% of Brands Buy Ads Programmatically. Prebid by OpenX Now Generally Available OpenX has just announced the general availability its pre-bid video header bidding solution, providing another monetisation option to publishers. Prebid offers direct access to OpenX’s video exchange within [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: UK Q1 2018 Ad Spend Beats Forecast; Partnership Between FreeWheel & Integral Ad Science; New Footfall Tracking Capabilities by mediasmart; Cedato Introduces Contextual Lookalike Targeting; and Tapjoy & Winclap Partner. UK Q1 2018 Ad Spend Beats Forecast The first quarter of 2018 has been the strongest first quarter, in terms of ad spend in the UK, for three years. According to the latest Advertising Association/WARC [...]

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