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  • Welcome to ADTRADER Berlin 2015

    Despite being the largest advertising market in Europe by total ad spend, Germany’s media business is still widely regarded as cautious when it comes to embracing the programmatic media-buying revolution. However, the ADTRADER Berlin Conference hosted today (2 June) will see [...]

  • 'All the Big Names Are Now Going Native'

    Mike Harty, PowerLinks, COO, and ExchangeWire columnist, breaks down one of the 'geekier' insertions in the programmatic industry's 'glossary of terms', and explains in layman's terms why OpenRTB 2.3 is so important for native advertising. The topic of 'OpenRTB protocol, [...]

  • Adblock Plus Victorious Again; Mobile Ad Rates On the Rise, but Desktop Still Alive

    In this week’s ExchangeWire Weekly European Roundup: Adblock Plus secures second German court victory in quick succession; Separate studies show mobile ads surge, but desktop still vindicated; Twitter promises advertisers enhanced data insights to bolster further spend; Teads adds Le [...]

  • Here Comes the Telco Ad Stack War

    Verizon Wireless' purchase, or merger, with AOL stands out as one of the ad tech stories of 2015. This is not only for its multi-billion price-tag, but also how it symbolises the attempted re-emergence of telco operators in the digital [...]

  • OpenX Overtakes Google at Top of 'Trust Index'

    OpenX has overtaken Google as the most trusted inventory source, according to figures released this week, as the latter of the pairing aims to underline its leadership in the industry’s fight against dishonest players. The claims were made in the latest [...]

  • Confusion Reigns Over Data Protection

    UK marketers are uneasy with how third-parties, including media agencies and tech providers, treat their data, and are largely in the dark as to who is ultimately responsible for implementing data privacy rules, despite upcoming data protection reform across the [...]

  • AOL Buy Heralds Telco Stack War; Transparency Takes Top-Billing

    In this week’s ExchangeWire Weekly European Roundup: Verizon buys AOL for $4.4bn in latest round of operator entry to ad tech; UK retargeting company Tapad clinches $18m funding round; Concerted drive on transparency; Rubicon Project courts SMEs; Tate Modern goes [...]

  • Addressing the Inefficiencies in TV Media Buying

    TV ads, and the placement of them using programmatic buying technologies, has been tipped as one of the key growth areas in the ad tech sector for 2015. ExchangeWire speaks to Steve McCartney, managing director, digital and programmatic, Europe, of [...]

  • Should Agencies Acquire or Build a Technology Stack to Remain Competitive?

    The rise of programmatic advertising has changed the whole online display advertising ecosystem and is shaking up the position of power. In this piece, Maciej Zawadziński, Clearcode, CEO, explores the issues media agencies need to explore before deciding where to [...]

  • Ad Tech Reports to Wall Street; Weve Subsumed by O2

    In this week’s ExchangeWire Weekly European Roundup: Rocket Fuel reveals revenue update post clear-out; Criteo & Rubicon post strong growth; Weve subsumed by O2 amongst telco consolidation; In-housing on the rise, Data orgy as Britain goes to the polls. Rocket Fuel [...]