Facebook laid down a marker last year in terms of its ambitions in the ad tech sector with the $300m-plus purchase of ad server Atlas from Microsoft, and this year it caused a stir in the market by unveiling the improved [...]

In the countdown to this week's ATS Paris, ExchangeWire catches up with Fabien Magalon, La Place Media, CEO, to get his insights on the French market, plus the brand perspective on programmatic, including attempts to meet a reported skills gap [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space, and in this week’s edition: Publicis tops its shopping spree; AppNexus at vanguard of click fraud fight; Europeans eye US success at ATS New York; Irish firms [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space, and in this week’s edition: Facebook's ad tech future; Countdown to ATS Paris kicks off with first European Programmatic survey; more consolidation; and more funding in [...]

AppNexus will take to the stage at next month's ATS Paris to discuss issues around transparency, here Geir Magnusson, CTO, SVP of engineering at AppNexus, shares insights on the wildly varying accounts of the extent of the problem, plus potential [...]

Publicis Groupe is continuing its transition to become a digital-first, cross screen outfit with the purchase of mobile-focused data management platform (DMP) RUN for a publicly undisclosed fee.  The deal announced today (28 October) comes as the France-based media giant (which [...]

The French programmatic advertising sector is in buoyant health, spurred by a growing awareness of how data-led strategies can improve the efficiency of media trading, but a skills shortage prevents it from developing further, according to a survey ahead of [...]

Much has been written about the 'brand trading desk' or specifically the in-housing of the programmatic buying function. A lot of it has surfaced in the trade press - but there has been very few clients prepared to speak publicly [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space, and in this week’s edition: Google earnings continue to rise, but share price slips amid declining CPCs, and battles in Europe; The inter-related fortunes of Facebook [...]

The decline of free marketing opportunities on social media and search engines, plus the growing rivalry between Facebook and Google, as well as an increased demand for cross-screen ad campaigns are all spurring the programmatic display ad sector, according to ExchangeWire sources.  The [...]