AppNexus is to purchase Brazil-based RealMedia Latin America (RMLA) for an undisclosed fee – bringing its acquisition-count to five in the last year – in a bid to further its share of the regional market; which is forecast to undergo triple-digit growth [...]

Rubicon Project is furthering its automated guaranteed push, post the purchase of iSocket and Shiny Ads, with the dual announcement of its Guaranteed Orders UK launch, plus the appointment ex-Guardian and CBS Interactive executive Steve Wing to head it up. Rubicon [...]

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 [...]

Opinions in the industry may differ on whether first-party data is more reliable than third-party data. For Eyeota CEO Kevin Tan, both offers its own value, and efforts should instead be channelled towards improving data quality and transparency. In this [...]

The UK is the leading market when it comes to ad viewability, according to numbers released today from advertising software firm TubeMogul, which has also released figures detailing the state of programmatic advertising in emerging markets for the first time. The [...]

Mike Harty, PowerLinks, co-founder, and ExchangeWire columnist, examines the latest IAB ad spend figures and the history of programmatic advertising, to demonstrate how publishers are leveraging native advertising to re-address the power dynamic between the buy- and the sell-side. Earlier this [...]

In a series of pieces examining the rapid rise of ad tech in the high-growth markets of Latin America, Lara Krumholz, DynAdmic, general manager, LatAm, explains the need for prospective entrants to dispel previously-held prejudices, and tap into the region's [...]

Programmatic is transitioning from the latest buzzword to becoming a dominant force in mainstream media buying, but to successfully move forward the industry must first look back at lessons learned, argues Tim Webster, The Exchange Lab, co-founder and CSO. Programmatic adoption [...]

Digital media, and especially buying it programmatically is still seen as an 'emerging platform' in Latin America, this is despite audiences there spending more time online compared to those elsewhere, according to Victor Lopez, Affiperf, programmatic media director, Miami. In [...]

ExchangeWire rounds-up some of the biggest stories in the European ad tech scene, and in this week's edition: Asda preps ad exchange launch; Shazam rated as Britain's first $1bn tech firm; Facebook & Havas ink global Atlas deal; UK bodies [...]