In this latest edition of The MadTech Sketch, Ciarán O'Kane gives an overview of the fragmented state of the data-driven media and marketing landscape. Most of the coverage of this industry remains a reductive exercise. The mantra of duopoly and triopoly [...]

In this week's MadTech Sketch, Ciarán O'Kane explains why, contrary to common belief, the ad network model is bigger than ever before. Industry people generally have a negative view of ad networks and the value proposition. The very words conjure up bad [...]

This week: W3C forms first board, TikTok could be fined over data privacy… The World Wide Web Consortium announced the creation of their first board of directors whilst it looks to gain non-profit status. TikTok received a “notice of intent” from [...]

In this week's MadTech Sketch, Ciarán O'Kane takes on an issue more tangled than a bag of old cables; the non-US addressable TV market. CTV continues to be the mantra for ad tech, as US viewers “cut the cord”. Outside the [...]

In this week's MadTech Sketch, Ciaran O'Kane illustrates Google Chrome's addressability issue, and discusses why it's a major problem for the industry. Last week Google announced it was pushing its timeline for deprecating third-party cookies in its Chrome browser.  The cookie [...]

In our latest MadTech Sketch, Ciarán O’Kane imagines how the Google ad tech business could look if it is broken up due to impending regulation. Ever since the WSJ broke the story about Google potentially hiving off its ad tech business [...]

In this new series from ExchangeWire, Ciarán O’Kane explores a pressing industry issue and sketches out a potential solution. This week, he takes a look at the opportunity for Uber’s DOOH offering, and what their ad tech stack could look [...]