Programmatic has a measurement problem. P&G chief brand officer Marc Pritchard sent shockwaves through the industry with demands for improvement in this important area; and evidence is emerging that underlines just how tricky the thorny issue of measurement is for marketers and, crucially, how it continues to hold our industry back. In this piece for ExchangeWire, Rachael Morris (pictured below), director of optimisation and insight, Infectious Media, explains why a new approach is needed to stop brands wasting millions. Our own [...]

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In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: Mobile & Video Fuel AU Ad Spend; Sports PMP Opens Up in SEA Markets; IAS Acquisition Will See Continued APAC Investment; Data-Sharing Platform Opens in Singapore; and JWT Takes Verve to Indonesia. Mobile & Video Fuel AU Ad Spend Online ad revenue in Australia hit AUD$2.1bn (£1.19bn) in the first quarter, fuelled primarily by video and mobile. Mobile [...]

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Asia-Pacific is a diverse region with varying audiences, but advertisers can still push video content tailored to serve the different markets by tapping data such as weather, location, and time of day. Brands in the region increasingly are turning to video to better engage consumers. To do so effectively will require an understanding of nuances across the different markets, according to Henry Schenker, Asia-Pacific vice president of Innovid. The video marketing platform recently opened its second Asia-Pacific office in Singapore, [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Google Introduces Audio Ads to DoubleClick Bid Manager; Location Sciences Launches Location Data Authentification; Strategic Partnership Between HubSpot & Taboola; AddApptr Expands to U.S. Market; and Leanplum Enters European Market. Google Introduces Audio Ads to DoubleClick Bid Manager DoubleClick goes audio. The Google programmatic bid manager has just announced support for digital audio ads. Providing access to audio platforms, DoubleClick Bid Manager lets marketers purchase [...]

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In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: Two AU Advertising Boards to Merge; Singapore Premium Ad Marketplace Goes Live; China Most Advanced Digital Luxury Ad Market; Hausmann Rebrands as ‘The Haus’; and Cheetah Mobile Aims to Cut Ad Fraud. Two AU Advertising Boards to Merge The Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) and Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) have agreed to merge as part of [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Significant Increase of Mobile Fraud; Mobile App Video Exchange by OpenX; Media iQ Rebrands to ‘MiQ’; Cheetah Mobile Co-operates with Protected Media for Ad Fraud Detection & Prevention; and Access to Amazon Publisher Services for Smaato Partners. Significant Increase of Mobile Fraud Measuring 3.43 billion app installs and 350+ billion events, as well as processing and analysing 125 terabytes of data per day from [...]

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In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: Malaysia Tops SEA for Ad Safety & Viewability; IAB Singapore Preaches 10 Programmatic Commandments; iflix Drops Subscription Model, Unleashes Ads; AU Ads Possibly Violating Industry Codes; and Dentsu Buys Chilean Performance Agency. Malaysia Tops SEA for Ad Safety & Viewability Malaysia has the highest ad viewability rate and lowest brand safety risk for display ads amongst Southeast Asia markets. It [...]

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In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: SPH Looks to Digital As 1H 2018 Falls Flat; M&C Saatchi Acquires India Creative Agency; Mediacorp Folds Magazines, Takes Others Digital-Only; IAB Tech Lab Unleashes Measurement SDK; and Dentsu Aegis Network Unveils New APAC Programmatic President. SPH Looks to Digital As 1H 2018 Falls Flat Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) has reported a 10.9% dip in its media business to [...]

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Measurement is the important piece of the puzzle Asia-Pacific marketers need to get right in order to fix what may be wrong with their programmatic campaigns. “I would always start with measurement”, Attila Jakab, Infectious Media’s managing director, said in an interview with ExchangeWire. “What is the measure of success? What are you trying to achieve? And how can you come up with a better way of measuring that business goal?” Jakab said. “Once you have that [established] and the right measurement [...]

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In the build up to ATS Paris, ExchangeWire speaks to Julien Gardes, vice president southern Europe, Adform, to get his thoughts on the future of the service layer, the role consultancies can play in helping advertisers, and the trend of moving programmatic in-house. ExchangeWire: There has been a lot of talk about the end of the service layer recently. Is this being facilitated by in-housing, and is there still a need for a service layer? Julien Gardes: There has definitely been [...]

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