To mitigate the risk of ad fraud and bots, marketers in Asia-Pacific should not be too dependent on programmatic open exchanges and must combine technology with human oversight. Advertisers should practise caution against relying solely on automation, advised Rob Leach, Kargo's [...]

Data-driven marketing and machine learning often are touted as helping advertisers reach audiences more accurately; but human judgement still is needed to tell the story that connects customers. This approach helped power AirAsia's campaigns, according to Kuo Chia-Fang, Oath's Asia-Pacific media [...]

AI is slowly creeping into all aspects of our lives – retailers are introducing chatbots, stock market shares are traded algorithmically, and driverless cars are in the final testing stages. We’ve already seen programmatic trading change the ad industry completely [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: China ad tech players don't always respect boundaries; Singapore media giants to build programmatic marketplace; China 1Q [...]

Teads hosted its inaugural ‘Programmatic Wave’ event to a packed room in London last week, seeing experts from across the industry coming together to discuss the evolution of programmatic, using surfing as a surprisingly fitting analogy. From creative and data, [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: SEA viewability close to US standards; Taptica acquires Japan mobile ad platform; WeChat user base to hit [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: Agency role remains relevant in APAC; AU OOH revenue climbs 7% in 2Q2017; MullenLowe reorgs China operations; [...]

Amid increasing calls for transparency and changes in business models, there remains stoic confidence that media agencies still have a role to play and the need for brands to find alternatives when faced with restricted access to data. Discussions at ExchangeWire's [...]

Instead of simply buying media for marketers, agencies must offer guidance on whether their clients are ready to adopt programmatic and, if not, provide help on how to do so. This should include data strategy and operations setup, says Vincent Niou, [...]

Marketers in India struggling to produce content that appeals to consumers should look at data analytics and machine learning for clues. These tools play a crucial role in personalising customer experience, says Gulshan Verma, Times Internet's chief revenue officer. They [...]