Danny Hopwood, Vivkai, head of platform, EMEA, gives his assessment of the current programmatic landscape in light of recent industry consolidation. At the risk of overusing the latest buzzword, we are in a period of serious consolidation.  It was inevitable due [...]

In the same week as ATS London saw presenters and panelists debate the merits of open and closed ad ecosystems, Noel Penzer, AOL, managing director, UK, argues the case for a 'alignment' in a world wherer consumers' media consumption habits [...]

Ahead of moderating a panel on 'Programmatic Video – Entering The Era of Brand Response', Vincent Flood, Video Ad News, editor, sets the scene on major broadcasters' nascent moves into the programmatic video space.  One of the more interesting trends for 2014 so [...]

The WFA released an excellent programmatic guide this week. The report, written by Mikko Kotila (a notable programmatic trader and ATS speaker), focuses on best practices for brands working with agencies, trading desks and ad tech vendors in the programmatic [...]

The results of Adform’s RTB Trend Report, Europe, Q2, 2014 point to a certain future: digital media acquisition will centre almost exclusively on programmatic trading. Martin Stockfleth Larsen, Adform CMO, reflects on how quickly this is happening, and points out [...]

Ahead of next week’s ATS London keynote speaker and marketing technologist Scott Brinker shares his opinions on how marketing cloud technology is set to further disrupt ad tech.   Marketing is moving from being in the business of communications to being [...]

Henry Howe, Weve, product manager, display, discusses how competing mobile ecosystems,and ad tech firms continually repositioning themselves is causing fragmentation and confusion in the market, plus how those with first-party data can help simplify the audience buying process.  Few other areas of [...]

One of ExchangeWire’s ‘inside sources’ shares their views on how the fragmented LUMAscape means  media teams cannot possibly evaluate suppliers in every category, plus the commonality of the history of ad tech and the rail network, including how consolidation under large media [...]

Gareth Davies, Adbrain, CEO, and ExchangeWire columnist, discusses the benefits of establishing an industry standard way of targeting audiences in a mobile-first world, as well as an alternative scenario where the industry is controlled by a few vested interests.  Programmatic players [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. And in this week’s edition: Amazon's videogame move; Facebook tweeks ad offering;  IPONWEB buys in Europe; Rubicon Project partners with Future; Alibaba and WPP's telling filings. [...]