Advertisers’ calls for cross-device targeting capabilities appear to have been answered with the unveiling of Xaxis Sync, the GroupM trading desk’s multi-screen technology that lets media buyers purchase ads on viewers’ mobile devices coordinated with commercials running on their televisions [...]

ExchangeWire columnist Gareth Davies, AdBrain, CEO and co-founder, explains: 'WTF are statistical IDs, and why should I care?' In an increasingly mobile-first world, the proliferation of mobile device adoption presents a major challenge to digital marketers who traditionally relied upon [...]

Mobile operator Telefonica is poised to inject fresh competition into the mobile ad tech sector with the imminent launch of Axonix, a mobile ad exchange built on the technology of the now defunct MobClix/Velti venture. The mobile operator – which has an [...]

The rapid adoption of mobile devices - both smartphones and tablet devices - offers advertisers the potential to help escort consumers through a purchase journey like never before. However, as readers of this blog will know, that is much easier said [...]

Native ad exchanges are a nascent sector in programmatic, with mobile specialists providing the next phase of growth in the specialism. ExchangeWire examines both the drivers of the trend, plus the (legitimate) reasons holding it back. Yahoo is the latest Silicon [...]

Digital advertising has embedded itself firmly on the agenda at this year’s Mobile World Congress, with brands including BMW Mini, Intel, The North Face and Tesco, all announcing significant programmatic advertising deals at the four-day conference. Advertising has long had a [...]

This year the opening day of Mobile World Congress has seen a series of announcements indicating that programmatic advertising is proving an increasingly popular method for brands to reach consumers in the ‘mobile first’ markets of Asia and Latin America. Millennial [...]

With Facebook’s purchase of mobile messaging service WhatsApp for a colossal $19bn announced this week, it’s clear that mobile is crucial to any ad-funded business. However, as the digital economy enters the ‘post-PC era’ in full thrust, ad spend on the [...]

With the recent news of Yahoo UK MD James Wildman’s departure followed just ten days later with the news of his successor Stuart Flint’s imminent defection to Microsoft, it’s been a rocky start to the year for Yahoo. A Yahoo [...]

Takako Elliot, Mindshare's client director; and Malcolm Murdoch, Mindshare, director of digital data and performance, discuss big data, its potential, possible deficits introduced by the emergence of mobile, plus how attempts to overcome them can lead to a potential backlash [...]