In this exclusive article for ExchangeWire, Nickolas Rekeda (pictured below), CMO at MGID, explains how native advertising can offer brands the safety they’re looking for. Brand safety is a growing concern across APAC, but the solution may be simpler than you think. With brand safety incidents increasing 55% year-on-year across the region, and an even greater increase on mobile, inappropriate or unsafe digital ad placements are taking a real toll on consumer trust and brand perception. A recent IAS study reveals 86% [...]

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In this exclusive interview with ExchangeWire, Mick Loizou (pictured below), senior director, product marketing, international at Verizon Media, discusses the benefits of a implementing native advertising strategy, how such approaches can be tailored, and upcoming technologies set to bolster native capabilities. What are the primary advantages to implementing a native advertising strategy? When deployed effectively, a native ad strategy should add value to the consumer experience, rather than disrupt it. This ultimately is the end goal for us; to make the experience [...]

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In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: Global martech market hits USD$121.5bn (£94.6bn); AI measures emotional response to advertising; Verizon Media accelerates premium native supply with Apple News and Stocks; Channel Factory continues expansion in the UK, Russia and Denmark; and Accenture Interactive announces intent to acquire French data marketing firm Sutter Mills. Global martech market hits USD$121.5bn (£94.6bn) The global marketing technology market is now valued [...]

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IAB UK & PwC Digital AdSpend report: UK Digital Ad Spend Grows by 15% YOY; New Research from Flashtalking Highlights Urgent Need for Better Measurement of Creative Performance; mediasmart Partners with TripleLift for Further Native Advertising Capabilities; GroupM’s Candice Odhams to Join Wavemaker as MD; and Simple Expands Intelligent Marketing Platform into EMEA UK Digital Ad Spend Grows by 15% YOY IAB UK announced Wednesday (10 October) that UK advertisers spent £6.4bn on digital advertising in the first half of 2018, according [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Brand Safety Study Reveals Carelessness of Marketers; Sublime Skinz Expands European operations; mediasmart & Brave Partner; Additional Funding for Drawbridge; and Partnership for Eyeota & TwentyCi. Brand Safety Study Reveals Carelessness of Marketers A new study by Sizmek on brand safety reveals that 38% of marketers are aware of having delivered adverts on harmful or unsafe web pages. At the same time, only 61% [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: New Ad Criteria from Acceptable Ads Committee on Eyeo; Pre-Bid Solution By Protected Media; AdsWizz Co-operates with Univision Audio Streaming Service; Exterion Media & Transport for London Announce Partnership with Euronews; and smart Launches Native In-App-CPM Solution. New Ad Criteria from Acceptable Ads Committee on Eyeo Adblock Plus makers Eyeo are releasing new criteria for their acceptable ads regulations. The independent Acceptable Ads Committee has [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Prebid by OpenX Now Generally Available; Adjust Expands to India; Further Expansion for adsquare in U.S.; Triton Digital Integrates with Tru Optik; and U.S.: 75% of Brands Buy Ads Programmatically. Prebid by OpenX Now Generally Available OpenX has just announced the general availability its pre-bid video header bidding solution, providing another monetisation option to publishers. Prebid offers direct access to OpenX’s video exchange within [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Consumers Want Benefits from Data Sharing; Video Is Key to App Install Success; Seven West Media Integrates Lotame DMP & Telaria SSP; New Server-Side & Mobile In-App Solution by PubNative; and Cedato Launches Instream Video Format ‘IntentView’. Consumers Want Benefits from Data Sharing ‘Global data privacy: What the consumer really thinks’ is a report commissioned by the GDMA, DMA UK, and Acxiom. According to [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Eastern Europe Is Biggest Growth Market for Mobile Advertising; AppNexus Acquired by AT&T; Eyeo Launches AI-Powered Ad Block Detector; Ligatus Has Entered UK Market; Merkle Expands to MENA; and Sublime Skinz Launches Programmatic Guaranteed. Eastern Europe Is Biggest Growth Market for Mobile Advertising The IAB’s AdEx Benchmark 2017 Report forecasts the value of the mobile ad market at €48bn (£42bn) this year. Mobile continues [...]

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Data-driven personalisation is the key to conversion – yet most consumers continue to complain about being targeted with irrelevant ads. So, how can brands tailor and target their campaigns successfully to create a better customer experience? John Nardone (pictured below), CEO, Flashtalking, takes a look at dynamic creative, data sources, connectivity, native, and other factors that can improve personalised campaigns. Channel 4 was the first broadcaster to implement 100% targeted advertising across its on-demand service. Doing this involves drawing on first-party data to [...]

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