Verve Group, a privacy-first omnichannel ad platform, today announced the acquisition of Smaato through a subsidiary of its parent company Media and Games Invest SE (MGI). The transaction places Smaato at an enterprise value of USD $170m (£122.6m). The acquisition [...]

Xandr today announces the renewal of a global contract with Microsoft which sees the extension of existing technology solutions, the introduction of new ventures and follows over ten years of successful partnership. Microsoft is extending its use of Xandr’s sell-side [...]

Sharethrough, one of the top global independent omnichannel ad exchanges, is introducing dynamic video captions for video ads to elevate user experience, optimise ad recall and increase ad engagement. Recent research from Sharethrough shows that 75% of mobile users keep their phone [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in media, marketing, and commerce, from around the globe. In this edition: Danish media companies in collective bargaining push; Blackstone backs Simpli.fi; Amazon demanding warrants from partners; System1 to go [...]

In today's daily news digest from ExchangeWire: System1 to go public via SPAC; Smart acquires DynAdmic; and Dream Games raises USD$155m (£122m). System1 to go public via SPAC Omnichannel customer acquisition platform System1 has announced that it will go public on the [...]

In today's ExchangeWire daily news digest: Zeta Global targets USD$273m (£192m) in IPO; InMobi in rumoured talks to acquire Shop101; and Tapad exits European market. Zeta Global targets USD$273m (£192m) in IPO Data-driven omnichannel marketing platform Zeta Global has set price terms [...]

Verve Group strategically strengthens its operations by acquiring essentially all assets of Beemray Qy, a leading data platform headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. Verve Group, a privacy-first omnichannel ad platform, is part of Media and Games Invest, and consolidates MGI's media [...]

District M & Sharethrough announced their intention to merge on February 9, 2021. With the merger now complete, the two companies are announcing that they will operate under the name Sharethrough as of today. Additionally, Sharethrough benefits from a complete [...]

Cavai, the leading conversational advertising cloud, today announces a partnership with Xaxis, GroupM’s Outcome Media Company. This partnership enables Xaxis to leverage Cavai’s conversational advertising cloud technology to execute interactive, conversational creative strategies that provide a more personalised experience for each [...]

Pikasso and Broadsign today announced that they’ve teamed to bring Pikasso’s network of premium digital-out-of-home (DOOH) displays to the Broadsign Reach programmatic DOOH supply-side-platform (SSP). With Pikasso’s DOOH inventory on-boarded to Reach, which is integrated with more than 30 omnichannel [...]