×
  • ExchangeWire European Weekly Round-Up

    ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. Mobile continues to dog Google Google this week issued its first quarter results for the year, with revenues of $15.4bn, up 19% year on year, however then search [...]

  • Mobile Operator Telefonica Launches Axonix From The Ashes Of MobClix

    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 [...]

  • IAB Issues Viewability Standards

    UK trade bodies representing advertisers, publishers and the ad tech sector have laid down guidelines on viewable ad impressions in a move designed to introduce viewability as a media trading standard for the first time. The IAB has this morning [...]

  • Click Fraud And How To Detect It

    The issue of click fraud is endemic in the online advertising business, with estimates over the scale of the problem varying wildly, with some parties claiming that up to 50% of all billed-for ads are generated by non-human traffic. Last week, [...]

  • ExchangeWire European Weekly Round-Up

    ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. German Advertisers Tipped To Embrace Programmatic, But Warned Of Dangers This week’s sold out Ad Trader Conference, hosted in Berlin, was pre-empted by market insiders tip the (currently [...]

  • Insist On A New Planning Process If You Want To Stand Out

    James Bailey, head of Maxus for business, says really understanding the traits of your target audience is better than understanding the businesses you serve in the B2B sector.  While there are many standout examples of marketing in the B2B category, these still tend to [...]

  • German Broadcasters Tipped To Embrace Programmatic

    As ExchangeWire prepares for its fourth annual Ad Trader Conference, hosted in Germany, market sources here have told this publication that tier one broadcasters in Europe’s economic powerhouse are poised to embrace trading with programmatic players, potentially channeling lucrative brand [...]

  • Programmatic or Premium? If You Think You Have To Choose, You’re Doing It Wrong

    Ahead of this year’s Ad Trader conference hosted in Berlin, Graham Moysey, AOL, head of international, tells publishers there that selling ads programmatically need not involve selling inventory at bargain basement prices. The idea that ad buyers and sellers should have [...]

  • The Rise Of The Data-Driven Bidder Continues: Sociomantic Acquired By Dunnhumby For A Rumoured $200 Million

    Dunnhumby announced today that it is acquiring Sociomantic for a rumoured $200 million dollars. It is one of the biggest ad tech M&A deals in Europe's history, and is likely to spark a huge series of acquisitions as first party data [...]

  • A Message To Adweek Europe: Why Programmatic Is Eating Your Advertising Business Alive

    The following is an unabridged version of an editorial written by ExchangeWire CEO, Ciaran O'Kane, for the Advertising Week Europe newspaper. Ad Week Europe, at its core, is a celebration of advertising - and the power of engagement. The creative [...]