The 2020’s have certainly commenced on a turbulent note for ad tech, with Google starting a countdown to the end of browser support for the third-party cookie, mingling with long-blowing headwinds surrounding transparency. In this exclusive article for ExchangeWire, Barry Adams (pictured below), general manager, BidSwitch, discusses what the industry can do to best address these challenges and promote healthy growth for all players. There’s no shortage of content or opinion about the major themes that will dominate our industry in [...]

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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: IAB UK announces Gold Standard 2.0; Integral Ad Science releases Pulse Report 2020; DoubleVerify announces Programmatic Platform Certification Program; MGI acquires Verve assets; Adverty partners with MADFINGER Games. IAB UK announces Gold Standard 2.0 A new iteration of IAB UK’s Gold Standard will be launched later this year, bolstering the certification process and incorporating steps to address privacy concerns within [...]

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Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire in response to Ciaran O’Kane’s twenty predictions for 2020, Robert Webster (pictured below), founder of Canton Marketing Solutions, delves further into the Programmatic is Everything (PIE) theory, which is poised to dominate marketing over the coming decade. My favourite of Ciaran’s 2020 predictions was the statement that programmatic is everything. This is partly because I think it was over a pint with him that the phrase finally took hold. Not that I am trying to claim ownership, [...]

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As the decade draws to a close, ExchangeWire has invited thought leaders from across the industry to share their predictions and insight into what 2020 will hold for the ad tech and martech industries. Under the spotlight today is mobile and in-app advertising. With technical developments and the early-stage rollout of 5G bolstering the sector, with display advertising facing uncertainty, will next year bring about a further shift to mobile? Challenges, but moving in positive directionMany other topics have overshadowed mobile [...]

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As the decade draws to a close, ExchangeWire has invited thought leaders from across the industry to share their predictions and insight into what 2020 will hold for the ad tech and martech industries. Under the spotlight today is in-game advertising, where marketers are increasingly realising the value in the medium as a result of a diverse and engaged audience, esports growing at a phenomenal rate, and implementation of sophisticated technology solutions. Expect shifts in 2020The stats and headlines continue to [...]

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As the decade draws to a close, ExchangeWire has invited thought leaders from across the industry to share their predictions and insight into what 2020 will hold for the ad tech and martech industries. Under the spotlight today is the rise of contextual advertising solutions. While hardly a nascent targeting method, it is set to come to the fore with privacy pressures upon cookie-based solutions, though can contextual advertising answer questions over its effectiveness, and is it too set to [...]

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As the decade draws to a close, ExchangeWire has invited thought leaders from across the industry to share their predictions and insight into what 2020 will hold for the ad tech and martech industries. Under the spotlight today is identity, which has seen renewed focus through 2019 following the implementation of privacy-first mechanisms by browsers and looming action from regulators. The decline of addressable audiences2020 will be the year when the proportion of users identifiable through third-party cookies drops below 50%. [...]

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As the decade draws to a close, ExchangeWire has invited thought leaders from across the industry to share their predictions and insight into what 2020 will hold for the ad tech and martech industries. Under the spotlight today is privacy. The topic dominated 2019, following the release of the ICO’s update report on ad tech and real-time bidding in June, and is set to continue at the forefront of industry conversation in 2020 with the implementation of the California Consumer [...]

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It is that time of year again; yes it’s prediction time. The year 2020 is going to be pivotal for digital marketing. There is a confluence of trends happening right now, that will shape the next twelve months ahead, which hasn’t been seen in over a decade. And it will have broad consequences for everyone. Below are my 20 predictions for the year ahead. 1. The PIE (programmatic-is-everything) doctrine takes hold 2020 will see a re-think of ‘programmatic’. For over a decade [...]

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As the decade draws to a close, ExchangeWire has invited thought leaders from across the industry to share their predictions and insight into what 2020 will hold for the ad tech and martech industries. Under the spotlight today is publisher monetisation, which is facing ever-greater challenges in the privacy-first era, though this in turn leads to opportunities which could not previously be realised. Solving the holy trinity for publishersThe holy trinity of advertising in 2019 was trust, transparency and brand safety. [...]

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