Careless retargeting executed by ad tech firms more interested in swelling their bottom lines, as opposed to performing a consumer service, are damaging their advertisers in the eyes of consumers that are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with just how much brands [...]

In an era where mobile ad formats are repeatedly credited as the saviour of the advertising industry, Andy Mitchell, Brightroll, managing director, Europe, shares his opinion that its is now driving the programatic sector.  According to the IAB UK’s recently released digital ad spend [...]

A sharp rise in marketers' willingness to buy mobile ad formats, plus media owners' increased willingness to experiment with a wider range of auction models will spur the US programmatic advertising sector to double in value between this year and [...]

The ad tech sector is arguably the hottest part of the marketing industry right now with the word 'programmatic' on almost every C-level marketer's lips when talking about high-level strategy. Undoubtedly this is good news for the programmatic advertising industry, [...]

Singapore-based mobile advertising firm AdNear has raised $19m in series B funding, in a sign of the rapidly developing digital economy there,  as the South East Asian (SEA) digital industry collectively bids to bolster its prominence in the wider advertising [...]

The decline of free marketing opportunities on social media and search engines, plus the growing rivalry between Facebook and Google, as well as an increased demand for cross-screen ad campaigns are all spurring the programmatic display ad sector, according to ExchangeWire sources.  The [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space, and in this week's edition: Germany's Fyber sells to RNTS Media; ExchangeWire begins ATS New York countdown; UK digital spend valued at £7bn a year; Ebuzzing [...]

Ad tech firms are set to play a more prominent role on the agenda of some of the digital media and advertising industries' largest trade organisations, as questions over transparency and programmatic technologies are set to dominate the agenda in 2015.  With Ad [...]

Facebook is building on its momentum in the ad tech space with the announcement of the global launch of its Audience Network (FAN) tool, which is now available with host of new features, after an earlier trial this year.  FAN lets [...]

Tim Abraham, Adbrain, director, data platforms, discusses the choices facing advertisers when faced with the prospect of choosing which ad tech providers to partner with.  Selecting the right technology partner is one of the most challenging prospects facing media businesses today, [...]