The growing importance of programmatic as an effective route to delivering audience-led strategies across all media leads to a need for the right infrastructure. Following his recent appointment as head of programmatic at Total Media, ExchangeWire speak exclusively with Duane [...]

There appears to be a lack of confidence that programmatic will deliver on its promise; and marketers in Asia-Pacific want concrete proof that the ad platform is capable of yielding tangible results. At a breakfast session in Singapore this week, to [...]

Last week (31 May) Vista Equity Partners added Marketo, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKTO), to their stable of marketing automation, CRM, eCommerce and advertising software technology. In this piece, we delve beneath the surface of Vista's acquisition strategy and unveil the potential to [...]

Gaming monetisation is considered by some as a dirty practice; but, with the gaming category accounting for the highest share (23%) of the billions of downloaded apps, the fact can't be ignored that gaming is a powerful business, with extremely [...]

Imagine a world in which media, creative, and data came together to deliver the optimum experience for the end user. That is the real promise of programmatic. Michael Hand (pictured below), VP EMEA, Spongecell, tells ExchangeWire that this isn't an [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Marketo is snapped up by private equity firm; Facebook retires LiveRail; DoubleClick connects advertisers and marketing experts; Adsquare partners with Adelphi; and New partnership [...]

Although successful and still growing, programmatic trading is outdated and overpriced. If it is to survive, the industry needs to up their game and update and optimise programmatic. In this piece, Andrew Eifler, VP product management, AppNexus Advertiser Technology Group (pictured [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: APAC tops global mobile adblockers; Japan publisher co-op kicks off with three; AU online ads climb 33.5% [...]

Header bidding: the ad tech juggernaut that is now used by over 70% of all publishers. But what considerations should publishers take into account when choosing header bidding containers? Andrew Buckman (pictured below), MD EMEA, OpenX, explains the difference between server-side [...]

It may be widely touted to bring about improved efficiencies with automation, but programmatic does not mean machines should completely take over media buying and campaign management. Such misconceptions persist in the Asia-Pacific region and need to be properly addressed, urges [...]