In economics, markets need symmetry. If one side of the equation fails to thrive, the entire market will be at risk. In the mobile in-app advertising ecosystem, we need profitable publishers. If too many in-app publishers were to fail, advertisers will lose a critical channel they rely on to reach and engage their audiences. In this piece for ExchangeWire, Alon Golan (pictured below), head of product marketing, Fyber, explains that when publishers know more about their users – and are in [...]

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Scripps to Acquire Triton; Major Ad Exchanges Create Shared Principles to Achieve a Better Programmatic Marketplace; Pangaea Alliance Expands Publishers, Products & Sales Team to Support Growth; eyeo Takes a Stand Against Circumvention Technologies with New Taskforce; Standard Media Index & Nielsen Establish Relationship to fuel SMI’s AccuTV with Nielsen Ad Intel Data Scripps to Acquire Triton The E.W. Scripps Company is acquiring Triton, the global leader in digital audio technology and measurement services, helping Scripps advance its strategies for near- and long-term value [...]

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This Wednesday (12 September, 2018), at DMEXCO, IAB Europe launched two research reports: ‘European Attitudes to Programmatic Advertising Report’ and ‘European Programmatic Market Sizing Report’. With both showing unique insight into the programmatic advertising industry, this piece takes an exclusive look at some of their findings. Now in its fourth year, the ‘Attitudes to Programmatic Advertising’ report shows how opinions, adoption, and strategies are evolving. The report’s key findings show that: – Programmatic in-housing continues to increase and is now the favoured model for [...]

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Today (10 September) Oath, a subsidiary of Verizon, has announced the launch of Oath Ad Platforms, its simplified suite of intelligent advertising and publishing solutions globally. ExchangeWire spoke with Simon Halstead, head of open demand international; Lewis Sherlock, head of demand platforms EMEA; and Mick Loizou Michail, director of product marketing and demand strategy at Oath, about the new platform, and what it means for both marketers and publishers. “Oath is a business that’s come together in the past year”, explained Simon Halstead, [...]

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It’s tough being a publisher. Challenges around quality, transparency, and monetisation, to name but a few, mean that publishers have a lot to deal with. ExchangeWire speaks with Pressian Karakostov, CEO, PubGalaxy about some of these challenges, and how the industry is working to overcome them. ExchangeWire: PubGalaxy started life as a publisher before creating its own solution, which puts you in the unique position of seeing the industry from both sides. How does this enhance your offering? Pressian Karakostov: PubGalaxy holds a [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: New Ad Criteria from Acceptable Ads Committee on Eyeo; Pre-Bid Solution By Protected Media; AdsWizz Co-operates with Univision Audio Streaming Service; Exterion Media & Transport for London Announce Partnership with Euronews; and smart Launches Native In-App-CPM Solution. New Ad Criteria from Acceptable Ads Committee on Eyeo Adblock Plus makers Eyeo are releasing new criteria for their acceptable ads regulations. The independent Acceptable Ads Committee has [...]

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Demand for connected TV (CTV) is growing across Asia-Pacific, but the lack of audience verification standards and viewability metrics remain key challenges that need to be resolved. Furthermore, media buyers need to better understand audience behaviour so they can reach valuable and engaged audiences, according to Juliette Stead, Telaria’s Asia-Pacific vice president. In this Q&A with ExchangeWire, Stead notes that having strong demographic targeting options can address some concerns around accuracy and wastage, but urges the need for programmatic buyers to be [...]

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Ask any publisher and they’ll tell you ad nauseum just how valuable Facebook has been for third-party distribution over the years. But, due to changes to its News Feed that elevated content from friends and family over that from publishers and brands, its value has declined precipitously. As a result, many notable publishers have seen their traffic take a nosedive. In this piece for ExchangeWire, Chris Hogg (pictured below), EMEA Managing Director, Lotame explains why data science isn’t just for advertising [...]

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Considering the rapid development of buy-side audience targeting technologies, publishers do, and will, continue to rely on programmatic as the primary way to generate advertising revenue for their business. In this piece for ExchangeWire, Alex Kharitoshin, marketing and product director, Roxot, explains that, in spite of this growth being set to continue, there is a misconception around the impact that header bidding is having on inventory competition. According to eMarketer, 82.5% of digital display ads will be bought programmatically in 2018. That [...]

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Publishers that assumed they closed on a great sale might find out otherwise if they had used advanced analytics to more accurately value their assets. In this industry byliner, Oath’s Asia-Pacific head of platforms Erin Chao discusses the merits of adopting advanced analytics tools and why standard data tools no longer are effective. Few industries have been disrupted as much as publishing in recent years, with industry players having to fight tooth and nail to secure revenues in a highly crowded [...]

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