Ciaran O'Kane, ExchangeWire, global editor, muses over the potential impact of WPP's GroupM arm apparently halting the purchase of ad inventory from open exchanges. In this piece, he also speculates on whether or not Xaxis pivots to become the holding group's [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space.  1. Facebook acquires LiveRail  The big news this week was Facebook’s purchase of video SSP LiveRail for an undisclosed sum with the pairing of the two indicating the [...]

Researchers have tipped the UK mobile advertising expenditure to pass the £2bn mark this year as companies including Twitter, and mobile operator joint venture Weve aim to challenge the hegemony of Facebook and Google in the sector. UK mobile ad spend [...]

Singapore-based travel Wego has today (25 June) announced the launch of a private marketplace that lets global digital agencies and brand trading desks to bid on premium media placements based on insights gleaned from its Audience Engagement Platform. The launch of [...]

The announcement of Global’s Digital Audio Exchange (dax) offering inventory from over 30 traditional UK radio stations and streaming services, is just the latest in a series of industry manoeuvres indicating that all media will eventually be bought programmatically. Global’s [...]

Microsoft is seeking to lay down a marker in its ongoing battle with Google, having secured a sponsorship deal giving it the moniker of ‘official technology innovation partner’ of the Cannes Lions advertising festival taking place this week, with programmatic [...]

In the second part of a two-part interview with ExchangeWire, Brian O’Kelley, AppNexus co-founder and CEO, explains some of his thoughts on how the ad tech sector can move unilaterally to address some of the more complex issues with programmatic [...]

AppNexus is to double its operations in Singapore, including the transfer of senior employees from its European and US operations, reflecting similar moves by programmatic players in APAC – a market estimated to be worth in excess of $1,892m by [...]

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 [...]

The Rubicon Project announced today it will IPO on the NYSE under the ticker RUBI. It will initially offer 6.8 million shares at a price of $15 to the public. The IPO comes after speculation that the Californian-based ad tech [...]