Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, Matt Harty (pictured below), member of IAB SEA+India‘s regional board and senior vice president, APAC, The Trade Desk, discusses why the region is perfectly positioned to invest in advertising-supported connected TV (CTV) and over-the-top (OTT) services. Streaming, or connected, TV is fast eclipsing linear TV in the region, and brands owe it to themselves to promptly follow the audience and shift their advertising spend to the new platform To understand the expanding offering of TV in Southeast Asia, [...]

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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 TV, with the landscape set to change drastically over the coming year with the proliferation of streaming platforms, and the continued growth of CTV viewership and solutions. AVOD to flourish, but danger for broadcastersAVOD will get its Pokémon GO moment in 2020, [...]

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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: Agencies join JICWEBS blockchain pilot; PubMatic releases Q3 2019 QMI report; Impact expands mobile partnership capabilities; The Trade Desk releases consumer streaming survey; and Jivox launches IQiD. Agencies join JICWEBS blockchain pilot JICWEBS, the cross-industry committee which defines standards and best practice for digital advertising, has confirmed additional participants in their pilot project which evaluates how blockchain, or Distributed Ledger [...]

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Apple announced last Monday (25/03/2019) that they are finally delving into the video-streaming sector with the launch of their Apple TV+ subscription service. A plethora of big-name hitters in the entertainment industry were wheeled out on the California stage, including Oprah Winfrey and Stephen Spielberg. But how substantial can their impact be on the connected TV ecosystem? What opportunities for advertisers can be found in this new service? ExchangeWire speaks to Alan Wolk, Co-Founder and Lead Analyst at media consulting firm [...]

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Google has made its move on gaming with the announcement of streaming platform Stadia.  The news came on the second day of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco; and it surely stands as one of the most significant gaming reveals in the industry’s history. Such a major player moving in with such an ambitious platform could radically impact the broad ecosystem of the industry, the makeup of audiences playing games, and the way the medium is consumed and designed. However, Stadia’s [...]

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You don’t need to be a devoted games industry observer to have noticed something of the recent rise of eSports. Organised competitive gaming has been around along time, of course. eSports’ nascent form was forged in the earliest arcade gaming tournaments in the 1970s, where players competed to win a patch declaring their prowess; presumably to be sewn onto an oversized distressed denim jacket. By the 1990s the notion of a ‘pro-gamer’ making money from prize winnings was established, but even then [...]

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ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Prebid by OpenX Now Generally Available; Adjust Expands to India; Further Expansion for adsquare in U.S.; Triton Digital Integrates with Tru Optik; and U.S.: 75% of Brands Buy Ads Programmatically. Prebid by OpenX Now Generally Available OpenX has just announced the general availability its pre-bid video header bidding solution, providing another monetisation option to publishers. Prebid offers direct access to OpenX’s video exchange within [...]

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Fortnite is the break-out gaming success of the year. It has currently got 45 million users playing the game (across platforms) and has a run rate of around USD$3bn (£2.3bn) per year. The game has barely touched the sides in terms of growth; and with its Android launch next month, a huge spike in user growth is expected. The freemium gaming model perfected Fortnite’s success has been built on a freemium model. Its ‘Battle Royale’ version is free-to-play across all platforms. Players [...]

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