Tim Faircliff, AOP, chairman, discusses the mechanics of the recently announced premium publisher alliance - or co-op - that is to be powered by AppNexus, which has several of the UK's tier-one publishers as founding members. EW: What does the new [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up the key industry updates on ad tech from around the region – and in this week's edition: China consumers more willing to give data for personalised service; Smartphones make up 72% of APAC [...]

eBay Advertising has announced the creation of a 'channel agnostic' agency sales team offering increased scope for automated media buying following lessons learned during its 'Programmatic Only Week'. This comes just a day after AppNexus revealed it bought Yieldex to [...]

AppNexus has confirmed its purchase of publisher forecasting and programmatic-direct company Yieldex, in a deal rumored to be valued at $100m, as the ad tech firm continues its acquisition spree, and prepares for the rise of programmatic-direct. The integration of Yieldex [...]

Mike Harty, PowerLinks co-founder and ExchangeWire columnist, accepts the need for regulation in the native advertising space, but argues that a line must be drawn somewhere to maintain the unique value of the offering. Last month, the AOP, IAB, ISBA (representing [...]

Viewability. It's one of they key issues facing the online advertising industry, as brands - wary of getting scammed - ask for ever-increasing levels of transparency; with oil giant Shell now asking for FIVE TIMES the industry standard before it [...]

Brands have never been keener to put programmatic on the media plan, but with this increased demand comes scrutiny, propelling phrases such as 'transparency' to the core of the public industry discussion, as advertisers increasingly demand ROI. ExchangeWire speaks with [...]

The ad tech industry has become increasingly fragmented and has lost its focus of consumers over its failure to execute a cohesive user experience. It also needs to improve communication to achieve better transparency and build trust. These were among the [...]

Maja Martin, DMG, director of marketing, discusses what Facebook’s influencers’ patent means for marketers. I suspect we all have a select group of friends that seem to appear disproportionately on our Facebook feeds. Their updates garner dozens of likes and the [...]

Declan Kennedy, StitcherAds, CEO, a Facebook Marketing Partner recounts his experiences as one of the first Facebook Marketing Partners to integrate Facebook Product Ads. The announcement last week from Facebook on its new Product Ads has certainly added fuel to the proverbial [...]