Despite what some industry reports are saying, mexad is NOT a DSP. It's doesn't licence technology to other buy-side vendors. And it hasn't built a next generation buy-side ad server. So what is it? Well, Mike [...]

Despite all the innovation in display and talk of disintermediation, ad networks are still doing pretty nicely. They're still making big margins. And more importantly are still delivering performance for agencies and advertisers. But the threats to [...]

European search firms have been eyeing up the display market for some time now. They see massive parallels between keyword buys and biddable display. Some have even partnered with European retargeting specialists to offer clients a display-buying solution. [...]

The European display market is dominated by the UK, France and Germany. These three account for most of the spend in Europe. But sometimes overlooked is the Spanish market, which is currently worth, by the IAB's reckoning, about [...]

The TASC (The Ad Server Club) in France has produced a visual overview of the evolving ecosystem in the French market. You might notice some familiar names in there. But there are some homegrown companies dominating too. [...]

With the launch of GMM and the growth of the DSP market it was inevitable that the big DR ad nets would eventually take some rear guard action. Depending exclusively on the good will of agencies is now a [...]

I want to thank all the contributors to the end-of-year review series – and indeed all guest posters throughout 2010. The end-of-year series provided a comprehensive overview of this year’s developments in the European exchange space. In [...]

Simon Aurik is Chief Commercial Officer at Yieldivision, a specialist exchange trader based out of the Netherlands. Here Simon talks about YD's current positioning in the market and the opportunity in the European exchange market for the company. Can you [...]

Back in the day, when supermarkets were trying to figure how to make more margin, they introduced their own brand goods to compete with established brands. One Irish supermarket chain brought out its own line of "Yellow Pack" FMCGs, [...]

How The Exchange Space Has Evolved Across Europe In 2010 There has been a big shift in the main European markets over 2010. DoubleClick Adx, AppNnexus, Rubicon and AdMeld have all made big inroads into Europe this year. Mid-sized and large [...]