Today (9 December), the7stars, the UK’s largest independent media agency, have announced the appointment of Marc Bignell as Commercial Director. Reporting to Managing Partner Liam Mullins, Bignell will work alongside the7stars’ Head of Trading David Counsell, and be responsible for [...]

Marketing technology provider Playground xyz have been awarded Gold Standard 2.0 certification by the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) UK, further highlighting the company’s commitment to delivering brand-safe attention-based advertising solutions to UK advertisers. Steps that the company have taken towards achieving [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in media, marketing, and commerce from around the globe. In this edition: WhatsApp have been ordered to update privacy policies subsequent to ruling; The Irish DPC have been accused of [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Tencent have been told that new apps and updates must be approved by the Chinese government; The EU are hoping for political clarity with the drafting of a new legislation; DuckDuckGo have announced the creation [...]

Smart, the independent ad monetisation platform, have become a major player in the global ad tech industry over the last 20 years. The desire to promote a healthier, more transparent industry in terms of data collection, management, and sharing led [...]

In this exclusive interview following ATS London 2021, ExchangeWire speaks to Joe Meehan, EVP principles, IPONWEB, to discuss how media curation can be used by both buyers and sellers to bolster both transparency and ease of media management. What is programmatic [...]

Pixalate, the market-leading fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform for Connected TV (CTV) and Mobile Advertising, today (9 October) introduced the ad industry’s first ad fraud Supply Path Optimisation (SPO) technology, a powerful addition to Pixalate’s Analytics platform. The [...]

In this in-depth interview ahead of ATS London 2021, ExchangeWire speaks to Harvin Gupta, senior director - solutions engineering, and Karan Singh, senior commercial director - advertiser partnerships, Xandr, for an outlook on the future of programmatic buying, alongside how [...]

Smart, the independent ad tech platform, announced a new partnership with Publica, a leading Connected TV (CTV) ad platform, to accelerate Smart’s growth ambitions in the rapidly expanding CTV sector. This integration is a major step in Smart’s growing commitment [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: The Irish DPC have sent off their draft decision against Facebook; Kixeye sellers have filed a USD$30m (£21.9m) lawsuit against Stillfront Group; and Twitter announce a reconstruction ahead of performance ad growth.   DPC draft Facebook a [...]