In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Instagram announces it will trial TikTok-challenger Reels in India; TikTok is facing investigation by the US FTC and DOJ for allegedly failing to adhere to children’s privacy rules; and a study by Digital TV Research forecasts that 40% of SVOD subscriptions will come from mobile by 2025.   Instagram looks to capitalise on TikTok’s India departure   Instagram has set its sights on stepping into the sizeable shoes left in India by TikTok. The ByteDance-owned video app had captured [...]

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In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Omnicom Group finds CPM is down across programmatic and social, with video inventory stacking up; DSPs begin clamping down on bid duplication by SSPs; and Twitter makes working from home permanently an option for its employees. CPM is down for social and programmatic, whilst video supply stacks up A report by Omnicom Media Group has revealed that CPM has declined for advertisements across programmatic and social channels. The research found that CPM for programmatic display has fallen [...]

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In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: WPP reports a fall in Q1 revenues as Coronavirus persists; Facebook sees its ad demand stabilise as usage booms; and US national TV ad spend by video streaming platforms balloons. WPP sees Q1 revenues fall after COVID-19 overturns early success Creative marketing agency WPP has revealed the effect the Coronavirus has had on its revenue: the firm’s Q1 results, published yesterday [29 April 2020], revealed a 3.8% decline in Q1 revenue compared to the same period last [...]

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In today’s ExchangeWire new’s digest: News Corp Australia partners with customer loyalty platform Flybuys to bolster its audience segments; US local media advertising is expected to fall by 3.6% as Coronavirus keeps live sports on hold; and Pixep could become Norway’s largest tech IPO as it seeks $200m in funding.   News Corp Australia partners with Flybuys to gain de-identified user data   News Corp Australia has announced that it is partnering with consumer measurement firm Flybuys. The union, announced at the publisher’s premier [...]

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Sebastian Gray (pictured below), co-founder and SVP at Dugout speaks exclusively to ExchangeWire about brand suitability, video advertising, and customer data protection. How can brand suitability best complement brand safety when displaying video content? Ideally, these two concepts should be the perfect team. Brand suitability positively targets advertising towards the most appropriate video placements and brand safety negatively targets away from potentially harmful associations. But the effectiveness of this partnership depends on all players in the digital advertising process laying the right [...]

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In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Unruly and Ampverse partner to make investment in eSports and gaming inventory easier; Fandango buys Walmart’s video streaming service Vudu in a move to scale up its FandangoNOW offering; and Vitztrade sets up the Local Media Fund to help smaller firms weather the Coronavirus storm. Unruly and Ampverse join forces for eSports and gaming advertising Ad exchange Unruly has teamed up with eSports media firm Ampverse to make eSport and gaming inventory more accessible and desirable to [...]

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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: Amazon plans to cut affiliate commission rates; Beachfront Media and Amobee join forces to bring VOD into programmatic; Beeswax acquires ad tech start-up MediaGamma; IAB Europe launches its Digital Advertising Effectiveness Measurement Framework; and the Future Interfaces Group at Carnegie Mellon University develop WorldGaze to improve AI contextual awareness.   Amazon plans major cuts to affiliate commission rates in coming days E-commerce [...]

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In today’s ExchangeWire new’s digest: WeChat limits third-party app access to user data; US search ad spend could fall by 29% in Q2; and Beachfront Digital and Amobee partner to integrate video-on-demand into programmatic. WeChat limits third-party app access to user data WeChat, the Chinese all-in-one app, has limited access to sensitive user data to only a select few developers. The move comes in response to violations of the tech giant’s user privacy regulation, according to WeChat, including a reported 3,252 attempts [...]

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Chief commercial & strategy officer at Channel Factory, Jed Hartman (pictured below), speaks exclusively to ExchangeWire about GroupM’s recent Consumer Trust in Digital Marketing survey, emerging ad platforms, and advertising in the age of Corona.GroupM’s survey found that most consumers still prefer TV ads over advertisements on other mediums. What do you think brands need to do to make audiences more receptive to non-TV advertising? TV ads have an inherent advantage as even with time and place shifting, consumers watch many [...]

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CEO of Brand Champions, Fiona Wylie (pictured below) writes exclusively for ExchangeWire about how virtual pitching could provide a viable solution for marketers and advertisers in a corona-addled world. Pitches never have been perfect. In 2018, research found that 61% of brands and 93% of agencies wanted to see a change in the process. Well, change is here now, whether we like it or not. So what shall we do about pitching? Clearly, pitching must find an effective virtual form if the [...]

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