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• Digest: Comcast in Talks to Buy ITV’s Broadcast Arm; Apple Nears $1bn Deal to Power Siri; EU to Weaken AI Act Amid Big Tech Pressure

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  In today’s Digest, we cover Comcast in talks to buy ITV’s broadcast arm for £2bn, Apple nearing a USD$1bn deal to power a Siri overhaul with Google’s Gemini AI, and the EU weakening its landmark AI Act amid Big Tech [...]

• ExchangeWire on Big Tech’s Anticompetitive Behaviour, WPP’s Latest Partnership, and the DSP Wars 

  4 weeks ago Podcast

  

  In this MadTech Podcast team episode, ExchangeWire editor Aimee Newell Tarín is joined by CEO Rachel Smith and COO Lindsay Rowntree. They look at UK broadcasters' appeal to the government to stamp out big tech’s anticompetitive practices, WPP’s partnership with analytics [...]

• The Stack: AI in the Spotlight

  4 weeks ago News

  

  This week, AI faces lawsuits and security challenges as streaming giants chase billion-dollar milestones and media power plays reshape the screen. In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss documents revealing Meta’s profits from scam ads, Netflix entering its third year of [...]

• The Browser Wars are Back, Baby!

  4 weeks ago News

  

  OpenAI have launched Atlas, Perplexity have launched Comet. The age of AI driven search is truly here and the fight is on for the future of the web. Harry Menear looks at the latest in the global browser wars. There has [...]

• Digest: Amazon Sues Perplexity Over AI Shopping Assistant; Epic and Google Settle Lawsuit; People Inc. Signs AI Deal with Microsoft Amid Traffic Drop

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  In today’s Digest, we look at Amazon suing Perplexity over its AI shopping assistant, Epic and Google settling their lawsuit, and People Inc. signing an AI deal with Microsoft amid traffic drop.

• The Transparency Gap: Blame the Game (and the Players)

  4 weeks ago News

  

  In her latest column, Shirley Marschall looks at why there’s a huge gap between what the industry says it wants, and what it chooses to pay for…

• Digest: Amazon Ads Expands Sports Streaming Inventory; Getty and Perplexity Ink Multi-Year Deal to Power AI Search Visuals

  4 weeks ago News

  

  In today’s Digest, we discuss Amazon Ads expanding its sports streaming inventory, Getty and Perplexity inking a multi-year deal to power AI search visuals, and Sky, BBC, and ITN urging a crackdown on Big Tech.

• Digest: Tech Giants Step Up Efforts to Fix AI Security Flaws; TV & Video Market on Track for $1tn by 2030

  1 month ago News

  

  In today’s Digest, we discuss tech giants stepping up efforts to fix AI security flaws; Alibaba investing USD$281m to expand Taobao stores; and the global TV and video market on track to hit USD$1tn by 2030.

• Digest: Netflix Eyes Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition; IAB Unveils New CTV Framework; ABC & ESPN Pulled From YouTube

  1 month ago News

  

  In today’s Digest, we discuss Netflix eyeing a Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, the IAB unveiling a framework to standardise conversion APIs for CTV, and ABC and ESPN being pulled from YouTube TV ahead of their deal expiry. Netflix eyes Warner Bros. [...]

• ExchangeWire on Ads in Apple Maps, Comcast Linear TV Going Programmatic, and AdCP

  1 month ago Podcast

  

  In this team episode of the MadTech Podcast, ExchangeWire head of marketing Grainne Reid is joined by head of content John Still and COO Lindsay Rowntree. They look at Apple Maps moving towards ad monetisation, Comcast making their linear TV [...]