#sowhoknew: CannesYe West
As expected, on day three of the Cannes Lions the irrepressible Kanye (CannesYe ?) West stole the show. In truth it was a sprawling, often...
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Why ExchangeWire Is Making Its Cannes Lions Debut
The title of this piece may illicit some barbed retorts, such as; ‘A week-long jolly on Cote d’Azur drinking Rosé and charging it back to...
‘Employee of the future’: Bridging media’s church-state divide
As The New York Times’ Innovation report recently highlighted, the changing realities of the industry demands that publishers rethink the church-state divide. But a new breed...
Programmatic Rich-Media Is The Publisher’s Low-Hanging Fruit
Martin Stockfleth Larsen, Adform, CMO, looks at the numbers from the latest Adform RTB Trend Report Europe, Q1, 2014, and argues that publishers need to...
Singtel Goes On Mini Ad Tech Buying Spree; Acquires Adconion and Kontera For $359m
Amobee, a subsidiary of Singtel, announced this morning it was acquiring Adconion and Kontera for $150m and $225m respectively. The Adconion deal is understood to...
SingTel’s Amobee to buy Adconion, Kontera for USD 235 mn
Digital advertising company Amobee is all set to acquire Adconion Direct North America and Adconion Australia as well as Kontera Technologies to strengthen its position...
Post Spinoff, Time Inc.’s Fate May Boil Down To Video Ads
Time Inc. is in a tough spot after its spinoff from Time Warner Inc. It begins its run as an independent public company saddled with...
London’s Boris Bikes go extreme in #JoinTheFight stunt campaign
Pro cyclists are using London’s Boris Bikes for the their latest marketing stunt — literally. The bikes, which officially go by the more clunky “Barclays Cycle Hire,” have...
Mobile Video Difficult To Crack, But Offers Huge Potential
“The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jeremy Steinberg, senior vice president...
Huawei creates global push for Ascend P7 smartphone launch
Huawei has unleashed a mass campaign to support the launch of its new Huawei Ascend P7 smartphone. WPP’s TeamHuawei, dedicated to provide global communications services...
If TV Is Now A ‘Secondary Device’, Why Are Multi-Screen Campaigns Still So Difficult?
New research from YuMe indicates that the TV is losing its prominence in terms of media consumption, but continues to dominate ad spend, pointing to...
Of the programmatic haves & non programmatic have-nots
It may appear that the advertising ecosystem, specifically the component that is impacted by technology, is mushrooming with too many players on the programmatic side....
ISP Rankings: Why Google Loves Comcast and Netflix Prefers Cablevision
Google has put broadband companies on notice. If you stream YouTube videos poorly, we will call you out. YouTube’s parent company has created a tool...
‘Programmatic will be massive in APAC, but there are key areas that need focus’
Tom Simpson, Mediaquark, CEO, shares insights on some of the common mistakes made by international companies looking to successfully crack the diverse APAC region. Singapore-based...
Q1 Roundup: Mobile App Inventory Demands To Bypass Mobile Web
Mobile and video ad spend are rising and, while North America is the leader in ad spend, Europe is catching up, according to quarterly reports...
In A Crowded Video Ad Space, YuMe Turns to Data Science To Tell TV Brand Stories
Following a March launch of its first programmatic platform Video Reach, video ad tech company YuMe showed 40% growth in revenue year-over-year, totaling $37.3 million...
