European Publishers predict revenue from video, mobile and native ad formats to grow by 26% in 2019

European Publishers predict revenue from video, mobile and native ad formats to grow by 26% in 2019

Research released by Oath, in association with IAB Europe, has revealed that European publishers believe revenue generated by video, native and mobile formats will grow by more than a quarter (26%) over the next 12 months. Over 60% said these formats are paramount to the success of their business. The study entitled ‘Understanding Programmatic Challenges […]

Only 5% of European users refuse cookies used for personalised advertising, according Teads

Only 5% of European users refuse cookies used for personalised advertising, according Teads

Teads, the Global Media Platform, is creating a weekly report about the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) being implemented by European publishers. Teads’ barometer can be considered as representative of the market, as 2/3 of comScore’s top 300 global editorial publishers are on Teads’ advertising platform. Key findings include: 63% of European publishers’ […]

Over 3bn people will use RCS by 2023, as business spend grows to more than $18bn

Over 3bn people will use RCS by 2023, as business spend grows to more than $18bn

A total of 1.01bn people will use rich communication services (RCS) messaging across 168 mobile operators around the world by the end of next year, according to research from Mobilesquared. This is expected to grow to 3.23bn across 486 mobile operators by the end of 2023. The report identifies that only 5.7 per cent of brands and businesses […]

Ebiquity study finds that “three in four of the top 100 DACH advertisers are still exposed to ad misplacement”

Ebiquity study finds that “three in four of the top 100 DACH advertisers are still exposed to ad misplacement”

Ebiquity, a leading, independent, marketing and media consultancy, announced today the release of a research study in collaboration with online fraud and brand safety specialist, zulu5. Ebiquity’s media practice and zulu5 set out to study the extent to which ad misplacement is still prevalent in the DACH region – or Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It […]

Holiday spending set to jump nearly 25% across the UK, France and Germany this year, finds Adobe

Holiday spending set to jump nearly 25% across the UK, France and Germany this year, finds Adobe

Adobe released its online shopping predictions for the 2018 holiday season (from November to December), which found that spending in the UK, France, and Germany will jump nearly 25% compared with the same period in 2017.  The findings, based on Adobe Analytics data, also reveals shoppers in the UK will spend more than three times […]

Beat Maker Go partners with The Chainsmokers

Beat Maker Go partners with The Chainsmokers

Gismart, the leading global music app maker with 300 million downloads, is thrilled to announce its first major artists partnership with global EDM phenomenon The Chainsmokers. The new collaboration sees the globally renowned DJ duo launch over twenty brand new ‘The Chainsmokers sound packs’ for the chart-topping music app Beat Maker Go. Beat Maker Go […]

Younger consumers are forcing brands to change how they approach influencer marketing

Younger consumers are forcing brands to change how they approach influencer marketing

The demand from consumers for authenticity and transparency within influencer marketing has had a significant change on the purpose the marketing technique serves for businesses in the last year. 60 per cent of digital marketers have seen the purpose of influencer marketing change ‘drastically’ for them in the last 12 months, with 56 per cent […]

More than two-thirds of marketers claim creative quality is being harmed by digital advertising growth

More than two-thirds of marketers claim creative quality is being harmed by digital advertising growth

Sizmek, the world’s largest independent buy-side advertising platform delivering impressions that inspire, announced research that reveals challenges marketers face as they try to balance technology innovation with creativity. The study, which surveyed more than 500 business decision making brand-marketers across Europe and the US, found that over two thirds (67%) believe digital growth in advertising […]

Facebook Messenger begins rolling out unsend feature

Facebook Messenger begins rolling out unsend feature

Earlier in November 2018, reports suggested that Facebook was planning to introduce an ‘unsend’ feature on to Messenger that would give users 10 minutes to delete a message that they gave send before it is read. And now nearly a week later, word is that the social media giant has started rolling the update to […]