YouAppi capitalises on 400 percent revenue growth in brand video

YouAppi capitalises on 400 percent revenue growth in brand video

YouAppi, a leading growth marketing platform for premium mobile brands, announced the expansion of its video platform to include connected TV, playable ads, native video ads and an exclusive private marketplace (PMP). The expansion is in direct response to increased demand from global brands to incorporate trusted, safe videos through an easy-to-use, integrated platform. Quarter […]

AR Campaign Releases the Dark Spirit of The Kraken Spiced Rum in Manchester

AR Campaign Releases the Dark Spirit of The Kraken Spiced Rum in Manchester

Spiced Caribbean rum brand The Kraken is launching an interactive out-of-home (OOH) campaign using augmented reality (AR) to invite people to star in their very own advertisement with the mythical sea beast. Planned by Media Campaign and created in conjunction with Ocean Labs for Proximo Spirits, the eight day campaign breaks across Ocean’s The Loop city […]

Uber Has Set a Target Date to Use Drones for Meal Delivery

Uber Has Set a Target Date to Use Drones for Meal Delivery

Uber has joined a growing list of companies keen on using drones for delivery. It wants to integrate the technology into UberEats, its meal-delivery service, and envisions dropping off its first drone-delivered dinners as early as 2021. The company better known for ride-sharing revealed earlier in 2018 that it’s keen to utilise drone technology for […]

US mobile carriers promote retail stores to complement their online presence, says GlobalData

US mobile carriers promote retail stores to complement their online presence, says GlobalData

Many US wireless carriers are expanding their retail footprints, not just via traditional brick-and-mortar locations, but also through experiential concept stores as well as on-the-fly pop-up and mobile sites, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report: ‘Wireless Carriers Are Extending Their Retail Footprints, Complementing Clicks with Bricks’ explores the […]

Online sponsorship marketplace, Connexi, launches with exclusive SMG Insight partnership

Online sponsorship marketplace, Connexi, launches with exclusive SMG Insight partnership

Connexi – the award-winning online sponsorship marketplace backed by the Crown Talent & Media Group and supported by SMG Insight launches today for brands, rights holders and agencies looking to form commercially relevant sponsorship partnerships. The bespoke tech offers a unique solution for those within the sports and entertainment worlds looking to form commercially relevant […]

IX Reach celebrates connecting 50 IXPs to its global network

IX Reach celebrates connecting 50 IXPs to its global network

IX Reach, a leading global provider of wholesale connectivity solutions, specialist in remote peering and SDN direct interconnectivity to all the major cloud providers is proud to announce that its remote peering capability now extends to 50 Internet Exchanges (IXPs) worldwide. IX Reach is thrilled to have recently signed its 50th global remote peering partner […]

Marin Software Research Shows Search Spend Growing and Instagram Thriving in Q3 2018

Marin Software Research Shows Search Spend Growing and Instagram Thriving in Q3 2018

Marin Software, a leading provider of digital marketing software for performance-driven advertisers and agencies, released research findings from its global Q3 2018 Digital Advertising Benchmark Report. While search spend increased globally, growth was lower in Europe. Separately, Instagram revealed itself as an up-and-coming target for advertising dollars, with Instagram Stories being a preferred ad format. […]

Brands must reorganise to maximise eCommerce growth, according to Zenith

Brands must reorganise to maximise eCommerce growth, according to Zenith

Many brands are missing out on driving growth through new commerce platforms as their marketing and sales teams are not structured to leverage these opportunities. This is the key finding from Zenith’s latest research: Five Commerce Imperatives for Marketers. Traditionally, brands have had separate sales and marketing teams, often with different objectives. Marketing teams need […]

Leading ad exchanges make programmatic transparency pledge

Leading ad exchanges make programmatic transparency pledge

Six of the top advertising exchanges have come to a mutual agreement, promising to clean up the programmatic buying experience by being more efficient, transparent, and fair. An open letter signed by Rubicon Project, OpenX, Pubmatic, Sovrn, SpotX and Telaria speaks of a commitment “to unleashing the full potential of programmatic advertising” by providing transparent marketplace principles for […]

Facebook tests multiple brands in a single ad unit

Facebook tests multiple brands in a single ad unit

Facebook is testing a new ad format that features multiple advertisers in one unit, bundling dynamic ad campaigns from two different companies in a side-by-side version of Facebook’s Collections ads. A Facebook spokesperson told Digiday that the format is a small test that involves advertisers who have agreed to participate. The advertisers in the test […]