InMobi, a global provider of mobile enterprise platforms announced the launch of its Programmatic Exchange for the APAC region. A mobile-first, mobile-only programmatic platform InMobi will reach 800 million mobile devices, giving it unparalleled scale through mobile in-app. By using InMobi’s proven expertise, advertisers and agencies will be able to accelerate dramatically and future-proof their […]
Facebook is launching a video experience to all that enables groups to watch live or recorded videos together in the same place at the same time – a feature it began testing back in January. Watch Party enables group admins and moderators to select any live or recorded public video to share with group members. Members […]
Peak Games, creator of smash hit games Toy Blast and Toon Blast, announced an innovative collaboration with Ryan Reynolds. While many companies have collaborated with celebrities on brand marketing projects, including digital campaigns, this is the first celebrity driven campaign designed specifically for performance marketing purposes. For the first time in advertising history, the […]
Multichannel in-store and digital production company Immedia is working with JD Sports (JD), the leading UK trainer and sports fashion retailer, to create a new multi-stream music entertainment platform, JD-X, available to customers in-store and via its mobile app JD Sports. JD-X is a 24-hour music and entertainment service which officially launched at the weekend […]
Holidaymakers who fall ill in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia, are taking advantage of mobile consultations with UK-based GPs through the ‘Now GP’ app. Up to 600,000 holidaymakers who need medical advice whilst travelling abroad can, at the touch of a button, obtain GP and medication guidance and, if needed, access an e-prescription […]
In less than two years, Yodel has redefined the phone call by becoming one of the leading cloud-based integrations for improved customer services and team collaboration. The Austrian communications startup has quietly developed partnerships to empower teams to manage phone calls using the platforms they use the most, such as Slack and Microsoft Teams, and […]
Meetrics‘ latest Viewability Benchmarks show that viewability rates for display campaigns maintained the same level as Q1. Values for banner advertising decreased by one percentage point to 58% in the same period. Philipp von Hilgers, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Meetrics said: “The UK market has historically been in last place for viewability, but optimisation […]
Mindshare, part of WPP, launched ‘’Dooonate’’ – a tool that enables companies and individuals to donate space in their out-of-office emails to charities. UK charities spend £22 billion a year on advertising, almost half of which goes to buy digital media. Anything that could help reduce this amount without reducing the effectiveness of charity marketing […]
Snapchat is putting an end to its peer-to-peer payment feature, ending a four-year partnership with payment processor Square. According to TechCrunch, Snapcash will be dropped from the app on 30 August, as discovered in a deprecation message buried within Snapchat’s code. This has since been confirmed by Snapchat, saying: “Yes, we’re discontinuing the Snapcash feature as […]
KFC partnered with Super Deluxe to run a four-hour live stream of cats exploring a model of the brand’s mascot and founder Colonel Sanders. The agency broadcast live footage of the felines exploring a six-foot effigy of the Colonel on Facebook Live. It’s believed around 1m viewers tuned into the spectacle, with 700,000 watching […]