S4M, a leading AdTech platform specialising in drive-to-store campaigns, joins the IAB Tech Lab to be an actively engaged member in driving mobile-first initiatives from the independent consortium. The IAB Tech Lab is made up of digital publishers, ad technology firms, marketers, agencies and companies from around the world with interests in the interactive marketing […]
Teads, the adtech company well known for its innovative branding solutions, announced its first Performance offering. Called Teads True Visits, this new offering leverages Teads AI capabilities to identify and attract new visitors to advertisers’ websites. A Revolutionary Buying Model : CPiV Brands buying clicks are often disappointed when they see that as an average, 50% […]
Global adtech and app user acquisition company, Mpire Network, launched a comprehensive brand refresh. At its centre is the introduction of a new, truncated name, Mpire, to reflect the Company’s evolution beyond the category of ad network. Accompanying the new name will be a renewed visual brand identity for the company, and the new website. […]
The Malaysia Premium Publishers Marketplace (MPPM) has officially launched in partnership with adtech platform Innity to provide advertisers with more control to layer on their own data, audience insights and program advertising. This is the first publisher-led programmatic advertising marketplace platform in Malaysia. The new partnership will see MPPM, which is made up of eight […]
A case study published by OpenX shows that publishers on its platforms using Exchange Bidding – Google’s answer to header bidding – have seen an average yield increase of 48% in the 12 months since the two started working together. In June, OpenX announced its status as a Google Exchange Bidding beta partner, but the adtech firm says it’s […]
Ericsson remains keen on ad tech. On February 14, the Swedish networking and telecom company announced its acquisition of Placecast, a combo data management and demand-side platform (DSP) for location data. Placecast is now part of Emodo, Ericsson’s programmatic mobile ad platform that helps telcos monetise their subscriber data. Emodo is housed within a newly […]
What is claimed to be the largest bot network ever has been discovered by Adform, which it has said was possibly four times the size of the Methbot network unearthed less than a year ago and accessing over half a million IP addresses, mainly located in the US. The fraud team at the adtech firm […]
Q1 was the busiest quarter for martech Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) deals on record. Private equity investment in adtech grows to 15% in Q2. Results International, specialist technology advisor on M&A and fundraising to the global marketing, technology and healthcare sectors, revealed figures for adtech and martech M&A for the first half of 2017. At 217 deals, the […]
Timberland has launched a new UK campaign with xAd to identify a new audience of urban adventurers and entice them into their brick-and-mortar stores. xAd worked with media buying agencies Vizeum and Amplifi to develop and deliver engaging content to 18-34 year olds living in the city, inspiring them to seek out their own ‘Urban […]
If the future of advertising is mobile-led, then O2-owner Telefonica’s measured attempt to control the delivery of ads across its network spotlights the power it could wield in a market dominated by Facebook and Google. There aren’t many mobile operators that don’t harbor a similar ambition, though like the Spain-based provider – the bulk of […]