Facebook has announced its entry into header bidding with a partner-first approach that will open its Audience Network to web publishers working with six major ad-tech players. The company confirmed on March 22, that header bidding will available to mobile web publishers via its partnership with six adtech companies – Amazon Publisher Services, AppNexus, Index Exchange, […]
Young TV consumers may be watching much more streaming video, but a large majority will skip online video advertising if allowed. The latest Deloitte “Digital Democracy Survey” says 80% will skip digital TV/video commercials — and over 70% of Millennials and younger Gen Z viewers find mobile ads to be “irrelevant.” Ad-blocking software is a […]
Offering its first estimate of the size of the native advertising market, eMarketer said spending on native digital display ads will make up more than half of all digital display ad spending in the US in 2017. The new forecast estimates that US native digital display ad spend will grow 36.2% this year to reach […]
Mobile advertising company MobiVisits has unveiled an upgraded user interface (UI) for its clients, which now offers native inventory. The new MobiVisits dashboard is designed to be more user-friendly and easier to manage, with an enhanced graphical interface along with other features, including an inventory tool. Clients can now easily access the stats of daily […]
Soon-to-be Verizon-owned Yahoo is partnering with mobile geolocation data startup Statiq, which was recently acquired by Telefonica’s Axonix programmatic trading platform. The partnership sees Yahoo ‘refine its ability to offer location-based targeted adverting for brands in the UK’. Yahoo is leveraging Statiq’s location insights to create ‘a unique, accurate and scaled view of consumer behaviour’ […]
Online CRM firm iAdvize is integrating with WhatsApp, letting brands communicate directly with their customers and prospects via WhatsApp. The integration of WhatsApp within iAdvize enables online shoppers to contact a brand’s customer service team directly in the WhatsApp discussion thread and allows then to ask questions via private messages. Customers can find all past […]
Dentsu Aegis Network UK is utilising mobile gaming as a recruitment tool in an effort to bring in a more diverse range of people from different backgrounds. The game has been created by game-based assessment provider Arctic Shores and has been designed to test candidates’ aptitude, creative thinking and problem solving capabilities through a series […]
Location marketing specialist Posterscope launches Dynamic Scheduling to make the proven benefits of customised creative optimisation accessible to all clients. The agency is the first OOH specialist to offer a programmatic product with proven campaign effectiveness to all clients. Dynamic Scheduling, powered by Liveposter, will create a new industry standard in the delivery and scheduling of […]
Strata, the leader in media buying and selling software, announced today its partnership and integration with AerServ, a mobile ad management technology and supply-side platform. The partnership provides agencies utilizing Strata’s software to access mobile audiences using a wide range of devices. Through a single platform, broadcast campaigns can now extend their reach to a […]
Mobile ad spend in India is set to grow 85 per cent year-on-year, according to eMarketer forecasts – but it remains far outweighed by more traditional ad channels. Mobile is predicted to hit $460.1m (£375m) in 2017, 5.8 per cent of the country’s total ad spend and 38 per cent of digital overall, set to pull […]