Alibaba is the largest digital ad seller in China with its advertising revenues set to account for more than 32% of the market this year, according to eMarketer. Digital ad spend in China is predicted to grow 22% in 2019 to reach $79.82bn, and will account for 69.5% of paid media advertising this year. Alibaba’s net […]
Stronger-than-expected internet advertising will drive 4.7% growth in total global adspend in 2019, according to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, published on March 25. That’s substantially ahead of the 4.0% forecast made in the previous edition of the report, published in December 2018. Zenith forecasts 4.6% growth in both 2020 and 2021, ahead of previous forecasts […]
Gismart, a leading independent developer and publisher of music-based apps and games, announced the launch of an investment programme for mobile app startups. The new investment programme is an integral part of the already established Gismart publishing division. In addition to developing and publishing its own titles, Gismart also plays the role of strategic partner […]
Facebook and Google are still top dogs in returning value for advertisers. But other ad networks are challenging for the lead in a unique index based on advertiser ROI from Singular, the leader in marketing intelligence that optimises over $10B in annual ad spend. By deeply combining marketing campaign data with attribution results, Singular is able to identify […]
With the growing penetration of mobile phones across the world and the steady decline in the cost of accessing the Internet, companies are fast realising the importance of investing in digital advertising. London-based media and digital marketing communications company Dentsu Aegis Network’s latest advertising spend forecast, which analysed data from 59 markets, suggests that global growth […]
Amazon could double its ad revenue among top US ad buyers in the next two years, giving it 12 percent of total digital ad spending in 2020. Meanwhile, Facebook’s main social network platform is expected to lose three percentage points of market share in that time. That’s according to a new Cowen survey of 50 […]
According to the latest survey for 110 advertisers and another 130 digital marketing industry practitioners in China by independent marketing data technology company AdMaster, China’s digital marketing will continue its growth momentum, particularly on mobile. 79% of advertisers intend to increase their digital marketing spend. The average increase is by 20%, 2% higher than the increase in 2018, […]
Buzzoole, the leading influencer marketing platform and service in Europe, announced that it has secured $8.9 million in Series A funding in a round led by StarTIP (Tamburi Investment Partners – TIP (investors in Ferrari, Hugo Boss, Moncler) and “Vertis Venture 2 Scaleup”. Existing investors R301, Brahma AG, Impulse VC and ScaleIT Ventures also participated […]
BIOS, the leading neural engineering startup, announced today that it has closed a $4.5 million seed round from top investors in the UK, Canada and Silicon Valley. The company, formerly known as Cambridge Bio-Augmentation Systems (CBAS), will use the funding to double its technical team, progress the development of its core neural interface technologies, and […]
Aiden.ai, a London based AI analytics startup, announced that it has raised a $1.6 million seed round to fuel the company’s rapid growth and the development of the first AI powered marketing analyst. The round has been led by Partech. Other notable investors include Sophia Bendz, who previously led marketing at Spotify for 7 years […]