New IAB UK / PwC Adspend study reveals total UK digital ad market worth £13.44BN in 2018

New IAB UK / PwC Adspend study reveals total UK digital ad market worth £13.44BN in 2018

IAB UK, the trade association for digital advertising, has announced the results of the latest IAB UK and PwC Digital Adspend study, which reveals UK advertisers spent £13.44billion on digital advertising in 2018. The total ad spend figure is a 15 percent year-on-year increase and demonstrates continued confidence in the power of digital advertising. For […]

Limitless teams with PwC to deploy gig-based customer service which protects freelancers

Limitless teams with PwC to deploy gig-based customer service which protects freelancers

Limitless, the UK-based inventor of a SaaS platform providing AI and crowd sourced customer service solutions, announced that it has entered into a partnership with professional services firm PwC. The partnership is one of the first of its kind and will be a game-changer as it will embrace good-gig practices which are sensitive to regional […]

AI to create more jobs than it destroys PwC analysis finds

AI to create more jobs than it destroys PwC analysis finds

Contrary to popular belief, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related technologies are projected to create as many jobs as they displace in the UK over the next 20 years, according to new analysis by PwC. In absolute terms, around 7m existing jobs could be displaced, but around 7.2 million could be created, giving the UK a small […]

Australia’s online advertising industry records $7.9 billion revenue in 2017, according to IAB and PwC report

Australia’s online advertising industry records $7.9 billion revenue in 2017, according to IAB and PwC report

The online advertising industry in Australia recorded a seven percent increase in revenue in 2017, with total revenue reaching $7.9 billion. Search and directories took top position for all categories, recording a five percent growth to reach $3.6 bn, which is 45% of all advertising dollars spent in Australia. Coming in second was general display, […]

UK Ad Viewability hits 18-Month High as Industry efforts yield Fruit

UK Ad Viewability hits 18-Month High as Industry efforts yield Fruit

Two consecutive increases in ad viewability over the past two quarters have seen the well watched surge to an 18-month high, driven by the demand on publishers from agency groups to place a higher percentage of ad surface areas in view. The findings are contained in the latest quarterly update from ad verification specialists Meetrics which found that in […]

Teads, Viant, Verve comment on the IAB ad spend report

Teads, Viant, Verve comment on the IAB ad spend report

The latest Internet Advertising Bureau UK / PwC Digital Adspend report was released today! Lovely Mobile News ( LMN)  has the expert opinion of Adtech Leaders: Ian James, GM International, Verve “With the release of the latest IAB ad spend results, there is no doubt that mobile is the fastest growing area of digital spend. Location based […]

Australia’s online ad market grows 12% to $7.6bn

Australia’s online ad market grows 12% to $7.6bn

The rapid growth of mobile and video advertising has powered Australia’s digital media spend to grow 12% to $7.6 billion in the year to 30 June 2017. According to PwC and IAB Australia, advertisers now invest about half of their advertising budgets into online media channels with search and directories continuing to take the largest share, […]

IAB and PwC: Ad spend to continue its climb

IAB and PwC: Ad spend to continue its climb

Digital advertising received $17.6 billion in investment from US companies in Q3 2016, according to the IAB’s and PwC’s latest Internet Advertising Revenue announcement. The report is based on information provided by companies that sell online advertising, including data related to online revenue from web sites, commercial online services, and other activities. The latest IAB […]

Mobile ads are now more expensive than desktop advertisements

Mobile ads are now more expensive than desktop advertisements

Study results from research conducted by IAB UK and PricewaterhouseCoopers has revealed interesting new trends in mobile ads. What they found is that companies are spending more to advertise on mobile screens than on desktop browsers. This represents the first time the spending balance has moved in that direction. The report data showed that companies […]