Majority of marketers plan to spend more on programmatic audio in next 18 months, say Xaxis and IAB Europe

Majority of marketers plan to spend more on programmatic audio in next 18 months, say Xaxis and IAB Europe

Marketers are keen to invest more in programmatic audio and most are planning to do so within the next year and a half, according to research from Xaxis and IAB Europe. The survey of 499 buyers and publishers from across Europe found that 60 per cent of marketers are looking to increase their programmatic audio spend over the next […]

GroupM’s Xaxis launches six-second video ad format

GroupM’s Xaxis launches six-second video ad format

Xaxis, GroupM’s programmatic media company, has launched a short-form video product, enabling clients to run campaigns across platforms run by the likes of Twitter, Snap, Spotify, and Global. The mobile-first, six-second video ad format is compatible alongside other Xaxis video products and, according to the company, enables advertisers to reach 27m UK consumers in a […]

WFA: 90% of marketers are reviewing programmatic ad contracts in quest for greater transparency

WFA: 90% of marketers are reviewing programmatic ad contracts in quest for greater transparency

Agency trading desks may be the default way advertisers run programmatic campaigns but as many as 90% are set to review these deals after growing frustrated by the lack of transparency being offered. According to a new report from the World Federation of Advertisers, nearly two-thirds of marketers are uncomfortable with the conflicts created by […]

Xaxis Launches Native Ad Specialist plista in Singapore and Taiwan

Xaxis Launches Native Ad Specialist plista in Singapore and Taiwan

Xaxis, the world’s largest programmatic audience company, announced the launch of native ad specialist plista in Singapore and Taiwan. Part of the Xaxis portfolio, plista is the industry’s most comprehensive programmatic platform for native ads and the first to provide a single source solution for buying in-feed, outstream video, recommendation widgets and in-ad formats across […]

Xaxis acquires e-commerce specialist Triad Retail Media in the US

Xaxis acquires e-commerce specialist Triad Retail Media in the US

WPP announces that its wholly-owned operating company Xaxis, the world’s largest global programmatic media and technology platform, has agreed to acquire, subject to regulatory approval, Triad Retail Media, a leading digital retail media specialist in the US. Triad’s gross revenues were over US$500 million for the year ended December 31, 2015 with net revenues of […]