Upwave’s George London: AI Must Prove Advertising Impact
1. When AI identifies an improvement in campaign performance, what additional evidence should marketers examine…
1. When AI identifies an improvement in campaign performance, what additional evidence should marketers examine…
1. Where do you see the biggest barriers to allowing AI agents to work across…
By Karla Jo Helms, Chief Evangelist & Anti-PR® Strategist at JOTO PR Disruptors™ AI has rapidly…
With 2026 marking the definitive “death of the cookie” and rising digital ad blindness, performance…
TripleLift and Luzern eCommerce have reported a 17% increase in purchasers for UK probiotics brand Optibac following a full-funnel advertising campaign that combined Amazon retail media with programmatic video advertising across the open internet. The campaign, which ran from Q4 2025 through Q1 2026, illustrates how advertisers can extend retail media audiences beyond a retailer’s…
Criteo is expanding its Performance Connected TV (CTV) advertising capabilities beyond the United States, targeting advertisers in Latin America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific as demand grows for measurable outcomes from television advertising. The rollout will begin in Brazil and Mexico by the end of 2026, followed by Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia, and…
Mediaocean has completed an integration between its Prisma media investment management platform and Microsoft Advertising Platform, connecting campaign ordering, performance reporting, and invoice reconciliation within a unified workflow. The integration, delivered through Prisma Direct, is designed to reduce manual processes for advertisers and agencies managing search campaigns alongside broader media investments. The connection allows media…
AI Digital has launched Ellie, an AI-powered superagent designed to coordinate advertising research, audience strategy, media planning and campaign analytics through a single conversational interface. Integrated into the consultancy’s Elevate marketing intelligence platform, Ellie is intended to help agencies and advertisers move from campaign briefs to media recommendations and ongoing performance analysis without repeatedly transferring…
Velocity Capital Management has acquired a stake in the combined LV8 and Mirage businesses, bringing a social-first brand services agency and a digital video publishing network under one company. The transaction creates a business spanning brand marketing, creator relationships, content production, audience distribution and owned-media monetization. Griffin Haddrill, who founded both businesses, will continue as…
Retail media networks are looking to connect digital advertising exposure with measurable business outcomes inside physical stores. A planned collaboration demonstration from BlueZoo, Google and Poppulo will explore how AI-generated video, digital signage distribution and audience measurement can be combined to evaluate the commercial performance of in-store advertising creative. The companies announced a joint webinar,…
StreamTV, the streaming television industry event series produced by Forge, is expanding into Asia with the launch of StreamTV Asia, a new industry gathering scheduled for November 16–18, 2027, at Shangri-La Bangkok in Thailand. The event will bring together streaming platforms, broadcasters, content distributors, advertisers, advertising technology providers and streaming infrastructure companies as competition for…
Adams Outdoor Advertising has acquired 83 billboard faces from Penneco Outdoor Advertising, expanding its coverage along Pennsylvania’s Turnpike and extending its Ohio Valley advertising network into additional western Pennsylvania counties. The transaction adds 15 billboard faces along the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76), between Irwin and Bedford, more than tripling Adams’ existing inventory along the highway. The…
Out-of-home (OOH) media company New Tradition has acquired Connell Outdoor Advertising, adding 88 static and digital billboard faces to its advertising portfolio and significantly expanding its presence across Las Vegas. The acquisition strengthens New Tradition’s access to high-traffic locations surrounding Harry Reid International Airport, including routes connecting the airport with the Las Vegas Strip and…
The Trade Desk has brought back co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer Dave Pickles in an expanded technology leadership role, signaling a renewed focus on platform architecture, engineering strategy and AI-driven advertising capabilities. Pickles, who stepped down as CTO in 2023, will establish and lead a newly formed CTO Council to advise the company’s engineering…
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