IAB Australia’s Executive Technology Council has launched an industry mentorship program to support and enable the next generation of digital advertising and technology industry talent. With a particular focus on supporting gender diversity and identifying the unsung heroes of the industry, the program will provide support for up to 40 mentees via 20 mentors every six months. The IAB will be accepting nominations on the IAB website from 20th June for mentees from member organisations with five years or less industry experience.
IAB Australia has announced the appointment of Guardian Australia to the IAB Board, effective immediately. The company will be represented by Guardian Australia’s Director of Commercial Operations, Tereza Alexandratos and Managing Director, Dan Stinton.
Online advertising has continued to climb in Australia with revenues increasing 4.9% year on year to reach $2.2billion for the first quarter of 2019. The data which was drawn from the IAB Australia Online Advertising Expenditure Report (OAER) published today by PwC, also showed that video, mobile and classified advertising were the stand out performers, increasing year on year by 15%, 26% and 7% respectively.
IAB Australia today that apps-ads.txt, its authorised inventory product for advertising within in-app environments on mobile and OTT (over-the-top) and any other app inventory, is now ready for adoption.
The Australian online advertising market hit $8.8bn expenditure in calendar year 2018, an increase of 11.6% on 2017 according to the IAB Australia Online Advertising Expenditure Report (OAER) published today by PwC. The independent report, which has been detailing key online market trends since 2007, includes for the first time data points about the rate of programmatic buying, as well as CTV video advertising revenue data.
IAB Australia today released the 3rd wave of its Audio Advertising State of the Nation Report. The Report, which covers broadcast radio, streaming digital audio, DAB+ and podcasts, is a truly collaborative industry project with support from 13 different media and technology companies as well as industry body Commercial Radio Australia.
IAB Australia has detailed its plans to conduct a full review of audience and cross media measurement. The project, known as the Future of Measurement will see the IAB deliver a plan that encompasses measurement solutions, standards for ad measurement, delivery and verification, as well as guidelines and best practices, with the goal of delivering data and meaningful metrics to marketers, agencies and publishers to enable them to assess opportunities and track performance in a complex cross media world.
Matt Rowley, Director of Sales, Publishing at Nine, has been elected as Chair of the IAB Australia Board. He replaces Cameron King who resigned from News Corp late last year and who will be finishing his tenure as IAB Chair immediately.
Fueled by strong growth in both video and native/in-feed, digital advertising revenue hit $2.2 billion for the September quarter 2018, representing a 13.2% increase year-on-year. The data which was drawn from the Online Advertising Expenditure Report released today by IAB/PwC also confirmed the industry maintained stable quarter-on-quarter growth of 1.6% from the preceding June 2018 quarter.
IAB Australia’s Audio Council has released an Audio Creative Best Practice Showcase for marketers and advertisers, partnering with insurance brand Choosi, to bring their recommendations to life. Launched last week at IAB Australia MeasureUp, the Showcase and audio examples are available online.
Leading marketing analytics consultancy, Analytics Partners, has described the notion that TV advertising is more effective than digital as fantasy and called on Australian marketers to apply greater rigour when reading industry driven research with extreme data points.
IAB Australia today announced that it has appointed Gai Le Roy as CEO. The appointment follows a four-month executive recruitment process, during which Le Roy was interim CEO.
Australian marketers support for digital advertising has continued to strengthen, with the latest data from PwC showing that overall digital advertising revenues have increased 11% year on year, while video has increased 45% year on year.
IAB Australia today announced that Seven West Media (SWM) has joined the organisation’s Board and that SWM’s Chief Digital Officer Clive Dickens will represent the company on the IAB Board. The company’s appointment to the IAB Board follows SWM’s decision to sell its 50% stake in Yahoo7 to joint venture partner Oath as part of its strategy to fully own and operate its direct to consumer products.
IAB Australia has continued its’ drive for higher standards for digital video audience measurement and for this reason has chosen not to endorse secondary crediting for video within Nielsen’s Digital Content Ratings (DCR) product. The decision comes as Nielsen informed the Australian market that there has been a delay in delivering viewing time qualifiers for DCR until February 2019.
The Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA), Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and Media Federation of Australia (MFA) have today released the industry’s first agreed set of digital working practices to support advertisers, agencies, publishers and digital platforms.
Digital advertising revenue reached $2.1 billion for the first quarter of 2018, driven by significant growth in both video and mobile advertising according to the Online Advertising Expenditure Report released today by IAB/PwC.
IAB Australia today announced that Cameron King, Managing Director of Digital Revenue at News Corp Australia will Chair its Board effective immediately. King will serve as Chair until News Corp’s Board Chair tenure ends in September 2018. He replaces outgoing Chair Nicole Sheffield, who announced her resignation from News Corp Australia in February this year.
Australian online advertising expenditure continues to grow, recording a seven percent year-over-year increase with total revenue edging to $7.9 billion for the full year according to the IAB/PwC Online Advertising Expenditure Report.
IAB Australia has launched new Advertising Technology Purchase Guidelines to help purchasers of advertising technology maximise their investment in five core pieces of technology critical to effective advertising.
