Sizmek has promoted Andrew Morsy to the newly created role of UK managing director.

The half-day conference will see senior media and creative planners, clients, media owners, data business and programmatic companies debate the role of the planner in an increasingly automated business.

A five year study conducted by Google and Kantar TNS shows that 74% of UK consumers use smartphones, compared to 51% in 2012.

Following a healthy festive period January was a weak month for commercial TV broadcasters, with combined revenue for ITV, Channel 4 and ITV Breakfast down -7.7% year-on-year.

New research from MC&C looking at marketers’ attitudes towards risk and the impacts of Brexit has revealed that only 17% believe leaving the EU will be of benefit to the UK economy.

Bloomberg Intelligence media analyst Tal Smoller tells Newsline what she thinks the big video advertising trends will be this year.

According to the latest ad blocking report from the IAB, the proportion of British adults currently using ad blockers has remained at 22% for the last year.

Newsworks picked up three awards as ITV, MTM, Trinity Mirror Solutions, BBC World Service, MEC UK, Metro and MailOnline are all crowned category winners.

Videology’s Jon Block gives a round-up of the fascinating debate he chaired at Videoscape 2017.

TubeMogul’s UK commercial director Mauricio Leon shares what he thinks will be the big trends and most exciting opportunities in video advertising over the next 12 to 18 months.