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Geraldine Allinson makes the case for brands moving spend back into local media.

The stink hanging over Ad Week Europe last year was YouTube’s brand safety debacle, and – as if by design – this year the bad smell was choking the other half of the duopoly.

Mackie joins RAPP from Rapier where he served as executive creative director.

The time is now long overdue for a judicial inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the social media and their effect on society, writes Raymond Snoddy.

As Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal deepens, analysts have suggested the free-to-air (FTA) broadcasters could see healthy returns as advertisers are dissuaded from switching money out of TV.

#CTVS18: Broadcasters are told they need to simplify their structures and become more like the platforms they’re competing against if they are to secure future ad money.

The rise of ad-free video services might have re-tuned the brains of an entire generation to be less receptive to advertising in and around video content.

Speaking at an Advertising Week Europe event, Chris Le May, CEO of the European Broadcaster Exchange, said: “We’re able to execute pan European campaigns now – but the bigger bells and whistles stuff is still over the horizon.”

The Connies brings together the established UK Connected Consumer Awards from Mediatel and the internationally based Connected TV Awards from Videonet, now part of Mediatel Events.

The European ad verification firm will show advertisers what percentage of the ad is in view and for how long – on both mobile and desktop.