Tag: Japan

  • Japan Paves The Way For Significant Boost In Digital Entertainment 

    Japan Paves The Way For Significant Boost In Digital Entertainment 

    This past summer, Japan made a legislative manoeuvre that went surprisingly under the radar, particularly given a bright spotlight on the country’s innovations ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The country legalized casino gaming, with the first resorts expected in the mid-‘20s and a whole new genre of entertainment suddenly open for business. Those who keep…

  • The State of Programmatic Advertising in Japan

    The State of Programmatic Advertising in Japan

    Digital in Asia asked Jason Fairchild, Co-Founder of OpenX, one of the largest global sell-side platforms, to tell us about the state of programmatic advertising in Japan. Digital in Asia: How is the Japanese market approaching programmatic advertising? Is Japan ahead, behind, or just different compared to other global programmatic markets? Jason Fairchild: Programmatic is…

  • Half of APAC Smartphone Users Now Shopping on their Device

    Half of APAC Smartphone Users Now Shopping on their Device

    The latest MasterCard Mobile Shopping Survey covering Asia Pacific finds consumers embracing the convenience of mobile shopping. Almost half of consumers – around 45% in total – made a purchase using their smartphone in the three months preceding the survey. Exactly 50% of respondents across Asia Pacific cited convenience as the most compelling reason for shopping on their…

  • APAC, the $6bn Mobile gaming opportunity

    APAC, the $6bn Mobile gaming opportunity

    With close to $6 billion revenue, Asia Pacific is the largest mobile gaming market in the world. Led by Japan, China and South Korea, the category is still growing at 25% annually across the region. We chat to Jun Lim, Senior Business Development Manager and Lison Chen, Senior Account Manager at AppLift about this promising yet “very fragmented”…

  • MicroAd leads funding round for Ambient Digital in South East Asia

    MicroAd leads funding round for Ambient Digital in South East Asia

    MicroAd Singapore today announced a Series A investment in Ambient Digital Group aiming to expand market share across South East Asia. MicroAd will also connect its programmatic ad platform to Ambient Digital’s vast regional supply of inventory – a big win for programmatic ad buyers in South East Asia.

  • MicroAd CEO Discusses Strategy and The Future of Programmatic in APAC

    MicroAd CEO Discusses Strategy and The Future of Programmatic in APAC

    MicroAd’s recently launched supply side platform, MicroAd COMPASS, aims to provide a groundbreaking solution for APAC publishers . Kentaro Watanabe, MicroAd CEO, reveals that their new SSP will support increasing demands in the growing RTB market and optimize publisher revenue. See his full interview with Digital in Asia below.

  • Ecommerce in Emerging Asia

    Ecommerce in Emerging Asia

    Ecommerce is very much in the news at the moment, with Rocket Internet launching their month long online promotion across Lazada, Zalora and Foodpanda, ebay launching in Indonesia, and mobile ecommerce projected to hit $2.4bn revenue in Singapore by 2015.

  • Asia’s Digital Future in Focus

    Asia’s Digital Future in Focus

    The comScore Digital Future in Focus reports provide some of the most comprehensive coverage of Asia’s Digital landscape. Industry leading research across a series of Asian markets, with insight into search, social, online advertising, mobile and e-commerce.

  • Mobile Consumer Insights and Research for Asia

    Mobile Consumer Insights and Research for Asia

    It is not easy to find Mobile research, consumer insights and stats for Asia. However, there are two sources that stand out in terms of their comprehensive coverage of Mobile for the region, including local markets.

  • Digital Benchmarking and Measurement

    Digital Benchmarking and Measurement

    “How much should we be paying per like on Facebook?” or “What is a good CTR for a display campaign?” are questions that will be familiar to anyone working in Digital. Benchmarks are a constant topic of discussion, and it’s only natural that we want to understand whether we are doing better or worse than everyone…