Arvind Hickman

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Media agencies: 'Accenture's programmatic play boils down to talent' 7 years ago

Media agencies: 'Accenture's programmatic play boils down to talent'

Media agency leaders believe that Accenture Interactive could struggle to find the highly specialised...

AT&T, Verizon and GSK join YouTube, Google display boycott 7 years ago

AT&T, Verizon and GSK join YouTube, Google display boycott

Some of the world's largest companies are halting advertising on YouTube and Google's display network...

Media transparency cuts both ways - it's not just agencies that must clean up their act 7 years ago

Media transparency cuts both ways - it's not just agencies that must clean up their act

Media transparency can only ever be achieved if every part of the media buying ecosystem comes to the...

Marketers warned poor transparency is killing marketing 7 years ago

Marketers warned poor transparency is killing marketing

Marketers must restore transparency to the digital media buying ecosystem and develop the capability to...

Media agencies to avoid Google ban after Havas UK, government and TfL freeze YouTube ads 7 years ago

Media agencies to avoid Google ban after Havas UK, government and TfL freeze YouTube ads

Media agency groups tell AdNews they have no plans for a blanket ban after Havas Media UK and a host of...

Nine's regional news roll-out helps drive ad sales in the country 7 years ago

Nine's regional news roll-out helps drive ad sales in the country

Advertisers in the country have reacted positively to Nine's roll out of regional news bulletins across...

Lobbyist casts doubts government will ban gambling ads to pass media reforms 7 years ago

Lobbyist casts doubts government will ban gambling ads to pass media reforms

A Canberra lobbyist believes passing the media reforms bill is not a big enough prize to concede a...

Trump, Brexit uncertainty impacting multinational ad spend, warns media buyer 7 years ago

Trump, Brexit uncertainty impacting multinational ad spend, warns media buyer

Media agencies have reported a slow start to the year as large global companies pull back on marketing...

Accenture to help clients in-house programmatic trading amid transparency fears 7 years ago

Accenture to help clients in-house programmatic trading amid transparency fears

One of the world's largest consultancies wants to help clients bypass agency trading desks amid concerns...

PwC appoints AANA's Gloster and Foxtel's Buckman to CMO Advisory board 7 years ago

PwC appoints AANA's Gloster and Foxtel's Buckman to CMO Advisory board

PwC has recruited high profile marketing and advertising leaders to provide guidance to the firm's new...

ACCC takes Audi to court over emissions scandal 7 years ago

ACCC takes Audi to court over emissions scandal

Australia's consumer watchdog is alleging that the German car maker deceived consumers over emissions by...

'My greatest joy is giving people the confidence to dream big' - Warren Brown 7 years ago

'My greatest joy is giving people the confidence to dream big' - Warren Brown

On accepting his Hall of Fame accolade, Warren brown says: "Giving people the confidence to dream big...

Media reforms must ditch two-out-of-three or face defeat, lobbyists warn 7 years ago

Media reforms must ditch two-out-of-three or face defeat, lobbyists warn

Communications minister Mitch Fifield and media owners are 'failing' to sway crossbench senators to back...

Brisbane agencies battle for Queensland tourism media planning contract 7 years ago

Brisbane agencies battle for Queensland tourism media planning contract

Media planning on one of Queensland's most prestigious accounts, Queensland and Events Tourism, is up...

ABC to axe up to 200 staff in organisation restructure 7 years ago

ABC to axe up to 200 staff in organisation restructure

The ABC is trimming management across the organisation and reducing the number of divisions from 14 to...