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Simon Rose named Head of Publishers DACH at LiveRamp

LiveRamp is strengthening its publisher business in the DACH region by expanding local teams and leadership with the immediate appointment of Simon Rose as Head of Publishers DACH. Rose, who joined LiveRamp in May 2026 from TargetVideo, brings more than 20 years’ experience at Improve Digital, Traffective and TargetVideo and will lead relationships with publishers, broadcasters and media companies across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He will drive first‑party data strategies, data collaboration, data clean rooms and identity solutions to help publishers monetize and collaborate while preserving privacy. The hire complements Regional Vice President Sylwia Iwanejko‑Sajewska’s role leading brands and commerce media sales in DACH; together they will deepen cooperation between publishers, brands and commerce‑media partners as part of LiveRamp’s regional growth and data‑ecosystem investment.

ShowHeroes Acquires Traffective, Expands Programmatic Reach in Europe

ShowHeroes, a Berlin-based ad tech company focused on CTV and video advertising, has acquired German programmatic monetisation specialist Traffective for an undisclosed fee. The combined business will work with nearly 2,000 publisher partners and says it will generate over 25 billion ad impressions per month. Traffective — which serves more than 300 German publishers and operates programmatic yield-management tools, an in-stream video marketplace and an IAB-certified consent management platform — will continue operating under the brand 'Traffective by ShowHeroes'. ShowHeroes intends to combine its contextual targeting and AI-powered CTV/video stack with Traffective’s programmatic and yield optimisation capabilities, roll Traffective’s solutions out across Europe, Latin America and Asia, and leverage its international sales network to bring more budgets to Traffective’s publishers.

Will Open Web Reclaim Ad Budgets by 2026?

Adzine surveyed ad‑tech experts about whether the Open Web can reclaim advertising budgets from Walled Gardens in 2026. Contributors from Welect, Teads, Fraud0, Flap.One/Traffective and Adnomaly say the Open Web has structural advantages—reach, independent quality environments, transparent value chains and user data sovereignty—but that these strengths remain largely theoretical without binding standards, consistent measurement and marketable products. Transparency, fraud resistance, context quality and demonstrable incrementality are cited as decisive. Publishers must invest in their brands and create bundled, measurable offers. Technological advances such as agentic AI and interoperable standards could reduce operational fragmentation, but increasing automation risks turning parts of the Open Web into a new 'black box.' Experts expect gradual, selective budget shifts rather than a wholesale migration.