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Dubbed ‘Platform A’, the group will effectively create a huge ad network out of AOL’s recent acquisitions, including Advertising.com, behavioural targeting network Tacoda, ad serving company AdTech, video ad firm Lightningcast and mobile ad network Third Screen Media.

Yahoo! has continued its acquisition spree with a $300m deal for online ad network BlueLithium.

The move will add roughly 1,000 sites to the web giant’s Publisher Network, as well as seeing it pick up BlueLithium’s behavioural targeting technology to enable its clients to serve more relevant ads.

US-based photo sharing site Fotolog has been bought by French ad network Hi-Media Group in a deal valued at $90m.

The move will see Hi-Media attempting to use its online advertising and micro-payments systems to better monetise the site, which says it is experiencing strong growth in Europe.

The deal will see AOL picking up Tacoda’s online ad network, which claims to have access to around 130m people across 4,000 sites.

The issue of poor advertising placement has hit the headlines recently. But it’s important to remember that blind network advertising and blind chain buying are not the same, writes Phil Coote.

WebAds, the Holland-based European internet advertising network, has opened a UK office in London.

The company has launched a new, localised website at webads.co.uk, and appointed a management team at premises in Clerkenwell to service advertisers and publishers in Britain and around Europe.