With 79% of Brits rarely or never clicking online ads, brands are wasting huge sums of money on ineffective advertising. So how can companies entice consumers to voluntarily eyeball their content? Canvas8 sat down with 15 British men and women to find out what they think about online ads.

Advert-blocking browser plugins are growing at a rate of nearly 70% year-on-year. The most popular, AdBlocker, reached 150 million users in June 2014. And if people really are more likely to climb Mount Everest than click a banner ad, what is next for online advertising?

With a growing number of Brazilians opting to stay informed about current events through online platforms, printed publications are feeling the impact. In a bid to keep up with this shift, newspaperZero Horahas launched a customised tablet – but can it win over subscribers old and new?

Brazilian start-up Samba Ads set out to answer one question – do digital advertisers buy media outside of YouTube? In Brazil’s online video market, taking a slice of the pie that, until now, sat exclusively on YouTube’s plate was tricky. But now it’s had a taste, Samba Ads is hungry for more.