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Planet V names Samsung as platform partner

ITV’s advanced advertising service Planet V has confirmed that Samsung TV Plus will become the platform’s first 3rd party publisher partner in early 2021. The transformative new agreement reached between ITV and Samsung Ads will enable Planet V buyers to access Samsung TV Plus inventory for planning and buying via the Planet V workflow. With […]

December 10, 2020

McVitie’s sponsors Britain’s Got Talent

McVitie’s will be the new headline sponsor of ITV’s flagship entertainment show, Britain’s Got Talent, in 2021. With a shared vision of bringing people together, the collaboration will see two of the UK’s most iconic brands join forces ahead of the forthcoming 15th series next year. The sponsorship announcement follows the launch of McVitie’s ‘Too […]

December 10, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Report: Shift in ad spend from linear TV to digital to accelerate

Integral Ad Science (IAS), a global player in digital ad verification, has released its 2021 Industry Pulse Report. Surveying over 200 ad industry experts, IAS found that issues around digital video and connected TV, programmatic, and social rocketed to the top of the ad industry’s priority list. Based on the IAS 2021 Industry Pulse Report, […]

December 9, 2020

Nielsen unveils Nielsen ONE solution

Nielsen has announced  plans to launch a single, cross-media solution to drive more comparable and comprehensive metrics across platforms.  Nielsen’s transformative cross-media solution, called Nielsen ONE, aims to evolve the current metrics that underpin the video advertising ecosystem using a phased approach. The company plans to launch its single measurement solution beginning in Q4 2022 […]

December 8, 2020

MediaMath’s SOURCE goes global

MediaMath, the independent advertising technology company, has announced the global availability of its SOURCE digital media ecosystem –  an accountable, addressable and aligned digital media supply chain. Working with partners to align the interests of brands, agencies, publishers and technology providers, MediaMath says it has created a transparent digital media ecosystem built to navigate the […]

December 8, 2020

Forecast: Ecommerce & video fuel recovery in global adspend

The global ad market has recovered more rapidly than expected from the severe slump in Q2 caused by the coronavirus pandemic and is now forecast to shrink by 7.5 per cent to $587 billion (€484.8bn) across 2020 as a whole, according to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts. This is a marked improvement on Zenith’s forecast of […]

December 7, 2020

SpotX releases 2021 Global Trends Report

SpotX, the global video advertising platform, today announced the release of its 2021 Global Video Advertising Trends report. The findings aim to help ad tech leaders, marketers, and agencies prioritise their 2021 plans by sharing predictions and trends for the upcoming year. “With the incredible growth of digital TV and streaming in the past year, […]

December 4, 2020

Research: 72% publishers say video drives higher revenues

Research commissioned by global digital media company, Dugout, finds over two-thirds of publishers (72 per cent) say video advertising can drive higher revenues for their business compared to other formats and channels, and 87 per cent say it improves user experience. The research investigates where publishers and advertisers see opportunities for video advertising and explores the […]

December 4, 2020

Disney+ Hotstar ad collaboration with MediaMath

Disney+ Hotstar has collaborated with MediaMath, a Demand-Side Platform (DSP) that delivers accountable, and performant advertising technology for brands to buy addressable media. This association enables advertisers and agencies to measure reach and frequency on OTT programmatic inventory in a brand-safe environment. With this offering, brands can purchase premium inventory through Programmatic Guaranteed (PG) and […]

December 4, 2020

discovery+ launching in Jan

Multichannel programmer Discovery has revealed details of its SVoD service, discovery+. Declaring the day to be “very special and historic” for the company, President and CEO David Zaslav confirmed the global launch of what it calls a “definitive” non-fiction, real-life subscription streaming service, debuting in the US on January 4th, 2021. The new service will […]

December 3, 2020By Colin Mann