Comscore cookie-free targeting for European CTV
February 4, 2021
Comscore has announced the expansion of Predictive Audiences – a cookie-free, GDPR-friendly targeting capability that enables advertisers to reach audiences based on granular CTV viewership behaviour through privacy-friendly contextual signals – starting with the UK and Germany markets.
Comscore has created cookie-free CTV viewership segments for advertisers by leveraging its unique set of data assets comprised of its opted-in digital panel, rich behavioural data, CTV ad exposure and viewership data, and its superior contextual crawler.
After announcing the launch of international CTV measurement capabilities in select European markets last year, Comscore is now expanding the range of solutions offered to its clients.
With this release advertisers will be able to programmatically reach sought-after audiences, based on their CTV viewership behaviour, in a cookie-free manner across desktop, mobile and CTV. Through this patent-pending capability, Comscore is able to translate CTV viewership behaviours in UK and Germany into contextual signals, advancing the industry’s GDPR-friendly solutions to reach granular CTV audiences. Now advertisers will have additional options for extending linear TV ad buys and reaching new audiences in the UK and Germany markets, with more markets expected to be announced soon.
“Comscore has been the gold standard for measuring audiences and advertising across platforms. As we enter the next generation of media, we are excited to leverage our unique CTV viewership dataset to expand our offering,” said Guido Fambach, EVP EMEA and APAC, Comscore. “These solutions offer European advertisers and agencies a bridge to overcoming a gap that they have been trying to overcome for years.”
“The media landscape and consumption patterns are evolving fast and the need for advertisers to reach granular audiences in Europe did not diminish upon the implementation of GDPR” said Rachel Gantz, General Manager, Activation Solutions, Comscore. “With these industry-leading capabilities, Comscore is excited to bring the value of audience targeting back to Europe translated into an unmatched contextual capability.”