Equativ, IRIS.TV partnership
October 30, 2023
Equativ, the independent ad platform, has announced its partnership with IRIS.TV — the data platform built for structuring, connecting, and activating video-level data.
This marks IRIS.TV’s first full-stack partnership, enabling the use of granular video-level data across Equativ’s advanced ad server, supply, and demand-side platforms (SSP and DSP). Through direct integration, Equativ will create a new marketplace where publishers can integrate the IRIS_ID to offer brand-suitable, contextual ad targeting for online video and connected TV (CTV) inventory, while also having increased access to demand from media buyers.
Sean Holzman, EVP, Ad Platforms and Agencies at IRIS.TV, commented: “Accessing content data at the video level has been a major challenge for many contextual intelligence solutions looking to enter the video and CTV arena. The IRIS_ID is engineered around solving this issue and supporting an open ecosystem where video owners, distributors, and advertisers can tap detailed video-level data to deliver the right ads in the moments that matter. By integrating the IRIS_ID with Equativ, we look forward to providing advanced ad decisioning capabilities that are unique in the marketplace. This integration will also enable players across the industry to access and connect high-value and privacy-centric data. This access will help them achieve deeper audience understanding and, ultimately, provide a better user experience.”
“Maintaining addressability is essential to not only accelerate growth in the CTV space, but also help protect its future viability,” added James Grant, SVP and Head of Agency & Enterprise CTV Partnerships at Equativ. “While subscriptions are becoming an important element of monetisation strategies, the exploding popularity of FAST platforms means there is a growing need for technologies that help supply and demand side players connect and trade efficiently. We are committed to constantly honing and extending our CTV capabilities, developing contextual and curation tools that fuel greater yield without relying on cookies, and moving to become an ID-agnostic platform. Working with IRIS.TV to access content signals via the IRIS_ID is the next phase of that progression, which will bring a rich new avenue of data to make ads even more impactful.”