The latest Video Developer Report from streaming infrastructure provider Bitmovin reflects a turbulent economic year for the industry but one that is primed to seize many opportunities for growth in 2024. Opportunities and challenges This year’s Video Developer Report saw advertising (36 per cent) identified as the greatest opportunity for growth by video developers. Additionally, […]
RTL AdAlliance, the international sales house of RTL Group, has published the findings of research into SMEs and their attitude towards Addressable TV advertising (ATV), suggesting they are particularly relevant to sales houses and agencies that broker ATV to small and medium-sized enterprises. The results show how mid-sized companies in Germany engage with ATV advertising, […]
Findings from LG Ad Solutions’ latest streaming survey, The Shoppable TV Report: 2024 and Beyond, suggest that 53 per cent of CTV users wish all TV ads had a quick option to buy the product and 63 per cent wish they could see store/brand inventory from their TV. “While marketers have long understood the impact […]
Adform, the media buying platform, and Samba TV, a provider of TV technology for audience data and omniscreen measurement, have announced the launch of new CTV targeting capabilities and audience segments on Adform’s DSP. This is the latest innovation in Adform and Samba TV’s longstanding relationship. The new offering will be available on Adform’s platform […]
In advance of the Consumer Electronic Show (CES), NBCUniversal has unveiled how it says it is redefining cross-platform, audience-based advertising for the media industry with the full-scale launch of One Platform Total Audience. NBCUniversal’s AI-driven planning and activation technology is the latest evolution within the company’s One Platform offering and will leverage new investments in […]
Magnite and Experian have formed a strategic integration to enhance cross-device audience targeting in the advertising industry. Magnite, the independent sell-side platform, and Experian, a player in consumer data and identity solutions, aim to optimise advertising capabilities by activating Experian’s Consumer View in Magnite Access, an omnichannel audience product suite. This marks one of Experian’s […]
Streamers, both global and national, are using advertising to boost their SVoD or catch-up services. Global streamers recognise that in macro-economic hard times sign-offs can be rescued by a lower price tier supported by advertising. National catch-up services recognise that ads are so irritating to viewers that they can charge some of them to upgrade […]
ITV has announced the launch of linear addressable advertising across ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and ITVBe in YouView homes, opening up addressable targeting for advertisers in live broadcast viewing across 1.3 million households. The announcement follows a successful beta trial of the ad-replacement technology over the last 12 months, during which more than 30 million addressable […]
Omniscreen data and measurement provider Samba TV’s latest State of Viewership report, analysing approximately 45 billion hours of linear and streaming during the first half of 2023, indicates a viewership landscape marked by opportunities for audiences to consume OTT content, consisting of newly-rolled out AVoD options from streaming leaders Disney+ and Netflix, as well as […]
Ad intelligence Software-as-a-Service company AdImpact has agreed a multi-year deal with Inscape, a provider of currency-grade ACR data and the technology division of Vizio Holding Corp. The agreement will combine AdImpact’s advertising intelligence capabilities and proprietary ad catalogue with Inscape’s industry leading ACR data and nationally representative panel (NRP), empowering AdImpact to provide a comprehensive […]