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Spain: Connected TV ad revenues up 120%

TV ad revenues remained largely flat in 2023 in Spain with a slight increase of 0.3 per cent to €1.73 billion, according to Infoadex – but Connected TV made huge gains. FTA nationwide TV took the majority of revenues with €1.48 billion, down 2.6 per cent from €1.51 billion in 2022. Pay-TV channels saw ad […]

April 12, 2024From David Del Valle in Madrid

Seedtag launches Contextual TV

Seedtag, a specialist in contextual advertising, has announced the launch of Contextual TV, a first-of-its-kind offering that harnesses AI-based network dynamics, rich insights and bespoke creative to enable advertisers to create more effective CTV strategies and drive high-performing, privacy-compliant advertising campaigns across the open web and advanced TV. Expanding into CTV was a natural step […]

March 28, 2024

Survey: Marketers favour CTV advertising

Marketers agree that CTV advertising is the most effective digital channel in their media mix and 23.6 per cent plan to increase their spending on connected TV (CTV) campaigns, according to a survey from tvScientific, the performance. The study, which collected responses from more than 600 marketing professionals in Q4 2023, found that 35 per […]

March 22, 2024

Report: Interactive CTV ads drive higher engagement

Advertisers leveraging the biggest screen in the house are seeing interactive CTV campaigns achieve engagement rates 4.6x higher than mobile video and 10.3x higher than desktop video. When compared to standard pre-roll, interactive CTV video formats, inclusive of choice- and non-choice-based ads, also generate more than 600 per cent lift in engagement. These insights are […]

March 20, 2024

Masthead Ad Format from Samsung Ads Canada

Following the success of its advertising products on the home screen of Samsung TVs, Samsung Ads Canada, the advertising arm of Samsung Electronics in Canada and a specialist in advanced TV including Connected TV (CTV), has launched the First Screen Immersive Masthead. Currently available on 2024 Samsung Smart TVs, the First Screen Immersive Masthead provides […]

March 12, 2024

tvScientific raises $9.4m in convertible note funding

tvScientific, the performance advertising platform for connected TV (CTV), has announced that the company had raised $9.4 million (€8.6m) in a convertible note funding round that included new investors S4S Ventures, BDMI, and Progress Ventures joining investors including NBCU/Comcast, Norwest Capital Partners, Aperiam Ventures and Hearst Ventures. With tvScientific, advertisers can buy and execute performance […]

February 29, 2024

Research: Transparency biggest obstacle in CTV advertising

Amid fast-growing interest and investment in Connected TV (CTV) across the UK and Europe, a report, The Power and Potential of CTV in Europe, reveals that CTV advertising still suffers from a lack of transparency and need for quality verification. Only 30 per cent of advertisers and publishers have full transparency into where ad placements […]

February 22, 2024

Adomni, Kochava launch Outside In partnership

Adomni, a player in programmatic digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising, and Kochava, the real-time data solutions company for omni-channel attribution and measurement, have announced a new partnership: Outside In by Adomni. This innovative programme empowers advertisers running connected TV (CTV) campaigns to enhance results with new retargeting capabilities from audiences exposed to video ads in the […]

February 19, 2024

Nielsen expands YouTube CTV ad measurement

Nielsen will expand its Connected TV (CTV) measurement of YouTube ads into 11 global markets. The agreement between Nielsen and Google will integrate YouTube CTV measurement, inclusive of co-viewing, into Nielsen ONE Ads to measure audiences in markets including Australia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and the UK. This […]

February 9, 2024

India: Lenskart partners with Frodoh World

CTV tech company, Frodoh World, has announced its partnership with Lenskart for a target-oriented CTV campaign. Driven by Starcom India, the campaign that targeted CTV homes in Ahmedabad drove significant interest for the brand in the region. Frodoh World aimed to spread brand awareness and reach for Lenskart in affluent CTV household audiences. The campaign […]

January 24, 2024