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Data: GenAI app ad spend hits $824m in 2025

AppsFlyer has released its annual analysis of mobile app trends, revealing how AI shaped both consumer behaviour and marketing strategy in 2025. GenAI adoption accelerated across the app ecosystem, with installs up 16 per cent and category spend reaching $824 million (€707.9m) across iOS and Android. GenAI apps ranked among the fastest-growing categories of the […]

December 11, 2025

Roku: CTV becomes a commerce engine in 2026

Mike Shaw, Director, EMEA Ad Sales at Roku, and Richard Halton, Managing Director at Roku UK, have shared their TV advertising industry predictions for 2026. The pair foresee more thoughtful personalisation, Connected TV (CTV) evolving into a true commerce engine, and a more transparent and accountable advertising ecosystem. “In 2026, success in the broadcast and […]

December 11, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Study: Ad market growth concentrated in Big Tech platforms

A study from WARC has found that global advertising spend is now on course to close out 2025 with growth of 8.9 per cent to $1.19 trillion (€1.6tn), an upgrade of 1.5 percentage points (pp) from WARC’s September forecast due to strong results from Big Tech platforms and a muted impact on global trade from […]

December 11, 2025

Universal Ads adds Cox Media, Vevo, Samsung, Telly, Philo

Universal Ads, which enables brands to create, buy and measure ads across premium video, has announced that another round of third-party publishers has joined the Universal Audience Network in the US, bringing the total to more than 20 and giving brands new ways to reach qualified audiences at scale, all in one place. The new […]

December 11, 2025

Target Darts debuts TV campaign with Sky Media

Target Darts, a specialist in darts innovation, is launching its campaign ‘From Target to Trophy’ in collaboration with Sky Media, the advertising arm of Sky. The campaign coincides with the start of the PDC World Darts Championship, live on Sky Sports, where Luke Littler commences his title defence. Darts sensation Littler has been using Target […]

December 11, 2025

Data: NFL shifts US TV viewing towards ad supported

Fuelled by the American football season, ad supported TV viewing in the US during Q3 peaked in September, representing 74.7 per cent of overall TV viewership in that month, according to Nielsen’s Q3 2025 Ad Supported Gauge. Across the full quarter (06/30/2025 – 09/28/2025), ad supported TV accounted for 72.9 per cent of overall TV […]

December 10, 2025

Equativ, Deutsche Telekom CTV partnership

Equativ, the independent media platform, is further strengthening its strategic partnership with Deutsche Telekom to enhance advertising capabilities across MagentaTV, Telekom’s entertainment and streaming platform, and the German media rights holder for the FIFA World Cup 26. Under the new agreement, Equativ will serve as MagentaTV’s exclusive ad server and first programmatic partner, enabling dynamic […]

December 10, 2025

YouTube adds new Shorts ad features

YouTube has shared some recent updates to advertising options on YouTube Shorts to help brands connect more naturally with creators and audiences as holiday shopping picks up. As more people discover and shop through short-form video, brands and creators are looking for ways to work together at scale without ads feeling forced. YouTube’s latest Shorts […]

December 10, 2025

Disney+ launching ad-supported plan in Belgium

Disney+ is set to roll out its ad-supported subscription plan in Belgium on January 27th 2026, following the successful launch of the ad- tier in several European countries.  The new Standard with Ads plan at €6.99 per month, will be available alongside the Standard plan (€10.99 per month or €109.90 annually) and Premium plan (€15.99 […]

December 9, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Adform, RTL AdAlliance partnership

Adform, the media buying platform, has announced a partnership with RTL AdAlliance, the international sales house of RTL Group. Bringing together RTL AdAlliance’s reach of more than 30 million European households with Adform’s programmatic technology, the partnership enables international advertisers to launch more targeted ATV campaigns. For Adform’s global brand and agency partners, this will […]

December 9, 2025