Optimism around business in 2025 appears to be higher, with two out of three (65 per cent) of marketers expecting improved trading conditions, though marketing budget expectations aren’t quite as positive, according to The Voice of the Marketer 2025, a report by WARC released based on a survey of more than 1,000 marketers worldwide. Global […]
FreeWheel, the technology platform for the television advertising industry, has announced its new Contextual Marketplace that enables publishers to activate precise, contextual classification insights within streaming inventory so advertisers can target their media buys based on advanced, video-level insights. With this launch, KERV.ai, a leader in video analysis, performance and monetisation, joins the Contextual Marketplace, […]
WARC Advisory and audio media and entertainment company, Audacy, have published a new whitepaper. Breaking Down the Barriers Behind the Audio Investment Gap takes on a number of misperceptions driving the under-utilisation of audio by marketers. In-depth interviews were conducted with 21 experts across leading brands, agencies, measurement companies and publishers in the audio field […]
StackAdapt, a multi-channel programmatic advertising platform, has announced a collaboration with Channel 4 to open up broadcast advertising inventory for StackAdapt clients in the UK for the first time, making it one of the few programmatic partners to offer access to Channel 4’s programmatic TV inventory. “Our clients can now tap into broadcast video on […]
ThinkAnalytics, a specialist in AI-driven video discovery, viewer insights, and targeted advertising, has launched ThinkContextualAI, a contextual advertising solution for privacy-first, audience-aligned advertising. ThinkContextualAI leverages a proprietary ontology of more than 40,000 metadata tags, crafted to decode not only what content is about but why it resonates with individual viewers. With this insight, ThinkContextualAI allows […]
Ad networks face a broad range of challenges in 2025 as they grapple with privacy concerns, regulatory issues and a $50 billion (€47.5bn) ad fraud threat. But the opportunities presented by new technology, contextual targeting and growth potential in emerging markets offer the promise of a bright future for those with the ability to evolve. […]
Magnite, the independent sell-side advertising company, has announced that WeTV has selected Magnite’s ad tech stack to enhance monetisation of its video inventory. WeTV will leverage the BidLink solution within Magnite’s SpringServe ad server to scale programmatically, while the Magnite Streaming and DV+ SSPs will help WeTV earn the full value of their inventory. Having […]
Teads, the media platform, has announced an expansion of its exclusive partnership with VIDAA USA, the smart TV operating system powering dozens of manufacturers worldwide including Hisense, Toshiba, Scheider, Loewe, Leica and Akai. The partnership is active in the US, Canada, and in 27 markets across Europe and APAC. Under this extended partnership, Teads maintains […]
Nielsen has announced the launch of Advanced Audiences in New Zealand, (powered by Nielsen Consumer & Media Insights – CMI), which is backed by strategic integrations with a number of demand-side platforms (DSPs), with over 4,000 segments to use via advanced digital campaign targeting capabilities across the country. The Nielsen Advanced Audiences solution offers seamless […]
A study from WARC, the specialists in marketing effectiveness, forecasts that global advertising spend is on course to grow 10.7 per cent this year to a total of $1.08 trillion (€1.71tn) – the strongest growth rate in six years and the largest absolute rise on record if the post-Covid recovery of 2021 (+27.9 per cent […]