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Report: Ad-funded streaming takes off in Sweden

Ad-funded streaming subscriptions (HV0D), continue to grow in Sweden. Currently, close to 400,000 households have chosen to acquire at least one streaming service that is partly financed by advertising. Even though HVoD is a relatively new concept, growth has been strong during the year. Since the beginning of 2024, Mediavision reports a growth of 40 […]

August 30, 2024

Data: Olympics boosts July’s US ad spend

The US ad market saw a nearly 14 per cent increase YoY in July 2024 according to Guideline’s latest numbers – the strongest month in the 15th consecutive month of marketplace expansion, with Olympics ad buying driving significant growth. In fact, the five days of July Olympics accounted for 43 per cent of the all […]

August 29, 2024

Quantcast, smartclip digital ad partnership

Quantcast, a programmatic advertising platform, is entering a new strategic partnership with smartclip, RTL Group’s adtech development unit and a leading provider of adtech solutions across Europe. Marketers working with Quantcast will have access to premium programmatic video supply across all screens and devices, including over-the-top (OTT) and connected television (CTV). This collaboration aims to […]

August 29, 2024

Research: AI can improve ad relevance

Research from Parks Associates highlights the importance of ad relevancy, especially for new revenue streams: 81 per cent of viewers who felt that the ads they were watching were relevant to them also report an interest in T-commerce. AI can be used in entertainment to connect viewers with brands. Relevant and timely advertisements are currently […]

August 27, 2024

Comscore, FreeWheel next-gen partnership

Proximic by Comscore, a division of Comscore and a provider of audience targeting solutions for programmatic activation, and FreeWheel, a technology platform for the television advertising industry, have announced a partnership to support privacy-resilient ID-free audiences for CTV. The innovation aims to provide publishers with streamlined access to future-proofed audience monetisation tools and provide buyers […]

August 27, 2024

Warner Bros Discovery launches WBD AIM

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) International has launched WBD AIM (Audience Insights and Measurement), a first-party data platform that it says enables advertisers to target their campaigns with new levels of precision, across a number of markets throughout EMEA, APAC and LatAm spanning its most engaged assets including CNN, Max, discovery+ and Eurosport. WBD adds WBD […]

August 23, 2024

C4 secures Furniture Village sponsorship for UKTV, WBD

Channel 4 Sales has secured Furniture Village as the sponsor of the Quality Entertainment strand across UKTV and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) channels. Effective immediately, Furniture Village will sponsor over 2,600 hours of content across UKTV’s Alibi, Eden, Gold, U&W and U&Drama plus WBD’s Really and HGTV. This partnership is a continuation of Channel 4 […]

August 23, 2024

Virgin Media O2 launches Walrus Whizzer campaign

Virgin Media O2 has launched the third chapter of its To ‘Better and Beyond’ campaign – Walrus Whizzer – an integrated campaign from VCCP which seeks to highlight the freedom that better broadband brings. Set to the soundtrack of Billy Ocean’s Suddenly, the 60” hero campaign film emulates the feeling experienced when using Virgin Media […]

August 23, 2024

Disney+ ad-tier expanding in Europe

Following the launch of its ad-supported plan in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK in 2023, Disney+ will expand its offerings to Finland, the Netherlands and Portugal this October. Deborah Armstrong, SVP & GM Media Networks and Advertising EMEA, commented: “The strong momentum of our ad-supported plan, following its launch […]

August 22, 2024

Forecast: Global ad spend to top $1tn in 2024

A study from WARC, specialists in marketing effectiveness, has found that global advertising spend is on course to grow 10.5 per cent in 2024 to a total of $1.07 trillion (€0.96tn) – the best performance in six years if the post-Covid recovery of 2021 (+27.9 per cent year-on-year) is disregarded. Ad spend growth is also […]

August 22, 2024