Advanced Television

Targetted

Eutelsat partners with Rotana, Vestel on targeted ads

Satellite operator Eutelsat is working withRotana Media Services and Vestel to develop geographic-based targeted advertising for satellite TV channels. Building on the success of its Sat.tv service, which has delivered enhancements to the end-user’s content discovery and viewing experience of FTA television, Eutelsat is now focusing on solutions to boost the advertising revenues that underpin […]

May 15, 2025

C4 plans app reboot

UK commercial PSB Channel 4 is to introduce a new app in 2026, suggesting it will better help the broadcaster to provide value to its advertisers, being much more accessible. Speaking at the DTG Summit in London, Rak Patel, Chief Commercial Officer, Channel 4, said: “We will have a new digital experience, a new app […]

May 9, 2025By Colin Mann

Samsung Ads reveals new ad formats; STN channel

At IAB NewFronts 2025, Samsung Ads, the advertising division of Samsung Electronics, called on brands to go beyond the status quo and unlock the full performance potential of connected TV (CTV). Kicking off the suite of announcements at NewFronts was the debut of STN, the Samsung Television Network, the broad-FAST channel exclusively on Samsung TV […]

May 8, 2025

Tubi launches new ad formats, tech partnerships

Tubi, Fox’s ad-supported streaming service, made a series of product and partnership announcements during IAB NewFronts in New York. “As Tubi scales from emerging to essential, we are focused on providing ad solutions that meet the needs of brands across industries, from CPG to Auto and more, driving outcomes across the funnel so dollars can […]

May 7, 2025

Portugal: AdC suspends use of targeted ad platform

Due to antitrust concerns raised by the Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC), the targeted advertising platform Playce will be suspended from May 1st. This platform – used by major telecom operators including Meo, Nos and Vodafone – allowed for non-skippable pre-roll 30-second ads to play on set-top boxes before recorded TV programmes. The AdC initiated proceedings […]

April 7, 2025From Branislav Pekic in Rome

ITV expanded addressable solutions for FMCG advertisers

ITV has announced its new Proximity Shopper addressable advertising offering and new elements to its Retail Match solution – providing increased targeting and insights for FMCG advertisers through ITV’s advanced self-serve addressable platform Planet V. Proximity Shopper, in partnership with Circana, a market insights company, is now available in Planet V. It provides a dynamic […]

April 1, 2025

ITV, InfoSum extend partnership

InfoSum, the data collaboration platform, and ITV have announced the extension of their strategic partnership. This renewal follows four years of collaboration that has underpinned ITV’s addressable advertising capabilities. Since 2021, the partnership has enabled ITV to develop sophisticated audience targeting solutions without compromising viewer privacy. This is made possible by InfoSum’s decentralised technology, which […]

March 27, 2025

Basis Technologies integrates with IRIS.TV

Basis Technologies, the advertising automation platform, has announced an integration with IRIS.TV to enable contextual targeting for programmatic advertising on connected TV (CTV). IRIS.TV is a content data marketplace built for streaming. Through its proprietary content ID, the IRIS_ID, IRIS.TV enables the use of AI-enriched data provider segments, referred to as IRIS-enabled data, across the […]

March 6, 2025

Ocado Ads, LiveRamp launch Audience+

LiveRamp, the data collaboration platform, has announced a partnership with Ocado Ads, the Retail Media Network of the online-only supermarket Ocado Retail. The partnership marks the launch of Audience+, a new offsite self-serve media solution. Audience+ will allow agencies and brand partners to leverage Ocado’s first-party shopper data insights via LiveRamp’s technology. They will be […]

February 4, 2025

CMA to probe Google’s search services

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched its first strategic market status (SMS) designation investigation under the new digital markets competition regime which came into force on January 1st 2025. The investigation will assess Google’s position in search and search advertising services and how this impacts consumers and businesses including advertisers, news publishers, […]

January 14, 2025By Colin Mann