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Pluto TV teams up with SpotX

SpotX, a video advertising and monetisation platform, has extended their strategic partnership with Pluto TV, a free OTT television service in the US. As part of the renewed collaboration, SpotX will match media buyers to Pluto TV’s premium inventory and power the programmatic monetisation of Pluto TV’s free, OTT content. “As viewership continues to grow […]

March 15, 2018

TF1, Orange distribution pact

French commercial broadcaster TF1 Group and multiplay telco Orange have signed a new global distribution agreement reinstating distribution by Orange of all TF1 group channels, and of the non-linear services associated with the channels, which was interrupted upon the expiry of the previous deal between the pair on January 31st. It cements the partnership between […]

March 9, 2018

Study: Facebook tops YouTube for branded video ads

Top marketers know that digital video is one of the most powerful tools to increase consumer engagement and brand loyalty. In fact, according to a new study from Clinch, a creative technology company that powers dynamic, personalised video advertising, brand marketers are ramping up their production of digital videos with an emphasis on creating campaigns […]

March 9, 2018

Sinclair selects Tru Optik and ZypMedia

Tru Optik, the audience intelligence and data-management platform, has announced a partnership with ZypMedia, an enterprise software company for local advertising, to power an OTT marketplace for Sinclair Broadcast Group. This partnership provides local advertisers with the ability to use ZypMedia’s platform to create targeted campaigns across all CTV screens using third party demographic data […]

March 6, 2018

Yospace, Seven extend partnership

Yospace and Seven have extended their partnership into a long-term agreement for enabling Dynamic Ad Insertion into live OTT channels at scale. Yospace’s platform allows Seven, a commercial broadcaster in Australia, to open up online ad breaks in live OTT streams in a way that is as seamless to the viewer as on broadcast television, […]

February 8, 2018

Study: Third-party data the strongest driver for OTT ads

SpotX, the video ad serving platform, has revealed findings from its report, TV is Total Video: Predicting OTT and the Future of Video Advertising. Commissioned by SpotX and conducted by Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence, the study found that 85 per cent of

February 7, 2018

Report: Connected TV ad requests up 175%

According to converged TV and video advertising software provider Videology’s Q4 2017 U.S. TV & Video Market At-A-Glance report, since 2015 there has been a 175 per cent increase in the amount of ad requests for Connected TV in the Videology platform. Impressions have skyrocketed as well: the report

February 6, 2018

Cross-border, cross-platform data consortium launched  

Four leading industry participants – Sky, Adobe Systems, TVbeat and Alphonso – have formed a new thought leadership consortium that will work with the European TV industry to explore future opportunities enabled by new developments in measurement, metrics and data, in areas such as advanced targeting, audience profiling, viewability and attribution, and advanced analytics. Building […]

February 6, 2018

Research: Optimism for TV Advertising still high

A survey of over 300 US advertisers and agency professionals reveals optimism about the future of TV Advertising, including both traditional linear TV and the emerging platforms that use advanced TV data to reach strategic audiences. According to the results of the survey on the state of Linear TV advertising, commissioned through Advertiser Perceptions by […]

January 24, 2018

Roku insights boost for OTT advertising

Streaming platform and device specialist Roku has unveiled further advancements in OTT advertising measurement by introducing Ad Insights. The new offering allows marketers to measure campaign reach and effectiveness across linear and OTT, and more accurately plan their OTT ad investments. The toolset helps brands analyse the engagement of TV audiences as they rapidly shift […]

January 18, 2018