The global retail media market retains significant momentum, with ad investment projected to surpass $200 billion (€173.8bn) by 2027, reports WARC Media. However, underlying this growth is an evolving industry. As brands consolidate their ad spend across fewer retail media networks and sponsored search growth slows, retailers must reinvent themselves as ‘full-funnel’ platforms offering granular display and off-site solutions, whilst preparing for the impacts of agentic […]

Orange TV suffered a widespread blackout on November 3rd, leaving all of its customers in Spain without access to live television. For several hours, linear channels failed to load properly on set-top boxes, and viewers were also been unable to stream broadcasts via the operator’s website or mobile app. The latest technical failure follows several […]

Looper Insights, the leading CTV merchandising analytics platform, has announced the launch of its new Sports Visibility Tracker, a first-of-its-kind solution enabling sports streamers, broadcasters, and rights holders to verify campaign compliance, measure performance, and optimise live event promotions across connected TV devices in real time. According to Deloitte’s 2025 Sports Media Outlook, over 74 […]

New Australian rules require global streaming platforms with more than 1 million Australian subscribers to spend 10 per cent of their total Australian expenditure – or 7.5 per cent of their revenues – on local originals. Australia’s Labor government has long planned to being in the quotas as part of its Revive cultural policy. Global […]

Israeli lawmakers have advanced legislation to give the government wide-ranging new powers over television and radio groups. The bill — which must pass two more votes in parliament to become law — was put forward by Israel’s hardline communications minister, Shlomo Karhi, who has long sought greater control over the media. The new law would […]

Roku has unveiled the Roku Ads API, a fully open, self-serve developer platform for connected TV (CTV) advertising. The Roku Ads API gives developers direct access to Roku’s first-party ad capabilities, enabling them to build new and more integrated performance solutions that help advertisers launch, optimise and measure campaigns. The Roku Ads API allows developers […]

System1 has introduced Test Your Ad Competitive Edge, an open creative effectiveness database of more than 100,000 ads that gives brands a competitive advantage through a real-time view of their category and inspiration from creative. The relaunched product builds on System1’s proprietary Premium database, which has been developed and expanded over the past six years. Advertisers […]

Channel 4 Sales has secured national diamond, jewellery and watch retailer Beaverbrooks as the official sponsor of its Festive Entertainment programming across Channel 4 and UKTV. The partnership, running through November and December 2025, sees Beaverbrooks aligning with holiday season programming including drama Dear Father Christmas (W/T) plus Kirstie’s Christmas Craft and Snowtrain at Christmas, alongside festive […]

Netflix and Yash Raj Films (YRF) have announced a partnership to bring a selection of Bollywood films to audiences around the world. The partnership, effective immediately, gives access to a curated lineup of YRF films that will roll out in phases to celebrate special occasions, festivals, and iconic cinematic moments. Celebrating the King of Bollywood, […]

Outra, a UK provider of household-level data for insight and marketing activation, has announced a strategic integration with LightBoxTV, the Total TV planning and workflow platform. This partnership introduces a new layer of geographic and life-stage intelligence to TV planning, enabling advertisers to deliver campaigns that are both targeted and locally relevant. Outra’s household-level data […]