Yahoo is expanding its partnership with DirecTV Advertising to include set-top box (STB) data, backed by privacy protection protocols. With the expanded partnership, Yahoo’s demand-side platform (DSP) customers can now activate TV usage data from millions of DirecTV households in the US to optimise planning, activation and measurement of digital campaigns across DirecTV and non-DirecTV […]

Netflix has signed up to UK television audience measurement service BARB. It is the first industry-owned audience currency in the world that Netflix has joined. The development comes less than a year after BARB introduced an upgrade of its daily audience reporting. Since November 2021, streaming services have been an integral part of its reporting […]

LG Ads Solutions, the connected TV (CTV) and cross-screen advertising service, has opened a London office as a part of a broader expansion into the EMEA market. LG brings its proprietary automatic content recognition (ACR) technology for LG TVs to the region, enabling what it claims is superior targeting and addressability for CTV advertisers. “We […]

Video software provider Synamedia has confirmed that Malaysian content and entertainment company Astro has gone live with Synamedia Clarissa to gain a deeper understanding about how business decisions impact viewer behaviour and content consumption, with the goal of boosting engagement. Astro is investing heavily in content and the user experience: using Clarissa’s all-encompassing view of […]

TV and cross-platform measurement, analytics and attribution specialist 605 has agreed a data and technology collaboration agreement with streaming analytics platform Conviva. This collaboration will bring de-duplicated, standardised data to video and advertising industry customers worldwide, enabling full-census measurement of content and advertising across premium video. Standardising publisher first-party streaming data as the foundation for […]

Real-time TV measurement specialist iSpot has agreed a data and technology collaboration deal with streaming analytics platform Conviva. The agreement accelerates the time to market for cross-platform programme ratings and will give iSpot the ability to deliver a unified ratings product that includes second-by-second, on-screen verification for all programming and advertising across a network footprint […]

Analysis by Innovid, the advertising delivery, personalisation and measurement platform, has found that interactive connected TV (CTV) campaigns – when compared to interactive mobile or PC campaigns – deliver stronger results across key performance and attention metrics. Interactive CTV, a type of advanced video ad creative, allows audiences to engage directly with video advertising with […]

NBCUniversal has confirmed that automotive manufacturer General Motors (GM) will become the first brand to integrate with NBCUnified, its holistic first-party data and identity platform that unites NBCUniversal’s network of consumer touchpoints into a scaled offering for marketers within One Platform, its industry standard for buying and selling premium video. GM’s integration with NBCUnified is […]

Innovid, the advertising platform for delivery, personalisation and measurement of converged TV across linear, Connected TV (CTV) and digital, has revealed that its measurement solutions accounted for 22 per cent of its $33.1 million (€33m) total Q2 revenue, highlighting the company’s commitment to meeting the current and future needs of advertisers in an increasingly converged […]

Gracenote, the content solutions unit of Nielsen, says it is paving the way for programming sources to drive the success of their entertainment offerings and improve ROI in the streaming-first world with the launch of Gracenote ID Distribution System. This enables programme owners and creators to leverage Gracenote IDs to manage their content, streamline distribution […]