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Report: 52% of UK CTV viewers prefer streaming

LG Ad Solutions has published its research report, The Big Shift 2025: UK Edition, uncovering a major evolution in how viewers engage with their connected TVs. The study shows that the TV is no longer just a screen for passive viewing – it’s becoming the central interface for everything from content discovery to shopping and […]

May 15, 2025

Report: YouTube dominates attention, ad recall in UK Families

Precise TV, the contextual video ad tech platform driving business outcomes for brands, has released its first UK edition of its Precise Advertiser Report: Kids (PARK). The report explores the media consumption habits, content preferences, and purchase-driving behaviours of parents and their children aged 2 to 12 years old (Generation Alpha). “YouTube’s dominance in UK […]

May 15, 2025

Data: Advertisers embracing live sports on CTV

Keynes Digital, a performance advertising partner for CTV, says that US advertisers are embracing live sports programming on CTV like never before, with 20 per cent of Keynes’ advertisers activating live sports in April. The move signals a major shift from branding experiments to strategic, performance-driven investments and highlights the accelerating trend toward programmatic access […]

May 15, 2025

LG Streaming Week campaign returns for 2025

LG Electronics (LG) is bringing the LG Streaming Week campaign with more offers. Running from May 19th to June 30th, LG Smart TV owners in 42 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia can access a range of free and discounted streaming content through partnerships with a number content providers. Eligible devices include […]

May 15, 2025

Fines, sentences in Ilford piracy case

A collaborative effort between the UK’s National Crime Agency Accredited Financial Investigator (NCA AFI), Barking and Dagenham and Redbridge Councils, Sky Broadcasting UK Limited (Sky UK), and the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) has culminated in significant convictions and financial recoveries in a complex IPTV piracy case. Since December 2022, the joint investigation has focused […]

May 9, 2025By Colin Mann

Freely unveils new features, partners

Everyone TV has announced three new partners for its free streaming platform, Freely, as well as unveiling new features coming to the platform later this May. Freely, the free streaming platform built into next-generation smart TVs, continues to expand its reach announcing partnerships with additional smart TV manufacturers and operating systems. Following a deal with […]

May 8, 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

Report: CTV ad impression volumes up 66% YoY

DoubleVerify, the software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, has released its DV Global Insights: Trends in the Modern Streaming Landscape report offering an in-depth look at the state of streaming TV advertising in 2025. Drawing from DV’s proprietary measurement data and a global consumer survey of 22,000 viewers, the report explores how […]

May 8, 2025

Data: Apps transforming CTV ad buying

Samsung Ads has published new analysis of Smart TV users, revealing how the growing fragmentation of TV is shaping the new reality for TV advertisers. Behind the Screens: TV Phone Home takes app usage insights from the largest deterministic data set in Europe, combining nearly 70 million Samsung TV devices across EU5 with 20 million […]

May 1, 2025

Report: Contextual CTV ads drive lift throughout brand funnel

Upwave, the Brand Outcomes Measurement Platform, and IRIS.TV, the content data marketplace for streaming media, have released the report The Brand-Building Power of Contextual Targeting on CTV. As advertisers navigate growing challenges in the streaming ecosystem, the report spotlights how aligning ads with content drives measurable improvements across brand metrics—based on insights gathered through Upwave’s […]

April 28, 2025