A report in the Sunday Times newspaper, quoting sources within Comcast-owned Sky, suggests that while Sky Glass has been recognised as being a “good innovation”, sales are below expectations and not enough to see Sky’s UK broadcasts migrate from satellite to a ‘dishless’ streamed Internet and 5G. According to the report, the manufacturing costs behind […]

Video software provider Synamedia has confirmed that multiplay telco Vodafone Deutschland has gone live with Synamedia Clarissa to help evaluate advertising performance and reveal actionable insights into viewing behaviour across its GigaTV service. These business insights are designed to help to create new business opportunities in the advertising industry and drive decisions about future product […]

VIZIO Ads, the addressable advertising unit of the connected entertainment specialist, has launched VIZIO Branded Content Studio (VBCS), a new business unit created to bring fresh content offerings to millions of VIZIO viewers. The new division will be responsible for developing a slate of data-informed programming across a variety of formats and deliver entertainment viewers will […]

Media platform Teads has announced the expansion of its connected TV (CTV) offering in the rest of North America, as well as across Latin America and Europe following multiple quarters of in-market test campaigns. Launching in the UK, Canada, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico and Spain, Teads further evolves its international suite of media with the addition of connected TV […]

InfoSum, the data collaboration platform, has announced an agreement with Samsung Ads, a provider of advanced TV advertising, to create a clean room solution utilising InfoSum’s technology. The partnership will further Samsung’s commitment to privacy by enabling Samsung Ads clients to match and activate audiences in InfoSum’s privacy-first environment. Data clean rooms continue to be […]

The Video Advertising  Bureau (VAB)’s report, The Truth About CTV Ad Fraud, examines what constitutes real fraud, how the viewing environment of a platform impacts both consumer and advertiser trust, and how marketers can minimise their exposure to fraudulent practices. “Real ad fraud is defined by maliciously and intentionally falsifying human engagement, not normal viewing […]

Connected entertainment specialist VIZIO has added new partners, features, and analytics to its Household Connect cross-device advertising solution, which it says will help marketers extend TV-first campaigns to additional devices within the VIZIO household, including computers, tablets and mobile devices. This includes the addition of Experian’s Consumer Sync identity resolution into the Household Connect platform, […]

GroupM, WPP’s media investment group, has released research on the effectiveness of addressable TV advertising from Finecast, GroupM Nexus’s addressable TV solution, which shows that TV ads elicit more positive reactions and greater short- and long-term business impact among addressable audiences. The research, conducted in collaboration with advertising effectiveness specialist System1, involved more than 13,000 […]

Viaplay Group and Roku have agreed a multi-year partnership that makes the Viaplay streaming service available for subscription through Roku devices in the US, Canada and the UK. Viewers in all three countries can now subscribe directly to Viaplay’s full local offerings via Roku. In December 2022, Viaplay Group and Roku announced an agreement to […]

Connected TV (CTV) cross-screen advertising specialist LG Ad Solutions and RTL AdAlliance, RTL Group’s international advertising sales house, have expanded their exclusive partnership to offer a combined CTV buying approach for data-driven CTV ads within the smart interface of LG TV devices across multiple European markets for one year. After a successful rollout in Italy, […]