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TiVo Ads launches new home screen features

TiVo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi, has announced new features for its home screen user interface solution that enable advertisers to seamlessly reach highly engaged consumers across the TV viewing experience. The new offerings from TiVo Ads provide advertisers with key capabilities to unlock unique monetization opportunities on Smart TV home screens, including full […]

January 8, 2026

Uber Advertising Creative Studio debuts Journey Takeover

Uber Advertising is partnering with select brands to co-create exclusive Journey Takeovers — digital experiences that transform routine trips into immersive storytelling moments. Launched through Uber Advertising’s in-house Creative Studio, Journey Takeovers are timed to key cultural events and designed to leave a lasting impression. Journey Takeovers bring storytelling directly into the ride by weaving […]

January 8, 2026

NBCUniversal sells out Winter Game ad inventory

With one month until the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, NBCUniversal has announced that it has sold out of its Olympic inventory, setting a new Winter Olympics ad sales record with more advertisers investing in the upcoming Winter Games. “With the resurgence of the Olympic movement, our strongest Sports Upfront in history, the early sell […]

January 7, 2026

DirecTV Advertising unlocks programmatic DOOH inventory for DirecTV Remote

DirecTV Advertising has announced at CES that it will be bringing more premium CTV video options to the digital out-of-home (DOOH) marketplace with the programmatic enablement of inventory from DirecTV Remote, making it easier for brands to reach TV audiences on the go. Launched at CES last year, DirecTV Remote is the company’s dedicated (DOOH) […]

January 7, 2026

Survey: US streaming viewers more willing to accept ads

As US viewers increasingly adopt ad-supported streaming, they find the ad experience is better than it used to be, according to Hub. The semi-annual TV Advertising: Fact vs. Fiction study shows that more US viewers than ever are opting to save money by accepting ads, and fewer viewers are saying they cannot tolerate TV ads. […]

January 6, 2026

System1: Top 10 global ads from 2025

Emotional response insights from System1’s Test Your Ad platform and Competitive Edge database reveals the top ten global ads from 2025 by emotional response, channel and category cut-through. The list recognises brands based on how strongly each ad performed relative to direct competitors, highlighting the creative choices that delivered true distinctiveness and a measurable competitive edge. […]

January 6, 2026

Samsung Ads partners with Snowflake

Samsung Ads, the advanced advertising division of Samsung Electronics, is continuing to expand the reach and accessibility of Data+ – its proprietary data-as-a-service offering – through a deepening collaboration with data cloud and clean room provider, Snowflake. The ongoing partnership directly addresses urgent demand from advertisers industry-wide: access to large-scale data in a privacy-compliant way. […]

January 6, 2026

NBCUniversal, RPA, FreeWheel, Newton Research introduce agentic AI buying

NBCUniversal, independent agency RPA, FreeWheel, and Newton Research have announced a partnership to introduce a breakthrough approach to buying premium video using agentic AI across both linear and digital. In a first-of-its-kind proof-of-concept, an agency can execute and optimise a single premium video investment across platforms in seconds. Newton, NBCUniversal and FreeWheel’s agents orchestrate cross-platform video […]

January 6, 2026

Roku, iSpot bring outcome-based optimisation to streaming

Roku has become now the first major streaming publisher to use iSpot’s Outcomes at Scale product for the explicit intention of optimising off outcomes. This expansion of Roku and iSpot’s partnership seeks to help brands achieve more accountable, performance-focused campaign results on the Roku platform. With this integration, Roku advertisers can now use iSpot-attributed outcomes […]

January 6, 2026

Ford extends Channel 4 Documentaries sponsorship

Channel 4 Sales has secured a two-year deal with Ford as the lead sponsor of Channel 4 Documentaries, extending their partnership from January 2026 to December 2027.  The deal continues a collaboration between both parties that began in 2021, with Ford’s branding set to feature across broadcast, streaming, and a dedicated Channel 4 Digital pot […]

January 5, 2026