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Magnite launches Live Stream Acceleration

Magnite, the independent sell side advertising platform, has announced the launch of Live Stream Acceleration (LSA), a technology designed to help CTV publishers optimise their live inventory programmatically. Magnite says that LSA helps publishers more effectively monetise their supply, ensuring that ads are served in a timely manner without burdening their technical infrastructure. By leveraging […]

February 22, 2022

Research: Most complained about UK TV ads

Research carried out by Sortlist has revealed the TV ads which Brits have complained about the most, as well as the industries taking the majority of these complaints and the type of adverts receiving the most negative feedback. The most complained about ad of all time, with 5,523 complaints is Paddy Power’s 2015 campaign. The […]

February 21, 2022

Data: Record January ad-spend in US

January 2022 ad spend in the US surpassed January 2021 by $1.1 billion, growing +19 per cent year-over-year, hitting a new record high for the month. This is according to Standard Media Index (SMI) who captures actual invoicing data from all major holding companies and most major independents, representing 95 per cent of national brand […]

February 18, 2022

Data: Crypto beats Amazon in Super Bowl coverage

Brands once again poured huge amounts if money into the Super Bowl in search of high-profile boost both during and after the event. According to data from Signal AI — which evaluates more than 5 million news sources daily – the fledgling cryptocurrency industry claimed the top spot in post Super Bowl coverage across top-tier […]

February 17, 2022

discovery+ Ad-Lite proposition for UK

Discovery UK has unveiled plans to introduce an ‘Ad-Lite’ offering for discovery+ customers in the UK and Ireland. Discovery says discovery+ will be the first global SVoD service to launch an ‘Ad-Lite’ offering in the UK, this follows the successful launch of the product in the US, with a further roll-out across EMEA expected this […]

February 15, 2022

ITV’s Eat Them To Defeat Them aims to build on a billion in new campaign

ITV and Veg Power’s health-eating campaign, Eat Them To Defeat Them, returns for 2022 with the aim of one million children receiving activity packs. Since the campaign debuted in January 2019, Eat Them To Defeat Them has led to sales of almost one billion additional children’s portions of vegetables – worth just under £92 million. […]

February 11, 2022

Research: 62% Americans plan to watch Super Bowl

Attest, a consumer research platform, has revealed how Americans will take in this year’s Super Bowl. With last year’s Super Bowl clocking in at 96 million viewers, the lowest since 2007, the research from Attest finds the majority of Americans (62 per cent) plan to watch the game this year. Just 13 per cent of […]

February 9, 2022

Molotov renews ad contract with AIP

Molotov, the French OTT service, has announced the renewal of its contract with Ad Insertion Platform (AIP), a provider of SSAI technology, enabling Server-Side-Ad-Insertion (SSAI) into their AVoD service Mango. “Our relationship with Molotov is based on innovative collaboration to manage their monetisation challenges. We deeply value their continued trust in our platform and our […]

February 8, 2022

smartclip launches new audience-based ad solution

smartclip, the adtech platform of RTL Group, has introduced smart Audiences, the next generation targeting solution that addresses the growing demand for non-intrusive targeting practices. smart Audiences integrates two proven cornerstones of identity-safe advertising in a streamlined offering: socio-demographic online and offline data and contextual targeting capabilities. The new offering represents a viable alternative to […]

February 8, 2022

Forecast: Digital ad spend at $753bn in 2026

A Juniper Research study forecasts that global digital advertising spend will increase from $407 billion (€356.3bn) in 2022 to $753 billion in 2026; representing growth of 85 per cent. The report found that mobile in-app revenue will account for 56 per cent of global spend by 2026. The research, Digital Advertising: Emerging Trends, Key Opportunities […]

February 7, 2022