YouTube is replacing the two 15-second ads that viewers currently see prior to watching a video with one 30-second ad that is unskippable  – unless users pay for a $120 (€111) ad-free Premium tier. The new ads will only apply to those watching on connected TVs (i.e., not mobile viewing), and be shown before top-performing […]

Integral Ad Science (IAS), a specialist in digital media quality, has received the industry’s first accreditation for Connected TV (CTV) video viewable impressions from the Media Rating Council (MRC). Accreditation includes measurement of video-tracked ads, impressions, and related viewability metrics – including general invalid traffic detection – in CTV environments (applicable to certified traffic only). IAS […]

TV measurement company iSpot has completed what it says is a critical phase of its integration with Google’s Ads Data Hub for Measurement Partners for determining the incremental reach of ad campaigns on YouTube and YouTube TV when compared to traditional linear and connected TV. The successful integration, piloted with 11 advertisers across dozens of […]

LG Ad Solutions and Tyroo, a regional adtech company in APAC, have joined forces to offer Connected TV (CTV) advertising solutions across the region. The partnership establishes exclusive reseller agreements for CTV native ad formats in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.Advertisers in these countries can now use LG Ad Solutions’ advanced targeting capabilities […]

Connected TV (CTV) now accounts for over half (51 per cent) of global video impression share, an increase of 10.9 per cent compared to 2021 – with mobile and desktop steadily declining YoY, according to a benchmarks report from advertising platform Innovid. “In 2019, CTV accounted for just 31 per cent of total impression share […]

LG Ad Solutions, a specialist in connected TV (CTV) and cross-screen advertising, has released the findings of a study that found that gamers are more likely to watch free, ad-supported streaming (FAST) than all CTV owners, with nearly two-thirds of gamers spending at least two hours a week streaming via FASTs. Additionally, gamers subscribe 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, […]

Findings from AudienceXpress, FreeWheel’s premium video media sales house’s Streaming Video: CTV Uncovered 2023 consumer study, conducted in collaboration with independent research specialist Happydemics, reveal a growing uptake of viewing via connected TV (CTV) in the UK, Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands (the EU6). With 65 per cent of European viewers who have […]

Redge Technologies, one of the major providers of OTT and edge computing technologies in Europe, has partnered with Lotier, a business development company specialised in media and telecommunications in Latin America. This partnership will enable Redge Media OTT platform to enter the rapidly growing emerging markets of LatAm, as part of the company’s worldwide expansion […]

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, has published version 2.0.4 of its core specification. The three main highlights of the new version are the integration with voice assistants, with accessibility […]