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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

Research: Streaming ad-tiers present interactive TV opportunities

Parks Associates’ latest white paper, Interactive & Shoppable TV: Next Wave of CTV Revenues, released in partnership with Adeia, focuses on the service provider opportunity to advance the consumer experience and build on expectations of interactivity and specifically engage in commerce through the TV. Parks Associates forecasts that by 2029, more than 278 million viewers […]

May 15, 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

Azerion UK measurement partnership with AudienceProject

Digital advertising platform Azerion UK has entered a strategic partnership with cross-media measurement provider AudienceProject to bolster its omnichannel evaluation capabilities with independent audience measurement. The agreement covers connected TV (CTV) and online video (OLV) advertising, including campaigns on YouTube, Prime Video and Netflix. Adopting third-party data from AudienceProject enables Azerion to tackle the issue of […]

April 30, 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

Ofcom sets out CTV designation principles

Ofcom has set out the principles and methods it intends to follow when preparing its recommendations to the Secretary of State on designating connected TV platforms, as part of its work to implement the Media Act 2024. The UK media regulator says it is critical that viewers can easily find and discover the diverse range […]

April 23, 2025By Colin Mann

Report: CTV advertising at “a new era of sophistication”

Innovid, the independent software platform for the creation, delivery, measurement and optimisation of advertising, has announced the release of its annual CTV Advertising Insights Report. Based on billions of video ad impressions served by Innovid in 2024, the report offers a look at the current state – and future trajectory – of CTV advertising. As […]

April 23, 2025

Verve, Audigent collaboration

Verve, a media platform focused on emerging channels, and Audigent, a part of Experian and a data activation, curation and identity platform, announced a collaboration that utilises both companies’ proprietary probabilistic targeting technology to improve targeting in ID-less environments. The result is that brands can now use Audigent’s curation solutions to reach Verve’s global audience […]

April 23, 2025

LG Ad Solutions’ Innovation Labs partners with Zenapse

Zenapse, an AI-driven marketing platform powered by emotional intelligence, has announced a multi-year licensing partnership with LG Ad Solutions’ Innovation Labs. This strategic collaboration will leverage Zenapse’s proprietary Large Emotion Model (LEM) to power the next wave of innovation in LG Ad Solutions’ advanced Connected TV (CTV) platform. The collaboration seeks to enable the development […]

April 16, 2025