Connected TV stories
Streaming platforms face major pressure as Netskrt takes on the World Cup, where demand is expected to top 1.5 billion viewers.
More marketers are using AI for analysis and creative work, while planned investment in AI media is set to rise in the second half of the year.
Older shoppers delivered 44% of the strongest response, suggesting sustainability ads can drive purchases as well as brand awareness.
Advertisers can now get third-party brand safety reporting for YouTube Audio Ads as digital audio takes a growing share of budgets.
The hire underpins Hoppr's European expansion as it sets up London as a hub for addressable TV advertising and customer growth.
North America is now central to LoopMe's growth plans as the adtech group adds senior staff to strengthen sales, partnerships and operations.
Advertisers can now buy prominent TV home screen slots programmatically in four Asia-Pacific markets as streaming shifts viewing habits and ad budgets.
Media groups could boost ad yields as new scene-level targeting and automated break suggestions aim to improve brand safety and cut manual work.
Advertisers in Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines can now target Connected TV households using Samsung Smart TV viewing data and Eyeota consumer profiles.
Kiwi football fans will get stadium-style sound and smarter home control as the new line-up adds AI Football Mode Pro and Vision AI.
More than 1,000 industry figures gathered in London as the 2026 awards highlighted retail media's growing commercial clout across Europe.
Pressure is mounting on agencies to prove social video spend drives sales as TubeScience enters the UK and Europe with a new leader.
Ad buyers and publishers can now manage curated web, mobile and connected TV deals in one system, after beta users reported faster execution.
Marketers gain new ways to track campaign performance as the UK rollout adds measurement and browsing analysis to MiQ's Sigma platform.
Advertisers gain clearer local viewing insight as TiVo Ads' data is added to Tunnl's platform for campaign planning.
Last-minute shoppers are set to lift ad spend by USD $10.5 billion, but brands must reach hosts and fair-weather fans before kick-off.
The hire is aimed at accelerating KERV.ai's push into measurable interactive advertising as streaming and connected TV budgets grow.
Media firms now face a fragmented market where ad revenue has overtaken subscriptions, making end-to-end automation a commercial necessity.
Advertisers gain postcode-level streaming insights across 97% of the UK audience, as fragmented CTV data fuels demand for better measurement.
Spanish-language streaming advertisers gain shoppable video tools as Canela Media expands its offer for brands chasing Hispanic audiences.