Although Netflix continues to see strong global subscriber growth, total viewing hours have only inched up 1% year-over-year,
"Open internet" had $35 billion in estimated ad spend in 2023, with "walled gardens" at $95 billion. Does The Trade Desk have growing influence for change?
Global analysis of more than one trillion ad impressions in display and video show a direct correlation between high-quality digital ads and lower carbon emissions. Google has been pushing
authenticity in ads and content for years.
As competitors ramp up their AVOD options for their streaming/digital platforms, growing CTV inventory is expected to "outpace demand near term," says Bernstein Research.
Advertisers are increasing their use of short-form vertical video content from social campaigns on larger screens.
The reality is that publishers and TV networks cannot guarantee sales -- all they can do is provide a good advertising environment.
Now that we're seeing real fungibility of linear TV annual ad spend into CTV and streaming TV platforms, we should care about the quality of the digital video ad units capturing that spend.
Marketers and agency executives choosing advanced TV programmatic partners said measurement capabilities were most important.
BeatSting is costing advertisers up to $1 million per month by creating fraudulent inventory that allows fraudsters to siphon money from legitimate audio channels and apps.
Building on its deal with Yahoo as its exclusive demand-side platform, DirecTV advertising has expanded the deal to include set-top-box data.
The NFL launches NFL+ today, as the NFL posted another TV ad record -- surging 14% to $4.3 billion, according to Standard Media Index. NFL+ is a subscription service that includes live, out-of-market
preseason games and local and prime-time regular-season games, playoffs games (phone and tablet only), among other content.
Legacy TV has seen higher "effective" cost-per-thousand prices for deals in the TV upfront ad markets over the last three TV seasons, according to Standard Media Index -- but with lower total upfront
ad spend in key dayparts. The current TV season is now averaging $55,000 for a 30-second commercial unit, down from $59,000 from the previous TV season (2020-2021).