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Teads’ Tech Themes 2025: 5 Key Themes Shaping Media
Download Teads’ Tech Themes 2025 to explore five key trends reshaping advertising strategies, with insights on navigating CTV, AI, shoppable formats, and contextual targeting.
Inside Universal Ads, Comcast’s New CTV Buying Platform
Coming soon: linear ads, third party deals and more granular targeting, says GM James Grant
MySports Is Not The New Venu, RedNote Is Not The New TikTok
MySports is a sports-oriented vMVPD skinny bundle, not a dedicated sports app and why that’s a good thing. Plus RedNote is all the rage but TikTok’s probably not going anywhere.
AdOmni Looks To Add In-Home Video Streaming To Out-Of-Home Buying
Users will be able to reach consumers as they move from watching Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and YouTube to out of home and online video environments.
Universal Ads Sets Up Shop In Local TV’s Backyard
For local TV stations, Universal Ads presents a huge challenge - but perhaps also an opportunity.
Stop Trying To Make The Incomplete ‘Sports Streamer’ Happen
Just days after Venu’s death, DirecTV proposed an alternative… that’s also incomplete. So again: Why are we still trying this?
News Programs See Week-Over-Week Increase in Viewership Share
But football still captured the most linear TV watch-time for Jan. 6-12, per Inscape.
Cracking the Efficiency Curve: Little Shifts Mean A Lot
A new study from LG Ad Solutions and iSpot highlights the impact just shifting a small part of your budget from linear to CTV can make.
Wurl’s Peter Crofut on How Emotional Targeting is Boosting Ad Engagement on CTV
In this Innovator Spotlight from our Special Report on Contextual Targeting, Wurl’s Peter Crofut explains the value of emotional targeting.
Hot List: CES, Venu, Meta and the LA Fires
TVREV Originals from Hanlon, Lafayette and Wolk.
NBC Tips Off NBA Promotion During NFL Playoff Game
A spot featuring Jack McBrayer from NBC’s 30 Rock shows him giving an NBC studio tour to a group that includes NBA stars Giannis Antetokoumpo, Jayson Tatum and Victor Wembanyama.
Winners And Losers Of The TikTok Ban
The US Supreme Court looks likely to uphold the TikTok ban. We look at who some of the winners and losers might be.
Venu Gets Mouse Trapped, Zuck Might Have Stepped In It
Why Disney’s Fubo deal is likely the final nail in Venu’s coffin, How Meta’s Trump-pleasing privacy policies should benefit TV’s new SMB play.
DirecTV, Dish Say ‘Not So Fast’ On Letting Venu Launch
Satellite companies tell judge antitrust issues should continue to be litigated
Disney Brings More Ad Magic To CES
Disney’s Magic Words are coming to live programming, including sports, as the company looks to make streaming a better vehicle for video for viewers and advertisers.
RUN3TV: The Race Broadcasters Cannot Afford To Lose
RUN3TV is more than a technological advancement; it’s a paradigm shift in what it means to be a broadcaster in the digital age.
TV Rankings: A HullaBOWLoo Kick Off to 2025
Multiple college football bowl games make Inscape’s ranking of most-watched TV programming for Dec. 30 through Jan. 5, but none could beat the NFL.
Digital Giant Amazon Elbows Deeper Into TV’s Upfront, Signaling Market Remains Vital
The war for the future of advertising will continue to be waged between the traditional media companies and the digital giants. And the upfront will remain a key battleground.
Inscape, TVision to Examine Personified Cross-Platform Viewing with Extended Pact
Inscape, Vizio’s smart TV data company, said it expanded its agreement with TVision, which focuses on measuring viewer engagement, enabling the companies to examine personified cross-platform viewing behavior, including co-viewing.
Fubo Gets Disney Boost; Streamer Settles Venu Suits
The new Fubo streaming service being created using Disney services will feature networks ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNews, as well as ESPN+.