News in brief: AUS Plans Ban Social Media Ban for Under 16s; ITV Revenue Dips; UK Gov to Examine Future of Linear TV  AUS Plans to Ban Social Media for Under 16s In order to tackle social media’s damaging effects on children, [...]

Today’s news: Google Ordered to Open Play Store to Rivals; Microsoft Shutting Down Retail Media Platform; Channel 4 Testing Enhanced Advertising Marketplace  Rounding off the latest legal wrangling between Epic Games and Google, a US federal judge has ordered Google to [...]

Today’s news: Amazon Strikes Deal with UK Broadcasters and Acquires Indian Rival Streaming Service; Temu Blocked in Indonesia to Protect Local Businesses    Amazon has announced a new deal with UK broadcasters BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, which will see [...]

In this opinion piece, Harry Packshaw, Head of AV at Havas Media Network, examines whether Prime Video's ad launch is leading to a new era for commercial TV. Are we seeing the beginning of the end for traditional broadcasters? In [...]

Today’s news: Origin Beta Trials Commence; Barb Expands Campaign Planning Tool; Pluto TV Partners with French AVOD Platform M6+  UK advertiser trade group ISBA yesterday announced the launch of Beta trials for Origin, its cross-media audience measurement platform. The trial will [...]

Today’s news: Perplexity In Talks with Brands for Digital Ads Model; ITV Encourages Advertisers to Embrace GenAI; Roblox Building Walled Garden AI search engine Perplexity is in talks with big brands regarding its new advertising model, which is due to launch [...]

Today’s news: ITV Launches Discount Finding Extension; UK to Ban Junk Food Ads; The Hague Bans Fossil Fuel Ads  ITV has launched ITV Kerching, a new customer-facing affiliate marketing brand which aims to save online shoppers money. It’s a browser extension, [...]

Linear television has been on the decline for quite some time now. Despite viewers and advertisers alike gradually turning more and more of their attention and ad spend towards connected TV (CTV), sports was the bastion which had managed to [...]

On today’s news digest: Netflix Tightens Ad Tech Ties; Blocklists Cut Advertisers off from Olympics and Euros Coverage; Channel 4’s Social Streaming Sees Staggering Growth  Netflix is tightening its ties to ad tech, forging new partnerships to enhance advertisers’ measurement capabilities [...]

On today’s news digest: UK BVOD Ad Spend to Surpass £1 Billion in 2024; FTC to Investigate Surveillance Pricing; Grab Abandons Acquisition of Trans-cab  UK Ad spend on broadcast video on demand (BVOD) services will surpass £1bn for the first time [...]