Nielsen has released The Push For Change: Examining LGBTQ+ Representation in Media and Advertising report, which highlights that gender diverse audiences are increasingly more welcoming to brand engagements that are targeted based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Yet, while these audiences are more receptive to targeted brand messaging, there is still a significant gap in […]

Finecast, an addressable TV provider, has announced the results of its latest piece of research which provides new insights into the effectiveness of addressable TV advertising. Commissioned by Finecast and conducted by scientists from UCL, the study investigates how the brain responds to addressable advertisements across four key neuro-networks: attention, emotion, reward and memory. The […]

ThinkAnalytics, a global provider of cloud-based personalised content discovery, viewer insight, and targeted advertising solutions, has announced that Lu Bolden has joined the executive team as Chief Strategy Officer. In this newly created role, Bolden will lead the global strategy and business growth including partnerships for the Think360 viewer engagement platform. He will report directly […]

Mirriad, the in-content advertising company, has published its latest whitepaper: The Lost Audiences – Regaining Control. The paper highlights in-content advertising as a continually growing avenue for brands and advertisers to engage with audiences in an impactful and non-disruptive way, and explores how companies can recuperate lost GRPs and expand reach via the use of […]

Bouygues Telecom, Realytics, a specialist in convergence between TV and digital, and Smart, a platform for optimising connected-TV and video marketing spend, announces the launch of TVMOTIK. This alliance, with its ‘unique full-stack solution’, will support TV channels in activating and marketing targeted advertising offers via Bouygues Telecom’s home gateways. TVMOTIK complies with AF2M/SNPTV standards […]

Digital media measurement, data and analytics software platform DoubleVerify has confirmed the beta launch of its custom contextual targeting solution. The solution lets advertisers execute contextual targeting within their campaigns and is intended to assist advertisers with compliance with global initiatives such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer […]

Findings from video advertising platform Unruly suggest that Connected TV (CTV) advertising performs better than linear TV across key indicators. The company’s research investigates consumer attitudes

UK commercial PSB ITV is to partner with identity infrastructure provider InfoSum as part of a new first-party data strategy that will make its 30 million ITV Hub subscribers available for advertisers to match against and activate as target audiences via a secure and compliant solution without either party needing to exchange first party data […]