AVOD

Pluto’s on-demand streaming is rife with ad repetition and poorly timed ad breaks, whereas the FAST ad experience felt much cleaner – and much less annoying.

Outstream ads, better instream ad targeting and more interactive user interfaces are just a few of the latest developments making it easier for viewers to discover new content and for advertisers to provide content recommendations.

Atmosphere TV is a streaming service that distributes FAST channels to gyms, restaurants, airports and bars in exchange for the ability to run ads on the content. Atmosphere pitches advertisers on the opportunity to reach newer and more exclusive audiences.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. A Verified Love Triangle When Netflix jumped into ad sales, it promised to include ad verification through both DoubleVerify and Integral Ad Science. And so it came to pass. On Monday, DV and IAS both released their verification solutions for Netflix inventory. Considering […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Big Lame Last year’s Super Bowl ads are noteworthy, in retrospect, for those cringeworthy crypto spots, including for disgraced crypto exchange FTX. Don’t worry, though, nobody’s learned anything. This year, advertisers are leaning into controversy and making decisions they could come to […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Better Sorry Than Safe Twitter is partnering with DoubleVerify and Integral Ad Science on brand safety. Gotta do something to woo back its advertisers. “Through custom-built solutions for Twitter’s feed environment, these tests have shown that more than 99% of measured impressions appeared […]

Netflix President of Advertising Jeremi Gorman was hired September 26. Less than two months later, on November 12, Netflix launched its ad-supported tier in 12 countries. For now, Basic with Ads is focused on the basics, including ad tech and measurement partnerships and the rudiments of brand safety. But Netflix is “ripping through all the […]

Netflix reported its first earnings on Thursday since launching ads late last year. The results? AVOD seems to have helped grow Netflix’s profitability in the short term. The streamer reported 7.7 million net new subscribers in Q4, a 4% year-over-year increase in paid memberships, which boosted quarterly revenue by 2%. But it was a good […]

Video software platform JW Player acquired InPlayer, a provider of subscription, transaction and identity management solutions for video publishers and broadcasters, on Tuesday.

“On TV and Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is by Greg Morrow, general manager, streaming media group at Bitcentral. We all know about the value of CTV. But there is rarely any conversation about the spread of audiences and how to reach them.  CTV tends […]