David Dworin

Athletes aren’t the only ones competing during the Paris Olympics. Advertisers are bidding to reach tens of millions of viewers during the first programmatic Olympic Games.

FreeWheel unveiled a sell-side product called Audience Manager to help CTV programmers tie granular audience segments to their inventory at the speed of programmatic advertising.

The TV term du jour is supply-path optimization. And SSPs in particular are under intense pressure to carve out competitive edges.

TV fragmentation is only getting worse. And, according to FreeWheel’s newly promoted chief product officer, troubleshooting means simplification.