MVPD

According to Canoe Ventures, ad efficiency comes down to one thing: scale. On Wednesday, the data and technology provider announced four major broadcasters that signed on to enable its national addressable TV solution.

There are many business questions that publishers need to ask as they try to optimize viewing in an increasingly complex distribution ecosystem. Answering these questions requires transforming the metrics that owned apps and distribution partners provide into equivalized minutes and demographics, writes Joan FitzGerald, founder of Data ImpacX.

Something is rotten in the state of CTV. If you’re a fan of streaming, you probably have a few pet peeves that take you out of the zone, like repeat ads or interruptive ad breaks. Nothing ruins a good show more than thinking it’s trying to sell you something. These problems were solved with a […]

It’s no surprise that premium video — commercially produced, long-form episodic video — commands much higher premiums than standard digital video, but recent research from Standard Media Index (SMI) showed just how much. SMI found that average premium video CPMs were nearly two times higher at 192% of the total digital video market, and accounted […]

Disney posted solid results Thursday for its fiscal fourth quarter with $19.04 billion in quarterly revenue, beating expectations of $19.1 billion. The company also announced that Hulu is now the official streaming home for FX Network content. But the company’s earnings call would have been a lot more interesting if it took place five days […]

Demand for connected TV inventory has skyrocketed this year due to more cable MVPDs turning on the programmatic pipes and the ongoing emergence of streaming offerings. “We’ve seen a huge number of CTV inventory requests coming through,” said Adam Lowy, the director of advanced TV and digital sales for Dish and Sling TV. That onslaught […]

Multichannel ad revenue may be the real moneymaker for traditional TV companies in the near future. While the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for total US TV ad revenues between 2016 and 2021 will increase a modest 1.3% to $75.2 billion, most growth will come from multichannel ad revenue, like IP-based streaming content or online […]