Talking CTV Transparency (And The Lack Thereof) With Samsung
Viewers – and ad buyers – are giving FAST channels a chance. Still, the FAST channel market has a long way to go, says Michael Scott, VP and head of ad sales & operations at Samsung Ads.
Viewers – and ad buyers – are giving FAST channels a chance. Still, the FAST channel market has a long way to go, says Michael Scott, VP and head of ad sales & operations at Samsung Ads.
E.W. Scripps becomes the first CTV publisher to adopt OpenPass, The Trade Desk’s single sign-on product for user authentication.
The more new FAST channels there are, the harder it is for them to stand out to advertisers that have long perceived them as the bargain bin of streaming. One way to grab the attention of advertisers is to provide the data and transparency they’ve long been asking for from CTV partners.
The IAB projects digital video ad spend will rise to $63 billion in 2024, representing a 16% increase from last year. Of the three video ad categories the report breaks out (social and online video and CTV), the clear winner is social video.
Transparency is making its way into CTV bid requests, including supply source, content genre and, increasingly, show-level transparency. According to Rob Hazan, senior director of streaming TV product at Index Exchange, the right amount of transparency could make the open exchange a viable place for CTV ad budgets.