Connected TV Marketing Association @CTVMA

                                                                                                      'Project Halo' Since January, the CTVMA has been working on its new streaming audience data paywall with data engineers in Singapore, known as 'Project Halo,' the service will include global OS device figures for publication in its paid research area for clients.   Streaming Audience Data The service will allow members of the CTVMA to share their data as part of its future revenue-sharing business to allow streamers and OS devices to publish their data on a trusted central resource hub.  It will also enable comparisons of audience across devices for both SVOD and FAST platforms. Streaming services need to provide med...

                                                                                             Cannes Lion Creatives Last year, more Cannes Lions Awards entries than ever used AI. Some 7.3% of all 2023 entries mentioned AI in their synopses compared with 3.7% in 2022. Lion-winning work showed how AI can enable human connection. For instance, Creative Commerce Lions Grand Prix winner, HungerStation’s ‘The Subconscious Order’, by Wunderman Thompson, Riyadh, used creative AI in a delivery app. CTV Ad Operations By delivering hyper-relevant ads to each viewer that speak to their needs in the moment, contextual CTV ad campaigns empower marketers to capture far greater engagement and ROI, and—most importantly—to connect brands with customers on a more meaningful l...

                                                    Home Screen   Prominence                                               The Australian Government has committed to legislating a prominence framework which will determine how TV applications and/or content will appear on Australian TVs and what content appears first in search.  Since our submission to the federal government, Foxtel commissioned research by YouGov to examine what Australians thought about this issue. The overwhelming view of Australian consumers is they want to be in control of the TVs they own and spend thousands of dollars on annually.    The research showed: When given the choice, 94% of Australians said they don’t want the government controlling the ord...

                                                                                       Video Calling Market The home video conferencing market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 15.5% from 2023 to 2028 to reach $44.4 billion by 2028. The return to work productivity cycle in the home combined with entertainment streaming, includes the entry of home calling service apps from Google, Apple, Meta, WhatsApp, Zoom, Spotify, TikTok, Amazon, Microsoft, X Corp on almost every CTV manufacturer, including Samsung, Sony, Phillips, Toshiba and TCL. The trend is set to continue with the offering of other non-TV features, including video games, music, shopping, fitness, telehealth mirroring and casting, according to new Hub Research. One of the biggest uses with streaming of music and au...

The Connected TV Marketing Association supports and protects a free enterprise Open TV Platform Ecosystem (OTV) of proprietary OS app stores hosting OTT apps of both rights holders, platforms and publishers. As the global AM&E trade for connected television, our organisation conducts research as well as advocacy in this sector. Specifically, as it relates to the ACCC Digital Platform Services Inquiry 2020-2025 and the industry rules and regulations governed by the ACMA, DCMS, Ofcom, CMA and FCC. Digital trade in the connected home is forecast to reach $72 billion in 138 of the world's leading economies by 2028. We therefore strongly support and encourage an open industry framework for future free enterprise and digital competition. Smart TV platforms and OS devices ensure the policy guidelines provide app developers and publishers with fair and reasonable commercial access when positioning their app (s) in their app stores for commercial approval and visibility. Smart TV OS ma...