Connected TV Marketing Association @CTVMA

Unified Audience Measurement (UAM) Currency  Within the unified total audience measurement currency, our trust and transparency goals help ensure that quality inventory is consumer first and privacy first by identifying privacy scored inventory in our research.  While there was some debate at the recent Future of TV Advertising event in Sydney around how we define CTV and what viewing falls within the CTV landscape, for example, YouTube, a clear takeaway is that as an industry we must align on how we define total TV audiences within a CTV ecosystem.  There’s a huge sense of urgency within the industry to get measurement right so CTV can attract the ad dollars it deserves. But for any currency to actually work, there needs to be interoperability between big data sets. Advertisers want their measurement providers to give them accurate reach and frequency tied to outcomes.  Buyers want advanced audiences rather than demographics-based audiences. The buy side and the sell side have to a

Standards in Streaming Viewability and CTV Measurement Recently GroupM, WPP’s media investment group, partnered with media companies across the advertising industry to create new standards in streaming viewability and CTV measurement to improve ad verification and reduce invalid traffic.  The initiative follows a joint study with TV ad measurement company iSpot that quantifies inflated CTV ad delivery counts and reveals that, on average, 8-10% of streaming impressions play when the TV is shut off, primarily through ancillary devices. Companies including Disney, Fox/Tubi, LG Ads Solutions, NBCUniversal, Paramount, VIZIO and Warner Bros.  Discovery have committed to working at an industry level with agencies, advertisers, and standards-setting bodies to create a streamlined measurement framework and set of best practices to ensure ads are only counted when delivered to screens that are on, with people in front of them.  The Phase One study found that:  On average, 8-10% of overall strea

  Consumer privacy protection policy on smart TV platforms Following our recent submission to the Australian government consultation prominence framework on the media regulation reform of Connected TV home screens in Australia, the UK Media reform Bill has entered the House for debate. The bill is similar in scope to Australia, with prominence of public service broadcasters (PSBs) on smart TVs.  Under the new Ofcom code, local UK apps would be discoverable on UK devices and reciprocated internationally under carriage agreements by other countries to global CTV viewing audiences. The content implications of the new framework proport local apps going global, we will explore matters proposed with the FCC in the US and the ERGA in Europe proposal with general counsel members.  Our compliance advocacy work with regulators includes the Privacy Act reform bill proposed in Australia, specifically as it relates to ad targeting and follows the US Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) of 2018, in which t

The CTVMA's Future TV Council has moved to support the recent  Media Rating Council's (MRC) announcement on universal definition standards for over-the-top (OTT) content as part of the Connected TV advertising ecosystem model for sever-side ad insertion (SSAI) and streaming TV content. With CTV sets currently being the dominate global device for viewing streaming video on-demand (SVOD) in the home, the Connected TV Marketing Association will announce CTV+ (plus), as part its upcoming Streaming Video Platforms Report 2022.  The report encompasses the most recent video glossaries from global supply-side and demand side platforms with publishers, including the IAB Tech Lab .

Connected TV Marketing Association's support of UID2 industry vision for a post third-party cookies privacy-first led ad world just moved one step closer with the delegation of Unified ID2 from the IAB Tech Lab's PRAM work group.  CTVMA will include the UID2 protocols in its 2021 Code of Conduct Guidelines and Compliance Report as part of any future independent administrator proposal. Visit the newly launched www.unifiedid.com website for UID documentation, integration workflows and case studies in our resources hub. If you're an advertiser or publisher looking to take your targeting and measurement to the next level. AdExchanger's Regularly Updated Guide to ID2