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 ...

Programmatically sold advertising on connected TV is expected to reach $155 billion in 2021 and is forecast to grow to $323 billion globally by 2025, accounting for nearly three quarters of the global programmatic spending. Programmatic advertising refers to the automated buying and selling of digital ad space. In contrast to manual advertising, which relies on human interaction and negotiation between publishers and marketers, programmatic ad buying harnesses technology to purchase digital display space. The use of software and algorithms helps streamline the ad buying process on connected TV. With today's technology and the rise of streaming, the CTV experience is significantly more advanced than ever, with more brands preparing to execute with programmatic.  Broadcasters have been on this transformational journey too, with their transition to programmatic and launching new AVOD offerings. Because the process is automated and the maximum price each advertiser is willing to bid fo...

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