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What Paramount-WBD means for Europe’s tangle of broadcast, pay TV and streaming inventory

Leading marketers share bold predictions for 2026, spanning streaming consolidation, real-time measurement, AI accountability and the evolution of retail media as commerce and media converge.

March 12Chris Stokel-Walker

Audio

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Inside Netflix’s quest to double ad revenue to $3 billion

March 11Chris Brooklier

Media Comcast’s Universal Ads launches in the UK, aiming to bring more SMB ad budgets to TV

June 23Zac Wang

Media Telemundo’s World Cup boom signals a shift in US media buying

June 17Chris Brooklier

Media Fox is buying Roku in a deal that could reshape free streaming TV

June 15Travis Clark

Media How Tubi is building on its creator strategy and F1 altcast for the World Cup

June 15Travis Clark

CTV

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Could Netflix’s sports ambitions grow with its ads business?

March 4Travis Clark

Media As audio goes biddable, advertisers find new reasons to turn up the volume

June 11Ilyse Liffreing

Media Why targeting isn’t a big deal during the World Cup, according to streamer DAZN

June 10Zac Wang

Media The World Cup’s real impact in the US goes beyond live games

May 20Travis Clark

Media TV spent decades selling reach. Now it has to sell results.

May 19Chris Brooklier

News Publishers

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YouTube wants TV budgets but not TV scrutiny

February 9Zac Wang

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Media Sports’ second-screen era is forcing a rethink of Australian football media buying

May 18Tharshini Tharma-Asokan

Media Netflix to add 3 more NFL games, expand ad plan to 15 more countries

May 14Chris Brooklier

Media Warner Bros. Discovery touts ‘trust in measurement’ at upfront

May 14Chris Brooklier

Media Upfronts 2026: Agentic, outcomes and fandom are this year's buzzwords

May 13Travis Clark

All Media

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International soccer on CTV finds a youthful, diverse fan base in the U.S.

Advertisers are adapting their strategies.

May 26, 2022Damian Fowler

Media

The upfronts changed in 2022. So have the deals.

May 19, 2022George P. Slefo

Media

‘It’s not child’s play anymore’: The Podcast upfronts celebrate surpassing $1 billion in revenue

Advances in ad tech and an increase in time spent listening keeps optimism high for a $4 billion 2024 forecast, reports the IAB.

May 12, 2022Ilyse Liffreing

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IAB CEO: Ad buyers expect NewFronts and upfronts to merge

May 5, 2022Chris Brooklier

Media

Colgate-Palmolive embraces CTV and sees a 19 percent upswing in incremental reach

The company’s foray into CTV was such a success that it plans to make CTV a permanent part of its media mix.

April 28, 2022John McDermott

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