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TF1 Pub's 2027 Roadmap Bets on Agentic AI, Cross-Video and France's SMEs
TF1 Pub's 2027 plan unveils 'Puissance Max' cross-video buys, an 'Autopilot' agentic-AI suite, and a push to win France's €12bn local advertising market.
1 day ago3 min read


German Ad Market Keeps Growing to 2030 — but Linear TV Is the Structural Loser
Forecaster Madison & Wall has raised its German ad-market outlook to 2030, but the growth is almost entirely digital while linear TV keeps shrinking.
2 days ago3 min read


My Code Adds Three C-Suite Leaders as the Multicultural Media Firm Bets on Video
My Code, billed as the largest US multicultural media and marketing company, has appointed a new chief revenue officer, chief financial officer and chief operating officer as it pushes deeper into video and CTV.
3 days ago3 min read


Disney+ Adds 1.1m UK Homes as Its Sky Partnership Drives Growth
Disney+ added 1.1 million UK homes in Q2 2026 as its Sky partnership bundled the ad tier into eligible packages — a distribution story that quietly built premium ad reach.
4 days ago3 min read


dm Takes Its Online Pharmacy dm-med to National TV
Germany's dm has taken its online pharmacy dm-med to national TV for the first time, with a campaign built around ordering drugstore and pharmacy items together in one basket.
Sep 20 min read


CMA Media Launches RMC+ to Accelerate Into Social-First Streaming
CMA Media has launched RMC+, a social-first streaming platform replacing RMC BFM Play, as the French group accelerates into on-demand and short-form video.
Sep 20 min read


YouTube Turns Creator Playlists Into TV-Style 'Shows' — and Doubles Down on Connected TV
YouTube has rolled out a suite of Connected TV upgrades — most notably a Playlist-to-Shows feature that turns creator playlists into episodic TV-style Shows — as the platform tightens its grip on the living room.
Aug 243 min read


Roku Launches the First All-AI FAST Channel — Ads Included
Roku has added ‘Fairground AI Creator TV’, a 24/7 free channel of entirely AI-generated shows interrupted only by AI-generated commercials — and it drew instant ‘AI slop’ pushback.
Aug 203 min read


Formation Games and Ace of Hearts Bring Jeff Stelling Back With TV Show for the Internet
Jeff Stelling is back on screen — for the internet, not the studio. Formation Games and Ace of Hearts are daring fans who reckon they could run a club better to prove it on CLUB.
Aug 193 min read


Urban Outfitters' first CTV ad heads back to campus
Urban Outfitters has debuted 'All Together Now', its first-ever back-to-campus brand commercial and first connected-TV spot, featuring a real HBCU marching band.
Aug 132 min read


TF1's digital surge offsets a linear ad decline in H1 2026
TF1's H1 2026 results show its streaming platform TF1+ doing the heavy lifting: ad revenue up 19% and 44 million monthly streamers, offsetting soft linear TV. Here's the European broadcaster blueprint.
Aug 103 min read


Roku's Q2 revenue climbs 22% to $1.35bn as its ad platform beats Wall Street
Roku's Q2 2026 revenue jumped 22% to $1.35bn and net income hit $164m, powered by its advertising-led Platform segment. Here's what the CTV leader's numbers mean for marketers.
Aug 103 min read


ProSiebenSat.1's H1: revenue down 9%, but cost cuts and Joyn spark a profit rebound
ProSiebenSat.1's H1 2026 revenue fell ~9% as Germany's TV ad market weakened and World Cup rivals drew viewers away — yet cost cuts and Joyn's growth lifted profit and the shares.
Aug 73 min read


The Trade Desk stock craters as Q2 revenue misses — the open web's bellwether wobbles
The Trade Desk's shares fell ~22% after Q2 2026 revenue of $715.1m missed forecasts. Why the open web's biggest independent DSP wobbling matters — and what advertisers should do.
Aug 73 min read


Valiuz brings retail data to French broadcast TV
Valiuz signs France's five major broadcast ad houses, becoming the first retail-data provider across French TV — bringing shopper-level targeting and sales measurement to television.
Aug 63 min read


Hearst buys out Disney's A+E stake for $1.2bn
Disney sells its A+E Global Media stake — History, A&E, Lifetime — to Hearst for $1.2bn, another sign the majors are cashing out of linear cable to fund streaming.
Aug 63 min read


Walmart closes its Vibe streaming-ad acquisition
Walmart completes its billion-dollar acquisition of self-serve streaming-ad platform Vibe.co, pushing Walmart Connect into connected TV and straight at Amazon.
Aug 63 min read


Paramount leans on streaming ads amid the WBD fight
In its first full quarter as Paramount Skydance, the company leaned on streaming growth and argued its pending Warner Bros. Discovery deal will be good for advertisers.
Aug 53 min read


Amazon's ad machine hits $19.8bn — up 26% as sports inventory sells out
Amazon's advertising revenue climbed about 26% to $19.8bn in Q2 2026, with live-sports inventory selling out — cementing retail media and Prime Video as the industry's third ad giant.
Aug 33 min read


ITV's World Cup H1: ad revenue up 3%, ITVX viewing up 27%
ITV posted a 'solid' first half — total ad revenue up 3%, digital ad revenue up 13% and ITVX viewing up 27% — powered by the World Cup, with a £100m buyback and a softer Q3 flagged.
Aug 33 min read
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