mediasmart and TCL ink global strategic partnership to enhance CTV Advertising

The partnership aims to unlock a multitude of advertising opportunities for brands, while democratizing the rapidly growing CTV space beyond the Walled Gardens.

mediasmart and TCL will co-create solutions on Home Screen allowing brands to advertise based on their brand objectives. One of the key product offerings as part of this would be their “TV+ offering” that specifically helps advertisers to target consumers moving from Linear television.

United Airlines launches media network, Kinective Media

Kinective Media, a real-time, adtech-enabled traveler media network, plans a formal commercial launch at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. (Image source: United Airlines)

The advertising technology platform uses United’s data to create anonymised audience segments that marketers can reach on the airline’s mobile app, and inflight entertainment screens.

Advertisers fear ‘unviable’ ad self-declaration mechanism will hurt innovation, creativity; Ask for practical solutions

Google further alleges that Microsoft has engaged in similar tactics with its collaboration application, Teams, effectively locking customers into using the application even when they prefer alternatives.

Stakeholders and industry experts believe that while the self-declaration is a step in the right direction, the mechanism must not end up squashing the aim of the government’s initiative which is to ultimately end the menace of misleading ads that hurt the end consumer.

Why digital advertisers find Self-Declaration Certificate for ads impractical

Over the past ten years, the Indian government has requested Google to remove approximately 115,500 pieces of content from its platforms, including YouTube, web browser, etc.

Implementing SDC in digital media, where hundreds of iterations are executed and optimised dynamically based on performance, is probably the most challenging. Furthermore, social media marketing and programmatic advertising will make it a formidable task.