2020 was a mega year for content of all kinds, but particularly for video - with swathes of the population confined to their homes and seeking escape from the stress of lockdown, streaming platforms, connected TV (CTV), video-on-demand (VOD) and [...]

VlogBox, a global OTT channel development, video content distribution, and monetisation platform, has partnered with Sabbatical Entertainment, a media company that produces and distributes audiovisual content and operates in the US and Brazil, to unveil premium kids' content across Connected [...]

ShowHeroes Group is acquiring Union Media, the London based joint venture between 5 leading EMEA video technology providers. As a strategic partner for key European programmatic buying hubs, Union Media was founded in London in 2020, offering global advertisers the benefits [...]

Leading video ad platform Unruly today launched a suite of self-service tools that enable publishers to package, price and sell their programmatic inventory to the biggest advertisers in the world. Media owners and app developers can use new self-service platform, UnrulyX CTRL, to set up [...]

VlogBox, a content monetisation platform, and Sprout Studios, an animation studio, have announced a strategic partnership through which they aim to distribute and monetise Sprout Studios animations on Connected TV markets, starting with Roku.  Connected TV is commonly considered as the [...]

Taboola, the world’s leading discovery platform, today announced the beta of Taboola Stories, a new way for publishers to engage readers with the familiar captivating “stories” format that users love on social media, now on publisher sites for the [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in ad tech from around the globe. In this edition: Roku forges a deal to rescue Quibi's content; OpenAp launches an SSP for TV; Google admits to carrying out an [...]

Verve Group, a global brand performance ad platform, today announced the acquisition of Nexstar Inc.’s digital video advertising technology platform, formerly known as LKQD. The digital video platform reaches over 200 million unique monthly users in the US across desktop, [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Roku acquires the rights to collapsed Quibi's portfolio of content; the CMA launches a formal investigation into Google's plans for its Privacy Sandbox; and TikTok ends 2020 as the world's highest-grossing app.   Roku buys rights to [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: ViacomCBS reaches a deal with Hulu+ Live TV for the virtual channel to carry 14 of its cable networks; a report from Klear finds that influencer reach and impact grew by 57% in 2020; and [...]