AdManager is designed to compete directly with global tech platforms, with one of the prizes the centralised budgets usually missed by TV. RTL AdAlliance’s Nicole Haman shares the details with The Media Leader.

Australia’s official TV audience measurement provider has ambitions to incorporate big data into the trading currency. Samba TV and Nexxen are key data partners.

Disney Advertising is giving advertisers access to biddable inventory in the US and expanded DSP integrations in Canada. Its proprietary Audience Graph has also arrived in Europe.

The Media Leader spoke to two leading TV analysts and a major Australian media buyer about what the deal means at a global and local level.

Independent analyst Ben Keen has outlined significant changes to the way global streamers conduct their business and the content they offer. In all cases, they are drawing from a playbook that served pay-TV operators and channel owners well for decades.

Watch: Sam Taylor explains how he and his team are pushing the envelope with data-driven AV marketing.

The Spanish football club has introduced two FAST channels to complement its free on-demand content. The Amagi Now cloud video platform is credited with simplifying content operations.

Comcast Technology Solutions is promising its new umbrella managed service, covering ingest through to delivery, will de-duplicate and streamline multiplatform operations that have become prohibitively complex.

Half of viewers first go to linear TV when turning on their TV set, with another 8% going straight to BVOD, according to The New Life of the Living Room by RTL AdAlliance.

Watch: ProSiebenSat.1 Puls 4 co-CEO Thomas Gruber discusses a groundbreaking innovation in audience measurement and broadcast planning.