To mark the launch of our new feature series, The Media Leader sits down with Channel 4’s commercial team to understand why its taking a platform mindset while going on the offensive against ‘toxic’ online advertising environments.

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Meet the team that are responsible for managing and growing Channel 4’s £1bn of advertising revenue.

Tech firms have been told by the online safety regulator major sites and apps must enforce minimum age rules with highly effective age checks following continued failings of keeping under-13s safe online.

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Baxter, previously Barb’s COO, succeeds Justin Sampson, who will leave the JIC in September.

Radiocentre commissioned research agency, More in Common, for analysis which showed the proposal of advertising alongside the licence fee for the BBC is deeply unpopular with the public.

Omdia’s Maria Rua Aguete and Max Signorelli told attendees at the Connected TV World Summit that we are ‘now in a new partnerships era’, but that broadcasters should exercise care in who they partner with.

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The advertising industry is scaling AI integration fast, and despite measurement tools evolving, supply-chain opacity and cloud non-disclosure mean the industry still lacks a full picture of its carbon impact, The Media Leader has found following an investigation.