RTL Group has agreed to acquire Sky Deutschland in a rare example of a traditionally content-focused group acquiring a classic Pay TV platform.

There’s a lack of understanding of CTV’s scale and value, even as people are watching more content on screen. This presents a great opportunity for brands.
LiveRamp’s Tim Norris-Wiles discusses the future of data-driven TV and how digital-native advertisers can use the medium the way they use other digital, with deterministic business outcomes measurement.
The digital media measurement, data, and analytics vendor reckons the industry stands to lose $700,000 per billion impressions on CTV inventory without protections to ensure a suitable, viewable and fraud-free environment. But things are improving, and rapidly.
Ampere’s new social video tracking tool has revealed a shift towards more long-form content and the types of content that dominate broadcasters’ YouTube channels.
One of Europe’s leading media owners has implemented the Open Measurement Software Development Kit standard that enables third-party viewability and verification measurement.
More media bubisnesses are looking towards YouTube as a place to publish and monetise archive content that doesn’t fit into owned-and-operated streaming properties, the company says.
It marks first time Netflix is distributing a broadcaster’s shows in the country.
The companies made a joint return to Cannes to convince advertisers of TV’s abilities.
For brands, the combination of retail media and streaming allows them to move across the funnel to reach consumers earlier.
The broadcasters’ self-serve ad marketplace is aimed at small to medium-sized businesses and digital-native advertisers used to buying their own media in social and digital environments.