Ongoing technological, operational and commercial barriers mean the full potential of programmatic TV is yet to be unlocked, discovers David Davies.
Commercial opportunities heralded by programmatic TV and its underlying technologies, which leverage data and automation to streamline ad buying and delivery against TV content on different platforms, are an increasingly prominent topic as the shift from linear TV to streaming accelerates. As it stands, however, significant obstacles remain in preventing programmatic TV from achieving its full potential.
That’s the central position of a new venture, the European Programmatic TV Initiative (EPTVI), which has been formed by media tech companies – including The Trade Desk, PubMatic, Equativ, Magnite, Cadent and Adform – in conjunction with The Project X Initiative and up to 14 major European broadcasters, streamers and agency groups. As well as seeking to “create a comprehensive understanding of programmatic TV”, including its benefits and drawbacks, it also has a very defined objective of authoring a roadmap for the future development of programmatic TV in Europe...
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