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The Trade Desk unfurls OpenSincera

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A check on The Trade Desk’s risks and rewards

After making one of the few company purchases in its 15-year history, The Trade Desk has unveiled OpenSincera, a supply chain transparency tool to further its “premium internet” thesis, set for release next month.

It’s been a year of tumult for the advertising industry’s largest independent demand-side platform thus far in 2025.

Developments have ranged from novel surprises in its mergers and acquisitions activity to infuriating U-turns to outright devastating judgments outside of its control (see below).

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Amazon positions NBA rights and live sports portfolio as a lure for its broader ads business

At this year’s upfront negotiations, advertisers are set to weigh tariff impacts and consumer sentiments against big-ticket TV deals and major media investments. eMarketer projects that linear TV upfront spending will fall 9.1% compared with last year, for example, a drop fueled by economic concerns and the march of streaming platforms.

That doesn’t mean advertising’s subplots are going to take a pause.

Take Amazon, for example. The tech giant’s ad revenues increased 18% year-on-year in first quarter 2025 to $13.9 billion — and CTV is a single, if key, part of that business. A megabucks deal for NBA streaming rights last year saw Amazon Prime Video add to its range of live sports coverage, which also includes coverage of the NFL, MLB, Premier League soccer and NASCAR.

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