Tubi hopes emotional context can drive demand for streaming’s long tail

Advertisers are spoiled for choice in the CTV market. It’s good news for buyers, but the sheer quantity of supply makes it difficult for streaming players to get their share of ad spend.

A deepening alliance between free ad-supported TV (FAST) platform Tubi and DSP provider Viant provides a window into efforts by ad tech firms and streamers to prime the pump.

Tubi is working with IRIS.TV, a contextual targeting company acquired by Viant last November, to tag much of its on-demand content for emotional or thematic content, using categories like “joyful” or “travel.” The idea is that advertisers will be able to invest, at a more granular level, against inventory that is suitable for their brands and avoid TV that isn’t. 

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Advertising Week Briefing: Amazon is primed to take over the ad industry

Advertising Week New York often functions like a mirror held up to the industry — its agenda is less a self-help pamphlet than a barometer of where adland believes it’s headed. 

If you’re watching the 2025 schedule, you’ll see that AI, creators, and existential musings dominate the programming — which is no accident. 

Given that framing, it’s no surprise that Amazon stands out in this year’s line-up as the Big Tech name with the most visibility: a dozen scheduled appearances across panels, fireside chats, and sessions — that’s as many as Google and Meta, combined.

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