Future of TV Briefing: Fox finds its programmatic identify in Roku

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how Fox’s acquisition of Roku bolsters the former’s streaming — specifically, programmatic streaming — advertising business.

  • Fox + Roku
  • Netflix’s M&A activity, Paramount’s WBD deal status, Bravo’s upfront attraction and more

Fox + Roku

Well, that’s one way to modernize an advertising business.

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WPP Media is testing synthetic audiences based on charity donations for programmatic buys

Synthetic audiences have become a common tool within media agencies, but buyers drew a line at using them in programmatic buying. WPP Media’s latest move may redraw that line.

The British agency holding company’s media arm struck a partnership with Givsly, a tech company founded in 2019, to use synthetic audiences based in part on charity donation data to target media buys in the United States.

According to Tara Sadlak, group director of media delivery at WPP Media, early tests carried out across four beauty and fashion campaigns show a 2% lift in video completion rates, suggesting that more accurate targeting had led to higher engagement rates among audiences. Sadlak declined to name the brands in the test.

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