Disney just took the next stop on its journey to automate as much of its ad sales as possible by the end of this year with the release of DRAX Direct, an expansion of its real-time ad exchange.
CTV’s over-frequency problem is as real as the pressure streaming services are under to grow their average revenue per user. But you don’t have to sacrifice one to achieve the other, says Jamie Power, Disney’s SVP of addressable sales.
Disney will expand Hulu’s ad targeting capabilities to the Disney+ ad-supported tier. And speaking of ads, Disney is prioritizing its programmatic tech stack to stay ahead of competition for streaming ad dollars during this year’s upfronts.
This week, Disney is hosting its Platform Tech Showcase, the second such product reveal since launching the Disney Real-Time Ad Exchange (DRAX) last year with a plan to automate as much of its ad sales business as possible.
A picture – or a comic in this case – is worth a thousand words. But each of our most popular comics of 2021 illustrated a key development in the world of advertising and media this year, from the end of last-click attribution and the growth of CTV to mega media mergers and the birds in Google’s Privacy Sandbox. These are the stories behind our top comics of the past year.
