#programmatic advertising

#programmatic advertising

Marketing news publisher sites on the open internet are an untapped opportunity for advertisers. So, why aren't they investing in them more? The Drum sits down with leaders from Onyx by Outbrain and Adelaide, to find out.

Men's Wearhouse developed an audio-only campaign with its measurement and media agency, Ovative Group, and activated it through The Trade Desk's Kokai platform. The core message of the campaign was that 'you can get whatever you need at Men's Wearhouse,' highlighting three parts of the brand's offerings: its 'everywhere look' for a typical day, suits and wedding attire.

Nancy's unparalleled background and visionary leadership make her the definitive choice to lead WPP Media U.S. Her exceptional track record as a transformative leader in data, technology, programmatic, and analytics has consistently delivered impactful client results, aligning perfectly with our strategic priorities across WPP. This deep expertise, honed in building modern, tech-enabled client organizations, is precisely what WPP Media needs to accelerate our momentum.

"Our vision is to build a powerful technological and media-driven arm to break out of Overwolf Ads' closed ecosystem, expand its reach, and create unrivalled value in the gaming ad tech space," said Eyal Betzalel, COO of Overwolf Ads. "Overwolf has extraordinary assets in gaming. The opportunity now is to connect those assets to the broader programmatic ecosystem in a way that preserves quality, brand safety,

Intent IQ, a privacy-first identity resolution company, today (3rd February, 2026) announced a partnership with Raptive to deploy Intent IQ's Bid Enhancement offering across Raptive's publisher network. Through the partnership, Raptive will integrate Intent IQ's Bid Enhancement to improve bid performance and monetisation across both environments where traditional identifiers are present-such as cookie-based browsers like Chrome-and environments where identifiers are limited or unavailable, including iOS and other ID-less inventory.

Digiday attempted to gauge market engagement after the dust had settled, and backers have started to put in the hard yards. First, it's worth a recap of what exactly AdCP is - for some, it's an open-source bridge between today's programmatic infrastructure and the dawn of the agentic era - or, as Digiday's Tim Peterson phrased it, "openRTB for the agentic AI era" (see video below).

BSkyB is investing 40 per cent of its £15 million yearly display budget on real-time bidding (RTB), a figure which could be further driven higher by the growth of Facebook's Exchange.

Many factors make the CTV home screen a powerful ad opportunity. In a recent study of senior ad buyers with a $1m-plus CTV spend, 70% said CTV data sparked effective ideas, and 84% linked creativity to business outcomes on one of advertising's most lucrative channels. This winning blend of science and art is most evident on the CTV home screen, 2026's hero spot - and a unique gateway that sparks action before a show has even started.

Today (15th January, 2026), VIOOH, the leading premium global digital out-of-home (DOOH) supply-side platform, announced a strategic partnership with Atmosphere TV, the world's largest streaming TV platform built for businesses, expanding access to premium place-based video inventory in the UK, North America, and Australia. The partnership delivers access to over 60,000 venues generating more than 1 billion monthly impressions across restaurants, bars, gyms, airports, hotels, and other high-traffic business locations.