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.
First off, TikTok is giving advertisers more control over their Smart+ campaigns, including the capacity to customize the level of automation in their targeting, budget, and creative elements, module-by-module. As you can see in this example, you'll now have explicit control options in each section of your Smart+ campaign set-up, which will enable you to manually set each element, if you choose. Or you can let Smart+ automate each aspect for you, which will lean on TikTok's improving AI targeting to drive results.
Vibhor Kapoor is the Chief Business Officer at , an AI-powered advertising technology company. With the average consumer requiring 56 branded touchpoints before making a purchase, connected TV (CTV) has emerged as one of the most effective ways to bridge those touchpoints across channels. Once considered a top-of-funnel tool for building brand awareness, CTV has quickly evolved into a high-performing, full-funnel channel with better targeting, measurement and retargeting capabilities.
Midway through 2025, it's clear that brands are redirecting their advertising budgets at an unprecedented pace. The move toward digital isn't new, but this year's strategies highlight a deeper recalibration - one defined by AI adoption, measurement precision, and the diminishing relevance of traditional media. These shifts are not just reshaping the marketing world; they're quietly altering how consumers discover, evaluate, and buy products every day, Moonfruit reports.
The collaboration leverages features Amazon introduced in January, enabling it to serve as a third-party provider of ad-serving and reporting capabilities for retailers. Through the offering, named Amazon Retail Ad Service, outside partners can use Amazon's ad-targeting and measurement tools on their own websites and in their apps, thus providing advertisers better data regarding real-time availability, pricing and contextual information such as search queries and browsing behavior.