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Fall 2025 Tentpoles on CTV: How Smarter Buying Is Driving Better Deals
Q4 is when everything tightens...budgets, timelines, and the margin for error. And if you’re planning to win the holidays, your CTV...

Noah Held
3 days ago2 min read


Stop Buying “Sorta CTV”
How Curation, Clean Supply, and Feedback Loops Are Resetting the CTV Market Why This Matters Now CTV is finally delivering the scale,...

Kyle Kuchera
Aug 123 min read


GenAI and the Next Phase of Contextual Creativity in Programmatic
Creative has historically lagged behind in programmatic strategy. While media buying has become increasingly automated and...

Kyle Kuchera
Aug 42 min read


Context Is the Strategy, Not a Side Feature
Let’s be clear. Programmatic has never been short on tools. But the real unlock isn’t just better tech, it’s better signal. And in CTV,...

Kyle Kuchera
Jul 294 min read


SPO: Why It Matters Now More Than Ever
Programmatic is getting smarter, but it’s also getting noisier. More inventory, more players, more layers. That’s led to a paradox:...

Kyle Kuchera
Jul 223 min read


In Flight Optimization Is the Edge
Responsive and mid flight. SignalTap optimizes while campaigns run, not after

Kyle Kuchera
Jul 153 min read


AI Changed How We Browse...And It’s Reshaping the Ad Market in Real Time
If you’re still optimizing campaigns like it’s 2022, you're probably behind. The way people move through the open web has fundamentally...

Kyle Kuchera
Jul 73 min read


Why “Clean Premium” CTV Just Had Its Cannes Moment
1. Shaken by supply, staged by strategy CTV spend is surging—brands are migrating en masse—but CPMs are dipping. Digiday reports rates...

Noah Held
Jun 302 min read


Turning Buyer Clues Into Campaign Wins
Programmatic has matured past the point of just chasing impressions. Today, success hinges on understanding what really drives action—and...

Kyle Kuchera
Jun 223 min read


Q3 Tentpole Season is Here (Time to Get Smart About CTV)
Q3 Tentpole Season is Here

Kyle Kuchera
Jun 162 min read


CTV & FAST: The New Face of TV
The way people watch TV has changed. It's no longer just about prime time. It’s about your time—streamed, paused, binged, or...

Kyle Kuchera
Jun 103 min read


So, What's In Your PMPs?!
Why Radical Transparency Is Reshaping Programmatic Curation We’re deep into the curation boom. Everyone has a PMP strategy. Everyone...

Kyle Kuchera
Jun 22 min read


From Keywords to Context: How Real AI Is Reshaping Programmatic Targeting
Most contextual targeting still clings to keywords. But our brains don’t work that way, and neither should your media strategy. At...

Kyle Kuchera
May 262 min read


Supply Side Optimization: Smarter Buys Start Before the DSP Even Bids
If you’re still relying on the DSP to fix performance problems, you’re playing defense. Every day, programmatic teams waste time chasing...

Kyle Kuchera
May 203 min read


Navigating the New Realities of CTV Targeting
Navigating the New Realities of CTV Targeting

Kyle Kuchera
May 123 min read


Sports Marketing in 2025...It's About Context, Not Just Coverage
It’s no secret that sports dominate culture. Whether you’re courtside, tailgating, streaming highlights on your phone, or debating the...

Noah Held
Apr 294 min read


Advertising Is Getting Smarter: The Coming of AI Agents In Programmatic
The digital advertising industry is undergoing a structural shift. Between the erosion of third party identifiers, the rise of...
Michael Burns
Apr 213 min read


Winning in a Tight Market: Smarter Programmatic on a Lean Budget
If you’ve been in this business long enough, you know the drill. Dotcom bust. Great Recession. COVID. Now: economic slowdown, tariff...

Kyle Kuchera
Apr 83 min read


Redefining CTV Strategy
CTV isn’t just eating into traditional TV’s market share, it’s redefining what “TV advertising” actually means. Today’s best-performing...

Kyle Kuchera
Mar 313 min read


Time To Rethink Where Your Ads Live
For years, brands have defaulted to pouring spend into walled gardens—platforms like Google, Meta, and Amazon—because of their scale and...

Kyle Kuchera
Mar 253 min read

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