AI Daily Briefing
- Channel 4’s OOH Measurement Shift: Real Impact Unlocked: Forget ‘opportunity to see.’ Channel 4 is proving out-of-home advertising’s true power with a radical new measurement approach. It’s about time.
- Universal Ads & Koddi: CTV’s Commerce Integration Explained: The friction traditionally keeping commerce buyers away from Connected TV just got a major shove. Universal Ads and Koddi are rolling out an integration designed to bring TV buying into familiar workflows.
- GumGum France: AI Mindset Graph Unlocks Smarter Ads: California-based GumGum is planting its flag in Paris, bringing its AI-driven Mindset Graph technology to the French market. This move signals a significant push to use granular consumer intent for more effective ad campaigns.
- Last-Click Attribution Is Failing Us: AI Demands New Metrics: The long-held simplicity of last-click attribution is crumbling. In our AI-first world, this outdated model actively steers marketers toward demonstrably bad decisions, rewarding the wrong work and hiding true influence.
- Viant Bets Big on Walled Garden Exodus: Viant is sounding the alarm on walled gardens, claiming advertisers are finally ditching opaque platforms for transparency. Their Q1 results suggest this isn’t just talk.
- Adobe’s AI Play: Personalization Reimagined for 2026: For years, personalization in marketing was a promise. Adobe, with its new AI infrastructure, claims to finally be delivering on it at scale.
- WBD’s Programmatic Upfront: A Glimpse into TV’s AI Future: The upfronts are no longer just about handshakes and guarantees; they’re evolving into dynamic, data-driven marketplaces. Warner Bros. Discovery is at the forefront, proving that programmatic isn’t just a future concept, it’s the present reality for TV ad buying.
- DeepIntent Nabs TTD CMO: What It Means for Pharma AdTech: The healthcare AdTech space just got a major jolt. DeepIntent, a platform focused on the unique complexities of pharmaceutical advertising, has poached Ian Colley, formerly the CMO of programmatic giant The Trade Desk.