Q4 is one of the highest-stakes stretches on the retail calendar. Shoppers spend months researching gifts and planning ahead. Much of that now happens at home in front of the biggest screen in the house: they stream a holiday movie...

July 21, 2026

Connected TV budgets keep climbing. According to a new survey, half of senior brand and agency marketers say they're spending more on the channel year over year, and 70% would push those budgets higher still if measurement, attribution, and outcome...

July 17, 2026

In a new world of AI-driven discovery, brands are encountering unique challenges to finding and winning customers. When Google serves an AI Overview, 83% of those searches end without a single click, choking off the traffic and conquesting power that...

July 13, 2026

Most travel advertising is built around someone who already knows they want to go somewhere. The keyword is purchased, the booking funnel begins. That's a reasonable place to put your ad spend. It's just not the only place — and...

July 8, 2026

For advertisers, no quarter carries more weight than Q4, and 2026 is shaping up to be another strong one. EMARKETER predicts holiday spending will increase year-over-year (YoY), for retail as a whole and even more so for ecommerce. Q4 has...

July 7, 2026

Streaming set out to win live sports, and based on recent adoption numbers, it has. 64% of Americans now pay for a sports SVOD subscription, and US adults will spend an average of 24 minutes a day with live sports...

July 2, 2026

Back-to-school (BTS) is one of the longest and most layered spending seasons on the calendar. Across that stretch, shoppers are planning, stocking up, and outfitting new routines and new lives. That creates real opportunity for brands that show up at...

June 29, 2026

When it comes to capturing consumer attention, big-screen ads are still the ones to beat. New research from Omnicom finds 50% of consumers notice ads on television, more than social media, YouTube, or any other channel. Connected TV also leads...

June 26, 2026