Mansha Daswani

Advertising revenues in the U.K. rose by 10.4 percent in 2024 to reach £42.6 billion.

Rupinder Downie, content solutions leader at Channel 4, joined the CTV Festival with Joe Churchill, digital commissioning editor at the pioneering public-service broadcaster, to discuss successful advertiser-funded content initiatives on linear and social video.

Henrik Pabst, the head of content at ProSiebenSat.1 Media, told CTV Festival viewers about how the German media group is evolving its strategies for reaching audiences and advertisers in a keynote Q&A with World Screen’s Mansha Daswani today.

Ross Appleton, VP and general manager for the U.K. at Tubi, spoke at the Connected TV Festival today about driving usage and advertiser gains for the AVOD platform as it nears its first anniversary in the competitive British landscape.

Day one of the Connected TV Festival wrapped with an insightful conversation with Brian Toombs, the head of Roku Brand Studio, about how the company is using its significant reach to scale its options for advertisers.

On the heels of her appointment to lead ZDF Studios’ B2C department, Linette Zaulich weighed in on AVOD licensing opportunities, YouTube engagement and FAST channel rollouts as the CTV Festival continued today.

Samsung Ads’ Bérangère Degni-Rezé joined the CTV Festival today to discuss how the company is scaling its relationship with advertising partners as Samsung TV Plus builds its usage base across Europe.

The Connected TV Festival kicked off today with a keynote Q&A with Bedrock Streaming CEO Jonas Engwall, who highlighted how the company’s technology solutions are helping broadcasters scale their streaming capabilities.

Future Today has rolled out a new solution to drive connected TV advertising, delivering 1.5 billion addressable impressions within the company's brand-safe inventory of content offerings across channels such as Fawesome, Filmrise and HappyKids.

The EBU has enlisted former ITV Studios executive Jurian Van Der Meer as commercial director of the Eurovision Song Contest.