YouTube froze a guitar channel's ad revenue because a letter never arrived
YouTube demonetized Bernth's 170K guitar channel over a lost address verification letter, exposing the fragility of creator income tied to a single platform.
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The latest news about video ads. Video ads are a type of online advertising that uses video to promote products or services. They can be displayed on a variety of platforms, including websites, apps, and social media.
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SuperAwesome becomes Roblox's only under-13 ad partner globally
SuperAwesome named Roblox's exclusive under-13 ad partner, with COPPA-compliant formats for video billboards, portals, and sponsored tiles targeting Gen Alpha.
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ChatGPT ads reach the UK as ad tech's infrastructure bets pile up
ChatGPT goes live with UK ads today as DoorDash, Pinterest, and Roblox each reshape where and how advertising works in 2026.
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Disney+ rolls out four DXC interactive ad formats with 10x brand recall gains
Disney built four DXC interactive ad formats into Disney+ between April 2025 and early 2026, with Pause+ Trivia hitting brand recall 10 times above benchmarks.
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Google now takes IP addresses for Customer Match - but DV360 is left out
Google added IP address support to Customer Match in the Data Manager API on May 28, 2026, with match-rate gains expected from Q3 2026, and DV360 left out.
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Meta's Reels now drives 81% product discovery across India, study finds
Meta-commissioned IPSOS research across 23 Indian cities finds Reels leads product discovery at 81% and shapes purchase decisions across Gen Z and rural users.
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Nielsen and Mediaocean link up to fix TV ad audience fragmentation
Nielsen and Mediaocean integrate audience data into Prisma for DDL campaigns, with Polk and MRI-Simmons expanding Nielsen ONE ahead of fall 2026 TV season.
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Spielberg's Disclosure Day: the cinema ad buy every marketer is watching
Cinema DOOH, IMAX, and 70mm collide June 12 as Disclosure Day, a 115 million dollar Spielberg event film, becomes the summer's defining theatrical ad buy.
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TiVo Q4 2025 report: viewers hit five-hour daily watch time peak
TiVo's Q4 2025 Video Trends Report finds daily viewing above five hours, 10+ services per household, and AVOD/FAST adoption at record 70% across North America.
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Disney's summer 2026 lineup: four films and a 2-billion milestone
Walt Disney Studios crossed 2 billion in 2026. Four summer films arrive: Toy Story 5, Moana live action, Super Troopers 3, and Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars.
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EDO launches Ad EnGage Optimize to cut wasted TV ad spend
EDO's Ad EnGage Optimize applies vertical AI to CTV frequency caps, creative rotation, and audience targeting in-flight, reclaiming up to 24% of ad budgets.
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Shakira's World Cup anthem "Dai Dai" just deposed "NO BATIDÃO" at global #1
Shakira and Burna Boy's FIFA World Cup 2026 anthem "Dai Dai" debuts at YouTube Global #1 with 44M views, ending "NO BATIDÃO"'s 31-week chart presence, as Michael Jackson dominates 10 territories.
