Viant Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: DSP), a leader in CTV and AI-driven programmatic advertising, scored a major win as ViantAI was named the Best Strategic AI Platform at the 2025 Adweek Tech Stack Awards. The recognition highlights the platform’s first-to-market capabilities that are reshaping how media teams plan, buy, and optimize campaigns.
MediaRadar has expanded its sports advertising coverage to include 25 regional sports networks (RSNs), bridging a key gap in its Video Everywhere platform. This move gives advertisers, agencies, and publishers a comprehensive view of sports ad activity across national broadcast, local linear RSNs, and exclusive live-streaming platforms.
Rain the Growth Agency is deepening its digital footprint with a major leadership addition: Pranav Pandit, a seasoned strategist with more than 25 years across agencies like OMD, Ogilvy, and dentsu X, has joined the company as its new Executive Vice President of Digital Marketing.
Molson Coors is reshaping its digital advertising strategy—and it’s doing it with Viant.
The beverage giant has named Viant Technology Inc. its official Advertising Platform in a multi-year partnership beginning in 2026, marking one of the most significant brand-side adtech alignments this year. For Viant, a longtime player in identity-driven programmatic and CTV innovation, the win reinforces its growing role as the behind-the-scenes engine powering major marketers’ data strategies.
The IAB Tech Lab has taken a major step in tightening the defenses of digital advertising. The global standards body announced the rollout of Device Attestation in its Open Measurement SDK (OM SDK) — a new security feature designed to expose one of the industry’s biggest pain points: device spoofing.
In an unexpected but inspired crossover between connected TV (CTV) adtech and genre entertainment, TriCoast Media has announced the launch of the inaugural Dark Matter Film Festival — a Culver City-based celebration of sci-fi, action, and horror cinema. The three-day event, taking place October 28–30, 2025, is co-produced with TriCoast Entertainment, the company’s content distribution arm and operator of the Dark Matter TV FAST channel.
Amid economic uncertainty and rising tariffs, U.S. advertisers are recalibrating their budgets, according to the IAB 2025 Outlook Study September Update. The Interactive Advertising Bureau lowered its 2025 ad spend forecast from +7.3% to +5.7%, reflecting a more cautious outlook for the second half of the year.
Marketers are spending more than ever—global media advertising is expected to surpass $1 trillion this year—yet confidence in measurement remains shaky. Affinity Solutions, a consumer purchase insights company, is taking aim at that problem with the launch of the Outcomes Marketing Council, a new industry forum designed to bring clarity to one of marketing’s messiest debates: proving impact.
Streaming has already overtaken cable in most households, but the 2025 Inclusive Screen report from LG Ad Solutions suggests the shift is especially pronounced among diverse audiences—and it’s changing what advertisers need to do to connect with them.
Cast Iron Media, a leader in live sports and premium video advertising across connected television (CTV), has appointed Shane Ankeney to its Advisory Board. Ankeney, a seasoned executive, brings decades of strategic, operational, and marketing expertise to help Cast Iron accelerate its growth in the rapidly evolving CTV and sports media landscape.
