Last week, Amazon announced it would shut down its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go locations. While this doesn’t signal a full retreat from physical retail, it does underscore Amazon’s growing emphasis on digital grocery, which has clear implications for its retail media strategy. Instead of prioritizing advertising tied to physical stores, Amazon is doubling down on media formats that can scale well beyond its owned retail footprint.

Gen Alpha’s digital world is built around YouTube, gaming, and creator-led content. This report examines how early immersion, platform controls, and shifting norms are reshaping engagement as the cohort approaches adolescence.

Short-form, shoppable, and side-by-side features aim to narrow the gap between Paramount and Netflix, but Netflix remains the safer bet for advertisers.

A major streaming asset sale could reshape the CTV ad market. Bundling would concentrate demand and lift CPMs, while a no-deal would keep fragmentation high. Either way, platform fortunes will diverge.

Streaming takes nearly half of TV viewing in a new record, driven by sports and major cultural hits, proving live events still dominate TV.

YouTube expands shoppable CTV ads with Google Demand Gen, with new units aiming to convert passive viewing into action without feeling intrusive.

Netflix’s ad revenues hit $1.5 billion, with expectations to double in 2026 as its next phase will hinge on broadening inventory advertisers know how to buy.

YouTube reaches more people than any other media platform in history. But saturation, slower growth, and rising competition are reshaping its future.

Mexico’s digital ad market is rapidly transforming as new formats, channels, and players emerge. Understanding the local market forces, challenges, and opportunities driving these shifts is vital to staying competitive.

Netflix's spending overshadowed its Q4 results; it beat expectations, but investor focus has shifted to the execution and regulatory risk of the Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition.

Brazil’s digital ad market continues to transform as new formats, channels, and players emerge. Understanding the local market forces, challenges, and opportunities driving these shifts is vital to staying competitive in the country’s fast-evolving landscape.

NFL viewership favors broadcast as traditional TV draws the biggest audiences, but streaming’s ad effectiveness is unmatched.

Digital video viewing has become the norm, though adoption varies across countries and age groups. Uneven engagement and shifting viewing patterns are reshaping how audiences watch and how budgets follow.

Netflix’s all-cash WBD bid means a faster deal that would ease streaming uncertainty and help advertisers plan around Netflix’s ad tier.

After a 20% jump in streaming subscription prices, when will consumers cut back?

As streaming services capture an increasing share of both viewership and subscription revenues, this FAQ will help marketers understand the terminology and dynamics shaping video advertising in 2026.

Podcast listeners are sought out by marketers for high engagement, and listenership is only set to grow.

Subscription streaming has reached mainstream status globally. Growth now hinges on harder-to-reach, price-sensitive markets where uncertain demand and uneven access create new hurdles—and fresh opportunities—for platforms chasing their next wave of viewers.

The ad industry kept busy during the holiday season, so we rounded up the biggest stories from the last two weeks you need to know about.

At CES, Amazon is repositioning Amazon Ads as a full advertising ecosystem rather than a commerce-adjacent channel, emphasizing unified reach across TV, streaming, live sports, audio, and programmatic partners.