Discord is joining YouTube and TikTok in implementing stricter age verification processes, squeezing marketer access to young users.

Media habits keep evolving as digital gains ground faster than traditional declines. Video is absorbing more attention, screens are doing more of the work, and the central battle is for a share of limited consumer time.

Premium streamers beat YouTube on attention as Netflix and HBO Max scored an attention rate of 26% vs. YouTube’s 18%, challenging spend priorities.

Roku wins in Q4 with $1.4 billion in revenues and 145.6 billion streaming hours, cementing its CTV scale and ad growth edge.

Paramount upped cash guarantees and fees in its WBD offer, betting richer terms can beat Netflix despite repeated board rejections.

YouTube TV is rolling out genre-specific options to curb churn, betting viewers prefer cheaper, targeted bundles over bloated pay TV.

For marketers, millennials represent high engagement across social platforms and elevated price sensitivity amid cost-of-living pressures.

YouTube now outpaces Reddit in AI citations as models prioritize transcripts, metadata, and explanatory formats over engagement signals.

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games will begin on February 6 with an opening ceremony that will also kick off advertisers looking to make the most of the global event.

Marketers could face a new challenge of podcast fragmentation, requiring more complex media planning.

Disney is getting an edge with an NFL-ESPN deal that protects it against digital video pressure from rivals like YouTube.

YouTube TV's win against Disney shows marketers that platform scale now shapes where premium sports ads live.

This FAQ examines how shoppable media works, where consumers engage with it, and how marketers should evaluate these emerging formats.

Industry KPI data shows arts and entertainment ROAS peaked in late Q3, with awards buzz lifting efficiency early.

Latin America’s video market is hitting peak penetration as streaming dominates media time. Mobile-first behaviors, platform concentration, and the popularity of short-form video are reshaping media consumption habits.

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.

37.2% of US adults say they're most likely to shop via Instagram, making it the top social commerce platform, ahead of TikTok (30.5%), according to a September 2025 survey from Power Digital Marketing.

From facilitating discovery to purchase, content creators play different roles for each generation. This report explores how platform choice, content formats, and trust in creators vary by age and what marketers and retailers can do.

AI is already disrupting programmatic. Generative search is reshaping web traffic, while agentic buying and curated deals redraw how ads are bought and sold. Expect more automation and more premium pipes, but tougher transparency tradeoffs.

Regulatory pressure and political alignment are now influencing programming stability, deal viability, and advertiser confidence one year into Trump's second presidency.