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Ability or extent of capability to uniquely identify an individual or a device between data sets of two or more parties in a given context e.g. targeting individuals with advertisements

ATV is the ability to serve different ads to different target groups and audience segments watching the same linear TV content. This helps deliver more relevant ad content to each viewer. Addressable advertising combines the reach and power of linear TV with the possibility to be precise with data-driven targeting such as demographic profile, viewing behaviour, interests, and location. Three types of technologies are used for the delivery of ATV: HbbTV, IPTV, and OTT.

An umbrella term referring to any TV content that has evolved beyond traditional, linear TV delivery methods. Advanced TV describes new digital advertising capabilities and impression-based delivery applied to premium video content. Advanced TV generally encompasses OTT/CTV, VOD and addressable / data-driven linear TV.

The Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report provides detailed advertising spend figures for all major media in the UK. Every quarter, the UK media are surveyed to produce the UK's most reliable adspend data. In addition to providing this, the Report includes comprehensive advertising forecasts for the next two years, helping agencies, analysts, media owners and advertisers with budgeting, forecasting and risk analysis.

The Expenditure Report helps to identify trends, access your position in the marketplace, allocate budgets, create rigorous business plans and make better informed decisions based on reliable data.

Also known as “ad networks,” a company that provides a single point of contact for sales representation for multiple websites by aggregating all the sites’ advertising inventory. Ad networks are used by advertisers, agencies to reach audiences and by publishers, typically to sell remnant inventory. 

Advertising-ID is a unique identifier that corresponds to a single specific device. The advertising-ID is stored on the device itself.

Different operating systems have different names for the advertising-ID in their system. In Apple’s iOS it’s ‘IDFA’, in Android ‘AAID’, Roku, ‘RIDA’; Amazon ‘AFAI’, etc.

When a web site owner or publisher displays an advertisement (such as a promotional link) on its site for a brand or merchant and is paid for the performance of the advertisement, this is known as affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing activity generates large amounts of online sales in the UK and worldwide. 

A type of autonomous AI that can make decisions, take actions, and learn on its own to achieve specific goals. It’s akin to having a virtual assistant that can think, reason, and adapt to changing circumstances without needing constant direction. Agentic AI can be used in self-driving cars, supply chain management, cybersecurity, and in healthcare diagnostics and treatment recommendations.