Programmatic advertising sees major shakeup: Uber offsite signals, Fox-Roku deal, IAS podcast controls, and Hyundai SSP bidding test
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Luis Rijo
Summary
A major week in programmatic advertising saw multiple industry-shifting announcements: Uber extended its first-party ad signals to Meta and Google for offsite targeting, Fox closed its $22 billion acquisition of Roku, IAS launched episode-level brand safety controls for Spotify podcasts, Hyundai tested a fundamental change to SSP bidding decisions, and a data platform rebuilt itself as an agentic CDP. The article covers the convergence of streaming, ride-hailing, and programmatic ad tech as companies overhaul the advertising stack.
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A ride-hailing platform extended its first-party data signals beyond its own apps for the first time.
A measurement vendor launched episode-level brand safety controls for podcast inventory.
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