Fox Acquires Roku: Assessing the Impact on Digital Advertising
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Fox has acquired Roku, a major player in connected TV streaming. This move could reshape the digital advertising landscape, especially in the CTV and programmatic ad sectors.
Why it matters
The acquisition brings together Fox's media assets and Roku's ad-supported streaming platform, potentially creating new opportunities and challenges for advertisers and publishers in the growing CTV market.
Explain it like I’m new here
It's like a big TV company buying the most popular smart TV remote, so they can show more ads to people watching shows.
The deal
Fox → Roku · acquisition · announced
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Terms in this story
CTV (connected TV)
CTV (connected TV) is any television connected to the internet, such as a smart TV, streaming stick, games console or set-top box, and the advertising shown in streaming apps on it.
Programmatic advertising
Programmatic advertising is buying and selling ad space through automated software, usually one impression at a time, instead of through manual negotiations, phone calls and paper contracts.
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