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Thursday • July 17, 2025
Netflix to Roll Out Interactive Ads Later This Year
Netflix Said It Expects Advertising Revenue to Roughly Double in 2025, as the Company Introduces Interactive Ads in the Second Half of the Year
Netflix expects its advertising revenue to double in 2025, fueled by successful upfront deals and the global rollout of its proprietary ad tech stack. The company is expanding into new verticals, including gaming and live entertainment venues like Netflix House, set to open in late 2025.
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Tuesday • June 17, 2025
SiriusXM and Narrativ Partner on AI Voice Replication for Audio Ads
The Partnership Aims to Cut Production Time and Costs, While Compensating Voice Actors
SiriusXM Media has signed a multi-year agreement with artificial intelligence startup Narrativ to use voice replication technology in its audio ads. The deal enables the satellite and online audio platform to replicate voice actors’ performances and produce localized ad campaigns at scale—a move aimed at reducing production costs and turnaround times, according to Lizzie Collins, senior vice president of B2B marketing and ad innovation, SiriusXM Media.
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Monday • June 16, 2025
Reddit unveils AI-driven ad tools to help brands tap into user discussions
Reddit Launched Two New AI-powered Advertising Features Aimed at Helping Brands Drive Greater Engagement by Tapping User Conversations
The company said its AI-driven tool, “Reddit Insights powered by Community Intelligence”, would provide real-time insights to marketers for planning campaigns by identifying trends on the platform and testing campaign ideas.
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Monday • June 16, 2025
TikTok Launches New AI-Powered Ad Creation Tools, Integrations With Adobe and WPP
TikTok’s Announced Some New AI-powered Elements for Its TikTok Symphony Brand Creation Platform
First off, TikTok’s rolling out its own version of text-to-video, which will generate AI video using TikTok’s own AI tools. TikTok’s also adding a new image-to-video creation option, which will turn your still image assets into video updates. Both of these options are similar to Google’s Veo tools, and Meta’s in-development text-to-video option, providing more ways to build video assets.
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Tuesday • June 10, 2025
Amazon Ads Launches New AI-Powered Video Generation Tool
Expect to See More AI-Generated Ads on the Amazon Website Going Forward
On Tuesday, Amazon announced the US release of its AI-powered video generator tool after nine months of beta testing. It also rolled out an updated version of the image generator first announced in 2023.
The video generator, which is now free to use for users with an authenticated Amazon seller account, allows for the creation of eight-second video ads (which the company describes as “low-motion,” presumably meaning that not much is actually moving in frame) from existing product images.
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Thursday • June 5, 2025
Marketers Move Millions in Ad Spend from The Trade Desk to Amazon’s Ad Platform
Buyers Cite Amazon’s Pricing, Inventory Access and Flexibility as Key Advantages
Advertisers are shifting millions of dollars in ad budgets, particularly in connected TV (CTV), from The Trade Desk’s demand-side platform (DSP) to Amazon’s. Key reasons include lower fees, improved user interface, greater measurement visibility, exclusive live sports, Prime Video’s growing reach, and a more collaborative partnership model.
One global auto brand moved approximately $80 million in annual ad spend from The Trade Desk to Amazon’s platform by the end of Q1, according to an adtech executive familiar with the deal, speaking anonymously to protect industry relations. Part of the reason for the move is that the brand can now sell its cars on Amazon.