Insights


Read about the latest insights, trends, and resources in TV and premium video advertising.


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FreeWheel Viewer Experience Lab: Maximizing Brand Recall Through Contextual Alignment

The FreeWheel Viewer Experience Lab’s latest report dives into the impact of contextually aligning program content and ad content on the viewer’s memory for brands and offers considerations for how advertisers and publishers can capitalize on the benefits of contextual alignment.

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How a Major Publisher Optimized Decisioning Across All Demand Channels to Increase Revenue

View this video case study to learn how a major U.S. publisher optimized decisioning across all demand channels with FreeWheel, resulting in a 4x increase in revenue.

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From Relevance to Results: The Power of Contextual Alignment

Contextual advertising – where the creative elements of an ad are matched to program content – is emerging as a valuable tool to increase ad effectiveness. See how contextual alignment powers stronger ads and brand recall.

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Sean Merriweather, Executive Director, Advisory Services, FreeWheel

From Streamlined Experiences to Dynamic Strategies: Industry Leaders Weigh in on the Future of Streaming

Industry executives from FreeWheel, IQVIA Digital, Scripps, Snowflake, Universal Ads, and Warner Bros. Discovery all shared deep insights on the evolving media landscape with Beet.TV.

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FreeWheel Viewer Experience Lab: Innovative Ad Formats in Streaming

The FreeWheel Viewer Experience Lab's latest report examines the presence of new ad formats in streaming content and their impact on the viewer experience.

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FreeWheel’s 2025 Premium Programmatic Summit: Simplify. Optimize. Connect.

As the programmatic ecosystem continues to evolve, FreeWheel remains committed to driving innovation in CTV and premium video. The 2025 Premium Programmatic Summit celebrated this momentum and offered a forward-looking view into the trends shaping the future of the industry.

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Better Bids, Higher Revenue: The Benefits of Bid Request Enrichment for Advertisers and Publishers

Programmatic advertising has transformed the way brands reach consumers, providing the ability to deliver ads to a target audience with precision.

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How a Single Source of Truth and Full Automation Changes the Game: Introducing OneStrata Digital and FreeWheel DSP Integration

In an industry where speed, precision, and scale are essential, that kind of automation is no longer optional — it’s a strategic advantage.

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FreeWheel MediaTalks Podcast – Episode 4.04

Join Emmanuel Josserand and Senior Media Executives from both buy and sell-side to explore the industry’s challenges and opportunities.

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Why TV Upfronts Need to Bring Buyers and Sellers Back Together

Agencies and publishers need to identify the technology and integration solutions to control content, placement, partnership and programmatic inventory access.

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FreeWheel Market Spotlight: Unlocking Addressable TV in Canada

FreeWheel’s Advisory Services spotlights the Canadian market, detailing the significant opportunity that Addressable TV provides Canadian distributors and programmers.

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How Programmatic Advertising Can Embrace Efficiency

At FreeWheel, we’ve been thinking deeply about how programmatic infrastructure can be designed to minimize waste, optimize energy consumption, and create cleaner pathways for transactions.

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FreeWheel MediaTalks Podcast – Episode 4.03

Join Emmanuel Josserand and Senior Media Executives from both buy and sell-side to explore the industry’s challenges and opportunities.

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State of Programmatic Independent Demand: FY 2024

The independent demand segment has emerged as a powerful force in programmatic video, with a +23% year-over-year growth in impressions. As access to premium streaming inventory becomes democratized, how are these agencies reshaping the advertising landscape, optimizing their supply paths, and reaching high-value audiences at scale?

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FreeWheel Unveils New Suite and Solution Names, Reinforcing Unified CTV Product Ecosystem

FreeWheel offers a more intuitive and unified solution architecture, organized into clearly defined suites. Designed to make it easier to understand how our offerings work together to drive value, we’ve streamlined and renamed several products to better align with our clients’ real-world needs and workflows.

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From Curation to Activation: Insights from FreeWheel’s Programmatic Activation Summit

Industry leaders gathered at FreeWheel’s Programmatic Activation Summit to discuss the future of media buying. Hear insights from execs at FreeWheel, IAB, Index Exchange, IPG, and Roku on upfronts, curation, live environments, and more.

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Delivering on Streaming: Highlights from 2H 2024

FreeWheel’s latest Video Marketplace Report takes a deep dive into the major shifts in streaming from the second half of 2024 (2H 2024), keying into the viewership and monetization trends that are likely to characterize 2025.

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FreeWheel MediaTalks Podcast – Episode 4.02

Join Emmanuel Josserand and Senior Media Executives from both buy and sell-side to explore the industry’s challenges and opportunities.

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FreeWheel Video Marketplace Report: 2H 2024

The latest edition of the Video Marketplace Report (featuring both U.S. and European data) explores the streaming landscape, targeting and viewer experiences, opportunities for programmatic in the live environment, and more.

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