NBCUniversal is signing on to help TV advertising transform itself into a digital, data-driven business – one that’s ideally better armed to battle Facebook and Google.
So it’s partnering with three of its blood rivals: Fox, Turner and Viacom.
About a year ago, those three media titans joined forces to announce OpenAP, a consortium aimed at making it easier for advertisers to target people with specific ads, much like they’ve become accustomed to doing in digital media.
But a few big companies were glaringly absent, including NBCUniversal and Disney. Now, NBCU is not only joining OpenAP, but it plans to license some of its premium data and ad products to potentially make the consortium more potent.
To read more about the progress of OpenAP, click here.
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