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# Special Report: Ad-Supported OTT
- URL: https://tvrev2beta2.ghost.io/ottreport/
- Published: 2019-03-14T14:00:58.000Z
- Updated: 2019-03-14T14:00:58.000Z
- Author: Alan Wolk
- Tags: Special Report, TV data, #sqs, #Import 2026-09-03 19:30, Ad Tech, Streaming Wars

We’re excited to release the much-anticipated TV\[R\]EV report about Ad-Supported OTT, [available here](https://ott.tvrev.com/?ref=tvrev2beta2.ghost.io). Co-authored by prolific TV analyst/author Alan Wolk, and veteran journalist Mike Shields, and written in TV\[R\]EV’s trademark conversational style, this 56-page Special Report is designed to give you a deep understanding of the entire ad-supported OTT ecosystem -- and for just $249, it will forever change the way you think about and talk about OTT. 

Drawing on conversations with over one hundred executives on all sides of the TV advertising ecosystem, this report examines the incumbents, the upstarts and the seismic shifts the industry is undergoing.You’ll learn how OTT ads are targeted, how they’re bought and sold, how they’re served, how they’re measured along with the opportunities, challenges and dynamics surrounding it all. You’ll walk away with a complete understanding of how things work, what various acronyms and terms mean, and what to look for in the years ahead. 

**Topics Include:**

\- Speaking **the Lingo:** What’s the difference between CTV, OTT, and why does it matter?

\- The New **Audience** Frontier: vMPVDs and Apps

\- How connected devices and **smart TVs** are enabling innovation

\- Why **segmenting** and verifying audiences is a new table stake

\- Supply and Demand: **DMPs and SSPs** and the challenges ahead

**\- Walled Gardens:** Good idea or short-sighted strategy?

\- How **Addressable & Programmatic** can reshape buying

\- Innovations in **Measurement** from panels to ACR to blockchain

\- OTT’s **Fraud** Problem- Future **predictions**

**\- Survey results** from 100 hand-picked executives. (Hint: Everyone is confused!) 

**Including Special Company Profiles:**

**\- Selling the Future:** Understand what is giving *Hulu* its dominant edge

**\- Engagement is Everything:** *True\[X\]* is betting on interactivity and innovation

**\- Device Mapping:** Consider how Vizbee is attacking the identity crisis

**\- Unified Attribution**: *iSpot.tv*’s always on ad measurement tracks business outcomes

**\- TV Data as Jet Fuel:** *Inscape’s* ACR data is fueling the new TV economy

**\- Net New Revenues**: *Beachfront Media* is bringing fast programmatic to MPVDs, VOD & OTT

**\- Digital Natives Seize TV Market:** *dataxu* sees an addressable future

**\- The Best Targeting Is Local:** How *TEGNA’s Premion* is exploding OTT for DMAs