Digiday CTV Advertising Strategies
The streaming ad market has come of age. With every top streaming service operating an ad-supported tier, major sporting events being streamed and Walmart joining the likes of Amazon, Google and Roku in the connected TV market, it’s little wonder that advertisers are expected to spend more money on streaming than traditional TV by 2029. But the streaming ad market still suffers growing pains. Those range from ad product innovation issues and measurement challenges to programmatic complications and a looming ad load overload.
At the Digiday CTV Advertising Strategies event, hear how top brand and agency executives are navigating the opportunities and challenges in today’s streaming ad market and what they say it will take for streaming to overtake the TV once and for all.
Speakers
- Michael BeebeDSTILLERYCEO
- Dani BenowitzIPG MEDIABRANDSGLOBAL CHIEF NEGOTIATIONS OFFICER
- Alex BorasBLIS PRESIDENT
- Dave CampanelliHORIZON MEDIAPRESIDENT, GLOBAL INVESTMENT
- Celeste CastleDENTSUEVP, HEAD OF RESEARCH & MEASUREMENT
- Craig ChinnTIVOSVP, ADVERTISING SALES, AMERICAS
- Marcy GreenbergerUM WORLDWIDECHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
- Marc GuldimannADELAIDEFOUNDER/CEO
- Dan LarkmanKEYNES DIGITALCEO & FOUNDER
- Kevin MankeDANONEDIRECTOR, MEDIA DATA, TECH & OPERATIONS
- Skyler McGillWPROMOTEHEAD OF PROGRAMMATIC & VIDEO
- Mike PlanteAMICA INSURANCEMANAGING VICE PRESIDENT
- Manu SinghNATIONAL CINEMEDIA (NCM)CHIEF DATA & INNOVATION OFFICER
- Albert ThompsonWALTER ISAACSONDIRECTOR, DIGITAL INNOVATION
- Mike VillalobosSEEDTAGSVP, STRATEGY & COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
AGENDA
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Tim Peterson
EXECUTIVE EDITOR, VIDEO & AUDIO
DIGIDAY MEDIA
Maybe more than ever, this year’s upfront cycle has ad buyers and sellers taking a hard look at how valuable streaming audiences are. In this session, IPG Mediabrands’ Dani Benowitz will break down the biggest developments in this year’s upfront negotiations that will affect the streaming ad market over the next year.

Dani Benowitz
GLOBAL CHIEF NEGOTIATIONS OFFICER
IPG MEDIABRANDS

CTV captures attention through emotion and immersion, while the open web reflects culture, conversation, and intent. Join Seedtag’s Mike Villalobos to explore how real-time signals of interest, emotion, and intention can power smarter advertising without relying on cookies or personal identifiers.
In this session, you’ll see how Seedtag’s AI, Liz, powers Neuro-Contextual advertising to unify CTV and open web strategies by bridging passive and active environments to deliver full-funnel performance. Experience live demos and walk away with a more intelligent, privacy-first approach to reaching people when it matters most with what matters most

Mike Villalobos
SVP, STRATEGY & COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
SEEDTAG
2025 is a watershed year for the streaming ad market with Amazon’s Prime Video and NBCUniversal’s Peacock gaining NBA rights and Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube adding new NFL games. In this session, Horizon Media’s David Campanelli will discuss how ad buyers are preparing for this influx of inventory.

Dave Campanelli
PRESIDENT, GLOBAL INVESTMENT
HORIZON MEDIA

TV may be in the name, but connected TV has advanced well beyond its traditional namesake by adopting digital technologies and tactics. In this session, Wpromote’s Skyler McGill will break down how the agency is wrangling its roster of programmatic ad-buying tools today and how it’s seeing AI intersect with CTV’s programmatic market.

Skyler McGill
HEAD OF PROGRAMMATIC & VIDEO
WPROMOTE

Cinema has always delivered unmatched scale and impact—but until now, it’s been measured by reach and ratings. NCM and Adelaide are changing that. In this groundbreaking session, we unveil a first-of-its-kind partnership: NCM is integrating Adelaide’s AU metric into its national inventory, enabling advertisers to transact on verified attention – not just impressions
This is cinema’s next frontier: measurable, predictive, outcome-based buying. Learn how AU is transforming the way brands value high-impact media and why attention—not exposure—is the new premium currency.

Marc Guldimann
FOUNDER/CEO
ADELAIDE

Manu Singh
CHIEF DATA & INNOVATION OFFICER
NATIONAL CINEMEDIA (NCM)
CTV’s ad sales ecosystem can make it so that an advertiser ends up bidding against itself if a brand isn’t careful with its buying strategy. In this session, Danone’s Kevin Manke will explain how the marketer makes sure it reaches the right customers but not too often — or too few.

Kevin Manke
DIRECTOR, MEDIA DATA, TECH & OPERATIONS
DANONE

CTV would seem to be the miracle media channel. It combines the upper-funnel faculties of TV with the performance capabilities of digital. So then why isn’t delivering on advertisers’ ROI expectations? In this session, UM Worldwide’s Marcy Greenberger will diagnose the challenges to limiting CTV’s effectiveness and cost-efficiency with an eye toward identifying what needs to change for advertisers to maximize their returns.

Marcy Greenberger
CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
UM WORLDWIDE

Viewers are more fragmented, expectations are higher, and advertisers are at a critical crossroads: chase short-term impressions or build long-term trust. In this fast-paced fireside chat, Craig Chinn, SVP of Advertising Sales, Americas, TiVo, and Alex Boras, President, Blis, will explore what’s working in today’s TV landscape — and how doing right by viewers isn’t just ethical, it’s smart business. Expect candid insight into relevance, innovation, and purpose

Alex Boras
PRESIDENT
BLIS

Craig Chinn
SVP, ADVERTISING SALES, AMERICAS
TIVO
Math is hard, including when it comes to measuring ads on CTV. Which is kind of ridiculous considering CTV has all the benefits of digital technology. But it also has much of the baggage of traditional TV measurement, as well as the benefits. In this session, Dentsu’s Celeste Castle will assess what makes measurement in CTV so challenging, how advertisers can overcome those challenges and how that can create opportunities beyond just CTV.

Celeste Castle
EVP, HEAD OF RESEARCH & MEASUREMENT
DENTSU

The CTV ad model largely replicates the traditional TV model with ad breaks interrupting what people are watching. But new ad formats are popping up. In this session, Walton Isaacson’s Albert Thompson will assess today’s streaming ad portfolio and to what extent newer formats like pause ads and home-screen placements are proving performance for clients.

Albert Thompson
DIRECTOR, DIGITAL INNOVATION
WALTER ISAACSON

The promise of CTV is being able to strike a balance between TV’s brand advertising and digital’s performance marketing. In reality, though, pulling off that balance isn’t exactly easy — or cheap. In this session, Amica Insurance’s Mike Plante will break down the brand’s scrappy approach to winning over customers and overcoming market challenges without breaking the bank.

Mike Plante
MANAGING VICE PRESIDENT
AMICA INSURANCE

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