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STV Player inventory live on Planet V
STV Player inventory live on Planet V.
About this update from Stv Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 7am, Tuesday 7 March 2023\n \n \n \n \n \n \n STV Player launches on Planet V and doubles targeted advertising in Q1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ·\n \n STV Player's inventory now live on programmatic video advertising platform, Planet V\n \n \n \n ·\n \n 90% of STV's digital advertising now targeted across the UK, compared with 40% in 2022\n \n \n \n ·\n \n Scottish advertisers and agencies can now book data-enabled, fully-addressable advertising on STV Player for the first time\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Scottish media company STV Group has joined ITV's advertising platform, Planet V, and seen the level of targeted, programmatic advertising on their streaming service, STV Player, increase from 40% to 90% in its first month since going live.\n \n \n \n \n \n In December 2022, the broadcasters announced an enhanced strategic partnership which sees STV Player take exclusive Scottish rights for a range of ITVX original and premier content, encompassing at least 100 hours of new boxsets per year\n . The agreement has also seen ITV's market-leading sales team taking on exclusive responsibility for selling all digital VOD and simulcast advertising inventory on STV Player, including joining Planet V. The partnership extends ITV's sales reach and allows STV to benefit from ITV's unrivalled scale and targeting capability in the UK market. \n \n \n \n \n \n In addition to UK-wide clients, Scottish advertisers and agencies can now use the self-service Planet V platform to explore, plan and book targeted campaigns on STV Player that are customised to their needs and powered by first party user data, all in a brand safe, premium and automated environment.\n \n \n \n \n \n The partnership creates a genuine one-stop-shop for Scottish advertising for the first time across linear, VOD and now programmatic, with the aim of attracting new, digital-only advertisers who haven't advertised on TV before. \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Reilly, Commercial Director of STV, said: \"Digital advertising has been a strong performer for STV in recent years, with revenues more than doubling since 2018. Through this enhanced partnership with ITV, our digital sales will now benefit from unrivalled scale and targeting capability at very high volume through the Pl...