ATRESMEDIA and smartclip deepen HbbTV advertising partnership
ATRESMEDIA and smartclip have expanded their strategic agreement to ATRESMEDIA’s Addressable TV portfolio. The biggest priority will be given to roll out full addressability of the traditional broadcast TV ad break. Read full story...
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