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    CTV

    7 receipts tracked • 90% industry hit rate

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    7 receipts on CTV

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    RECEIPT #LOU-PA

    JAN 15, 2025

    Called it.

    PREDICTION BY

    Lou Paskalis
    ““2025 [the] advertising industry is going to be the symbiosis between connected TV or what we call CTV, retail media networks and then podcasts…””

    FOLLOW-UP

    In 2025, CTV and retail media networks were among the fastest-growing channels, and podcasts continued their "coming of age" in media plans. Many advertisers used CTV for upper-funnel, retail media for mid/low-funnel, and podcasts for niche engagement—effectively the "symbiosis" predicted. This triad became a widely recognized core of modern full-funnel strategy.

    Advertising IndustryCTVRetail Media NetworksPodcasts

    RECEIPT #MIKE-S

    JAN 06, 2026

    Too early to tell.

    PREDICTION BY

    Mike Shields
    “The big TV media companies will start to collaborate on CTV ad sales and data - led by Paramount.”

    FOLLOW-UP

    While collaboration in CTV is a broad trend, a specific, verifiable multi-company collaboration *led by Paramount* for CTV ad sales and data is not documented in the provided sources as of mid-2026.

    CTVAd SalesCollaborationParamount

    RECEIPT #MIKE-S

    JAN 06, 2026

    Story still evolving.

    PREDICTION BY

    Mike Shields
    “Reels will struggle on TV. I’m not sure if Reels has enough creator traction to entice people to watch them on TV. Plus, in YouTube’s case - the company is able to use the core, long-form YouTube app to funnel CTV viewers to YouTube Shorts. That’s something Reels won’t have, since Meta is largely absent from TV.”

    FOLLOW-UP

    As of mid-2026, there is no significant public evidence of Reels gaining strong traction on CTV, consistent with Shields' prediction. Outcome is evolving as the year progresses.

    Social MediaCTVReels

    RECEIPT #ARI-PA

    JAN 01, 2024

    Called it.

    PREDICTION BY

    Ari Paparo
    “There have been two counterforces one is CTV and the other is retail media and the retail media one has proven quite significant…”

    FOLLOW-UP

    Retail media networks expanded rapidly in revenue and product sophistication. CTV spending grew significantly, with YouTube and Netflix often described as a forming duopoly in streaming.

    ORIGINAL SOURCE

    www.youtube.com
    Retail MediaCTVDigital Advertising

    RECEIPT #ANDREW

    JAN 07, 2026

    Called it.

    PREDICTION BY

    Andrew Frank
    “There will be a lot more data collaboration initiatives between advertisers, streaming companies, and maybe retailers as well to try to solve the accountability problem in streaming media in particular and in CTV and OTT. I think you’re going to see data become a more important part of the advertising ecosystem.”

    FOLLOW-UP

    Major streamers deepened or launched partnerships with retail media networks, creating clean-room style data collaboration. Measurement providers and streamers expanded multi-party data clean rooms and cross-publisher IDs for CTV. Streaming ad products increasingly marketed first-party viewer data and collaboration tools as a key differentiator.

    ORIGINAL SOURCE

    www.marketingbrew.com
    StreamingCTVOTTAdvertisingData CollaborationRetail Media

    RECEIPT #ARI-PA

    DEC 30, 2024

    Partially right.

    PREDICTION BY

    Ari Paparo
    “Walmart buying Vizio was arguably the most important advertising-related M&A of 2024. It will force Amazon, Kroger, and the big streamers to accelerate their own CTV and retail-media integrations in 2025, with at least one major, defensive acquisition of a TV OEM or CTV OS.”

    FOLLOW-UP

    Large platforms and retailers have intensified investment and partnerships in CTV and retail media. However, as of mid-2026, there has not been a clearly 'defensive' acquisition of a major TV OEM or full CTV operating system by Amazon, Kroger, or a top streaming platform.

    ORIGINAL SOURCE

    news.marketecture.tv
    CTVRetail MediaM&AAdvertising

    RECEIPT #BRIAN-

    JUN 15, 2024

    Called it.

    PREDICTION BY

    Brian Wieser
    “By contrast, national and local TV advertising growth declined in this year’s first quarter by about 2.8% and 2.3%, respectively, when excluding political spend. A pivot to invest in CTV or other entertainment options created ‘conditions of permanent secular decline’ for the TV medium, assuming linear TV’s business model remains the same, Wieser wrote.”

    FOLLOW-UP

    Industry data and network financials for 2024 confirm U.S. linear TV ad revenue continued to decline in low- to mid-single digits and the shift to CTV/streaming continued. The broader prediction of 'permanent secular decline' for linear TV is consistent with continuing rating erosion and ad-budget reallocation.

    ORIGINAL SOURCE

    Adweek
    Linear TVCTVAd Market