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Week in Review: FIFA+ to DAZN, BBC Shorts, EU Concerns

This Week in Review covers multiple media and ad-tech developments: FIFA+ will be integrated into DAZN and the standalone FIFA+ app will shut down, creating a larger global football offering. The BBC has added swipeable short-form feeds to its News and Sport apps to compete with short-form platforms. Forty-six ad-tech companies signed an open letter urging EU policymakers to scrutinise proposed Digital Omnibus Articles 88a and 88b, warning the measures could shift privacy choice management to browsers and increase legal and technical complexity. Industry product and M&A moves include PubMatic launching Decision Fabric to run partner decisioning models inside auctions, YouTube earning MRC brand-safety accreditation for Shorts, Peer39 acquiring Adloox, and Lumine Group acquiring Synamedia’s Video Network Business. The roundup also notes publisher, agency and hiring news across the UK and global markets.

Peer39 Acquires Adloox; Amazon Uses Third-Party Ad Sellers

AdExchanger reports that Amazon has quietly contracted outside partners over the past year to sell ads on lower-priority owned properties such as Twitch and has reached out to partners to help sell ads on Alexa, signalling a selective loosening of its walled garden. Separately, Scope3 is divesting ad verification firm Adloox — just 18 months after acquiring it — selling the business to contextual ad platform Peer39. Adloox holds MRC accreditation for viewability and invalid-traffic detection; Peer39 says the acquisition will broaden its reach beyond CTV and online video and provide buyers with better pre-bid context and brand-suitability signals. The piece also highlights emerging industry jargon around agentic AI and “fabric” (AWS Fabric, PubMatic’s Decision Fabric) and notes corporate moves like Hyve Group’s PE sale and a few executive hires.

Peer39 Acquires Adloox from Scope3

Peer39, a contextual data platform, has acquired ad verification vendor Adloox from Scope3 to expand its verification and measurement capabilities inside Google and Meta’s walled gardens. Adloox is MRC‑accredited for viewability and invalid traffic detection, and the entire Adloox team will be integrated into Peer39 over the coming months. Peer39 CEO Mario Diez said the deal accelerates the company’s presence in Google and Meta and helps build a "universal signal layer" important for AI-driven advertising. Scope3—whose leader Brian O’Kelley has shifted the company’s focus toward agentic advertising and its Interchange platform—divested Adloox after acquiring it in late 2024. Financial terms were not disclosed.