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Ozone

Premium publisher marketplace for programmatic advertising and audience activation.

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Company facts

Official name
Ozone Project Limited
Entity type
COMPANY
Founded
2018
Headquarters
New City Court, 20 St Thomas Street, London, SE1 9RS, United Kingdom
Company size
10–49
Market role
Media Sales House
Official website
ozoneproject.com

What Ozone does

Ozone aggregates digital advertising inventory from premium publishers into a unified marketplace and enables advertisers and agencies to buy that inventory programmatically. It creates value by combining scaled publisher supply, consent-based audience data, identity mapping, campaign activation and reporting in one platform. For publishers, it aims to improve monetisation and control; for buyers, it offers brand-safe reach, cross-publisher targeting and operational simplicity versus fragmented direct deals.

Category differentiation

This is the UK advertising technology company Ozone Project, not a general air purification, telecoms or software company using the Ozone name. It operates a premium publisher advertising marketplace rather than a consumer media brand or standalone DSP.

Strategic context

AI-supported assessment from the existing company research; distinguish interpretation from sourced facts.

Ozone is a UK-based advertising technology company operating a programmatic marketplace for premium publisher inventory. Its core product is an audience connection platform that gives advertisers and media agencies a single buying point for digital ad space across a network of participating publishers, while also providing publishers with monetisation, reporting and administrative tools. The company positions itself around publisher control, consented data usage, brand-safe environments and an alternative route to audience reach outside the largest walled gardens. The business makes money primarily from programmatic advertising transactions, taking a share of media spend or monetisation margin on inventory sold through its platform. It also generates revenue from managed creative production through Studiozone and from premium format execution and audience intelligence capabilities layered onto campaigns. Its direct customers are advertisers, media agencies and premium publishers rather than end consumers.

Company news briefing

Briefing updated:

Continuing to address Q2 2026 programmatic inventory declines driven by AI-powered search disruption, Ozone has launched Arc, a new product capability designed to help advertisers optimise performance-led outcomes across its premium publisher network. Highlighting the collaborative publisher model's scale—which reached 42% of the UK population daily in 2025 and drove over £400 million in ad spend—industry analysts point to Ozone as a key framework for European media cooperation amid ongoing referral traffic challenges.

Business model & monetisation

The company monetises mainly through percentage take-rates or marketplace margins on programmatic media transactions executed across its publisher alliance. Secondary revenue comes from managed creative production, premium ad formats and campaign support services. Additional value-based monetisation likely comes from consented audience intelligence and targeting capabilities embedded in campaign execution, alongside publisher revenue-sharing based on inventory and audience contribution.

Programmatic media transactions
Percentage take-rate on inventory sold through the marketplace
Managed creative production
Service fees for creative development and premium format execution
Premium ad formats
Higher-priced media packages and format premiums
Audience intelligence and targeting
Value-added data and activation layered into campaigns

Products & capabilities

No products with linked sources are available in this view.

Programmatic stack & registry data

Registry entries and observed technical data do not establish certification, legal compliance or actual usage.

The Ozone Project Limited

IAB vendor record: 524

Cookies declared
Yes
Non-cookie access declared
No
Declared purpose IDs
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
Declared feature IDs
2, 3
Declared special purpose IDs
1, 2
Declared special feature IDs
1
Indexed sellers.json entries
71 · ozoneproject.com

Products & market categories

Recent recorded signals

Dates refer to the source publication. Older entries are historical context, not evidence of a new event.

  • TeqBlaze Joins AgenticAdvertising.org to Boost Sell-Side Agentic Ads

    Agentic Advertising · Recorded impact score: 3/5

    TeqBlaze, an independent ad tech vendor, has joined AgenticAdvertising.org (AAO), the nonprofit trade organization behind the Ad Context Protocol (AdCP) for agentic advertising. Since earlier this year, TeqBlaze has been testing AdCP through its Sales Agent MVP, a free environment for publishers and SSPs. The agent allows sellers to add inventory via a simple interface or TeqMate AI prompt, receive requests from buyer agents, and approve or reject deals, with human sign-off required before rendering and invoicing. This membership provides TeqBlaze with access to AAO's working groups and governance. The move underscores the industry's shift toward agent-to-agent selling. TeqBlaze, which joined IAB Tech Lab in 2024, also participates in its Agentic Advertising Management Protocols (AAMP) and ARTF efforts, highlighting the need for interoperability across parallel protocol initiatives.

    • TeqBlaze joined AgenticAdvertising.org (AAO), the nonprofit behind the Ad Context Protocol (AdCP).
    • TeqBlaze has been testing AdCP since earlier this year via a free Sales Agent MVP for publishers and SSPs.
  • Ozone launches Arc, evolving its platform to deliver performance-led outcomes

    2 SourcesOzone·Ozone

    Recorded impact score: 4/5

    Ozone, the leading digital advertising business, today announces the launch of Arc, a new product capability that helps advertisers optimise […]

  • The return of the Premier League kicks up engagement

    2 SourcesOzone·Ozone

    Recorded impact score: 5/5

    The Premier League returned with a bang last week, reigniting football fever across Ozone’s platform just weeks after the World […]

  • Ozone and Content Ignite Partnership Expands UK Publisher Monetisation

    videoweek.com

    Publisher Platform · Recorded impact score: 3/5

    Ozone has partnered with publisher monetisation platform Content Ignite to open Ozone’s demand and monetisation technology to Content Ignite’s publisher partners. Ozone, originally formed as The Ozone Project in 2018 by The Guardian, News UK, The Telegraph and Reach, has expanded to include other publishers such as Mail Metro Media and The Independent. Content Ignite’s Fusion ad tech platform is used by more than 400 publishers — including The Observer, Global, Haymarket, The Weather Channel and PinkNews — whose publishers will now gain access to Ozone’s prebid server capability. Ozone says the move aims to give specialist and independent publishers access to monetisation technology typically available to larger publishers, with Ozone’s CTO Danny Spears highlighting the strategic importance of broader access to such technology.

    • Ozone announced a partnership with Content Ignite to open its demand and monetisation technology to Content Ignite’s publisher partners.
    • Ozone was founded as The Ozone Project in 2018 by The Guardian, News UK, The Telegraph, and Reach.
  • Burnham’s first week dominates audience attention

    Recorded impact score: 3/5

    It’s been a summer of sunshine, sport and big news moments across Ozone’s platform. Andy Burnham’s first week in Number […]

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Questions about Ozone

What is Ozone?

Ozone is a UK programmatic advertising platform that connects advertisers and agencies with premium publisher inventory through a unified marketplace.

Who uses Ozone?

Its main users are advertisers, media agencies and premium publishers seeking inventory access, audience activation, creative support and monetisation tools.

How does Ozone make money?

It mainly earns take-rates or margins on programmatic media transactions, plus fees for creative services, premium formats and related campaign capabilities.

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