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European Media Marketplace Shapes Up Before September Launch

The European Media Marketplace, announced in July, is a cross‑border initiative led by ten companies to create a unified access point for Open Web inventory, first‑party data and activation across Europe. Equativ will provide and operate the technical infrastructure, connecting the marketplace to demand via leading DSPs and enabling purchases across CTV, online video, display, native and retail media. Founding members include telecoms, commerce and media companies such as Orange Advertising, Vodafone, Vinted and Virgin Media O2. The initiative claims over 200 addressable audience segments (signals covering ~100 million people) and inventory reach reportedly exceeding 10,000 sites/apps and ~60 million internet‑connected TV households. First cross‑border campaigns from global advertisers are slated to start in September, while pricing, launch advertisers and detailed results remain unpublished.

Companies Underestimate First‑Party Data Value — Peter Lorenz

In an interview, Peter Lorenz (Director Business Development and Product Marketing at emetriq / T Advertising Solutions) argues that companies often undervalue their first‑party data and should prioritise data quality, consent and matchability over raw volume. He explains emetriq’s consent‑based approach: hashed login and web movement data from premium partners are matched via a Trusted Third Party to create seed audiences that can be scaled into lookalikes and activated on DSPs or matched to services like Utiq and SSP Equativ. Lorenz sees AI and large language models as both an opportunity for new audience modelling and a privacy/data‑sovereignty risk. He recommends advertisers: (1) inventory and understand existing data, (2) run small tests (e.g., reactivation campaigns), and (3) measure outcomes to prove value. He also defends the open web as a competitive advertising channel when combined with proper identity and data activation solutions.

T Advertising Solutions to Sell Lieferando's DOOH Screens

T Advertising Solutions, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, will take exclusive responsibility for commercialising Lieferando's digital out-of-home (DOOH) displays in German restaurant shop windows across major cities. The offering uses a hybrid sales model: direct sales via T Advertising Solutions' teams and programmatic buying through Vistar Media's DOOH platforms. Lieferando says campaigns can be optimised in real time using anonymised mobile (telco) data. The network currently comprises about 500 screens across seven cities, with plans to more than double by end-2026 and expand to 2,000 dynamic displays by end-2027.