David Simutis

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FAST channel advertising: a practical guide to signal-first buying

David Simutis: Jun 30, 2026 12:00:04 PM

Free ad-supported TV (FAST) buying often starts in a familiar place: advertisers pick a set of apps, layer on genre, maybe lean on a few curated...

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Why CTV Bid Requests Lose Program Data

David Simutis: May 11, 2026 12:10:58 PM

A CTV bid request that contains no program information is not a malfunction. It is the norm. Peer39 analyzes more than 2.5 billion CTV bid requests...

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How to Fix Program-Level Reach Gaps in CTV Targeting

David Simutis: May 6, 2026 7:30:00 AM

A CTV campaign that is not delivering is not always a budget problem or a bid price problem. A significant share of reach gaps in CTV trace back to...

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Contextual vs. Audience CTV Targeting for Agencies

David Simutis: May 5, 2026 9:15:00 AM

Agency trading desks running CTV campaigns face a version of this question on nearly every brief: do we target contextually, by audience, or some...

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Why Contextual CTV Targeting Misses Program-Level Reach

David Simutis: May 4, 2026 11:52:02 AM

Contextual targeting is built on a simple premise: match the ad to the content. Know what's playing, serve the right creative, reach the right...

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Inside Fake CTV: How Automation Gets Tricked and What to Do About It

David Simutis: Apr 8, 2026 5:45:33 PM

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CTV Transparency: Why App-Level Signals Are Not Enough

David Simutis: Mar 26, 2026 9:59:24 AM

In the CTV space, "premium" should describe the on-screen content. But it often describes how the inventory was packaged and sold. As budgets moved...

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Pre-Bid to Buy: The CTV Reporting Gap That Breaks Optimization

David Simutis: Mar 20, 2026 12:06:53 PM

Not all of CTV's unique complexities are easily solved, but when it comes to campaign performance, getting some of the basics fixed can make a huge...