The media supply chain has largely kept quiet on the ANA's programmatic transparency report. But grasping the nettle now could avoid billions of dollars moving faster into retail media and the walled gardens.
While all the focus will be on the move to a privacy-first digital advertising world by the end of 2024, the mobile app and retail media networks arenas will be fascinating to watch, as a confluence of factors mean both sectors are ripe for disruption.
The next 12 months could kickstart a wave of consolidation across the media landscape - from the big TV networks and streamers through to the smaller independent publishers and the adtech middlemen.
A forensic dive in the programmatic supply chain by US peak advertisers body the ANA could signal significant consolidation - if marketers are listening.
Digital advertising in 2024 will be transformed by new privacy rules, AI, new media channels, and the dominance of Big Tech. It will be a rollercoaster year as brands and advertisers seek to deploy technology the right way to optimize media spend.
Alternative IDs and alternative cross-media measurement technologies could see a second wave of adoption now that Google insists cookies have one year max.
Data Collaboration will take center stage from the mid 2020s as brands seek to unleash the power of their own customer intelligence and work with other data providers and partners that may not immediately appear obvious.
Independent adtech providers continue to chisel away at the dominance of the Big Walled Gardens, and streaming TV may provide them with a revenue boost. However, the move to fully decisioned programmatic trading across the broadcast space appears to be some way off.