Sky Media To Join Planet V

ITV and Sky have announced that Sky Media, Sky's advertising sales arm, will join Planet V, ITV’s Broadcaster VOD advertising platform, for a trial period.

Sky Media will use Planet V for its on demand content, with agencies and advertisers expected to be able to plan and buy campaigns on Sky’s portfolio of channels using the self-serve platform later this year. Sky Media follows STV, which joined Planet V in January.

Through Planet V, clients and agencies will now have the opportunity of a single point of entry to plan and buy campaigns across ITV, Sky and STV.

Sky will have a bespoke merchandising area for their own inventory, ensuring Sky will continue to maintain control over all aspects of their sales on Planet V, while giving buyers the ease and efficiency of using a single platform for planning and buying on demand content.

Kelly Williams, Managing Director, ITV Commercial said: "I'm delighted to be welcoming Sky onto Planet V - an addressable platform designed and built for TV. We’re bringing efficiencies and targeting benefits to our buyers and advertisers, as well as ensuring our own businesses are at the forefront of the rapidly developing programmatic advertising sector.

"As the media landscape becomes increasingly fragmented and complicated, working together will become more and more important, and this new collaboration is the next step in deepening our partnership as we build on C-Flight’s success."

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