Live television is back in style. And according to Magnite, there's a surge in demand for linear addressable inventory from programmatic buyers.
โWe see a lot of appetite from programmatic buyers specifically for linear addressable inventory as a stand-alone item,โ McLeggon said. โWhat we were waiting on was enough scale.โ
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Disaggregating linear inventory from CTV takes time because of content ownership and licensing rights, so broadcasters canโt simply flip a programmatic switch. But McLeggon said linear programmatic has reached a critical mass.