NBCUniversal to expand its programmatic media product by launching NBCUx for linear TV

In another industry first, NBCUniversal announced that it is expanding its programmatic media product by launching NBCUx for linear TV. Beginning this fall, advertisers can use data and automation to build media plans that include premium linear TV inventory across NBCUniversal’s entire portfolio of cable and broadcast entertainment networks. This unprecedented move is another step in NBCUniversal’s industry-leading history of developing new advertising products and opportunities to help its partners achieve their marketing objectives. “Our goal is to give our advertisers as many ways to access the high-value, target audiences they want to reach within our premium content. Our NBCUx digital programmatic offering was a key component to our clients’ success last year and we expect that by adding premium TV inventory to the mix, it will greatly enhance their efforts. The launch of NBCUx for linear TV is another example of our commitment to innovation on behalf of our clients,” said Dan Lovinger, EVP Entertainment Advertising Sales Group, NBCUniversal. Over the past two years, NBCUniversal has made programmatic buying available to advertising clients for its digital video and display inventory.With this expansion, select advertisers, and their agency partners, will be able to reach their target consumers by developing media plans via a private exchange by using a combination of their own data, third party data sources and NBCUniversal’s television inventory.