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When is CTV not CTV?

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Monday, June 22, 2026 1:30:00 PM

When is CTV not CTV?

Nearly 5% of inventory sold as CTV isn't CTV at all

What actually counts as connected TV? We checked more than 11 million OpenRTB impressions with Device Detection and found nearly 5% of inventory sold as CTV isn't CTV at all, mislabeling that could be costing advertisers close to $2 billion a year.