
For 10 years, CTV was a top-of-funnel awareness play. The 2026 IAB NewFronts made it official: that era is over. Innovid's data shows CTV delivered 38% of impressions and 63% of attributable conversions. The bottom of the funnel just got a television

A fund manager up 18% in a year the S&P returned 17% did not have a good year. He had one percent of skill and seventeen percent of market. CTV measurement has the exact same problem — and almost nobody is running the experiment that solves it.

More impressions without management isn't advertising. It's a brand tax.

Why CPS is CTV's real KPI. Stop blaming the car salesman when the loan officer denies the deal.