The key programmatic advertising shifts for 2026, covering AI, media quality, commerce media complexity, CTV, and changing discovery paths.

"Regardless of how advertisers want to collect, store, and analyze first-party data, any programmatic advertising efforts require some form of a data strategy."
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The key programmatic advertising shifts for 2026, covering AI, media quality, commerce media complexity, CTV, and changing discovery paths.
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