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Spotify's ad-supported revenue rose to €482 million in the third quarter, from €437 million a year earlier. Prices for music ads were weaker.

UK ad tech start-up pubX raised $5m in a Series A round led by Chicago Ventures. It also bought Compliant, which scores ad inventory for quality.

The iOS 27 Safari browser stopped loading adsrvr.org, the domain The Trade Desk uses to deliver ads. AdExchanger reported it on 29 September 2026.

VIOOH has connected more than 500 digital screens in Spain and Portugal run by TuMedio. The two companies announced the deal on 29 September.

Amazon Ads replaced its console and its buying platform with one tool called Amazon Ads Agent on 29 September. Inside it sits DVA+, a four-step builder for display, video and audio.

Brands put £21.2bn into digital advertising in the UK in the first half of 2026. IAB UK and MediaSense published the figure on 29 September.

PubMatic and Silverpush said on 24 September that buyers can pick connected TV ads by episode, across 28 of the 30 largest streaming services.

Microsoft has built Copilot into its Curate platform and says roughly 70% of real-time bidding spend already runs through private deals.

OpenAI has named Adform one of its technology platform partners for ChatGPT ads in Europe. Volkswagen and Vodafone are already running tests.

Telly said on 10 September that its television home screen advertising can now be bought programmatically, through Magnite, with The Trade Desk and Teads buying.

Prebid.org has a new president. Garrett McGrath takes the job on 15 September, replacing Mike Racic.

The Trade Desk is cutting about 15 percent of its staff. That is roughly 575 jobs at one of the largest independent buyers of online advertising space.