FreeWheel Expands Premium CTV Marketplace Through Enhanced Partnerships
June 11 2025 - 8:02AM
Business Wire
Fubo, LG Ads, Philo, Plex, TCL Ads, Telly, Wurl
and more partner with FreeWheel to strengthen programmatic
offerings for ecosystem.
Today FreeWheel, a global technology platform for the television
advertising industry, announced new and expanded CTV partnerships
with leading streaming and platform partners including Fubo, LG
Ads, Philo, Plex, TCL Ads, Telly, Wurl and more. These partnerships
mark a major expansion of FreeWheel’s premium video marketplace and
commitment to unifying the programmatic advertising ecosystem for
advertisers, agencies and publishers.
As buyers navigate continually blurry lines between platforms
and devices, FreeWheel is committed to simplifying the premium CTV
ecosystem to help advertisers of all sizes reach their audiences in
high-impact environments. This ranges from enterprise-level buying
platforms for agencies through FreeWheel’s Advertiser Suite to
small, new-to-video advertisers via Universal Ads, the new,
cross-industry TV advertising platform powered by FreeWheel
technology.
With these expanded partnerships and capabilities, FreeWheel is
ensuring that FreeWheel supply-side platform clients gain unique
access to a premium CTV marketplace, while also providing
publishers with a streamlined access point to a wide range of
demand.
- “FreeWheel is opening the door for even more brands to activate
against Fubo’s live CTV sports, news and entertainment content,”
said Jennifer Hess, Vice President, Global Ad Operations, Fubo. “We
are proud to support this broader initiative that creates synergies
across programmatic advertising and taps into forward-thinking
solutions like Universal Ads. Together we can connect the buy and
sell side in new and valuable ways.”
- “Philo has always focused on helping brands reach their
relevant audiences simply and flexibly across our premium,
brand-safe CTV inventory and highly engaged viewership,” said
Aulden Kaye Yi, Head of Advertising Partnerships, Philo. “Our
partnership with FreeWheel is furthering this mission, creating the
opportunity for new advertisers to harness the power of the biggest
screen in the house in a streamlined and scalable way.”
- “Partnering with FreeWheel is a great way to help elevate
Plex’s premium FAST & AVOD inventory for buyers,” says Zach
Chapman, CRO at Plex. “By upgrading our technology to include
self-service capabilities and greater efficiencies, we’re unlocking
access to top-tier on-platform demand from partners like Comcast,
Locality, and Universal Ads. This is a major step forward in making
it easier for buyers to transact and invest more confidently in the
streaming TV ecosystem.”
- "FreeWheel is a highly valued strategic partner that amplifies
TCL Ad's strategic execution capabilities. This integration enables
streamlined delivery of highly targeted advertising within premium
CTV environments through generative AI-powered content for our free
streaming services,” says Rebecca Wan, Head of Business Development
at TCL Ads. “FreeWheel’s marketplace serves as a driving force in
maximizing audience monetization potential and accelerating growth
for our ad-supported business."
- “Our partnership with FreeWheel unlocks a new era of
opportunity for brands—bringing together precision targeting,
creative freedom beyond the 30-second spot, and real performance at
the moment viewers are most engaged,” said Seho Lee, President of
Advertising for Telly. "By combining FreeWheel’s premium demand and
technology with Telly’s dual-screen TV design and always on smart
screen, we’re enabling advertisers to connect more meaningfully
with audiences during the moments that matter most.”
- “As the technology behind publisher ad insertion, Wurl enables
smarter ad delivery with better data, custom formats, and
scene-level targeting. Our collaboration with FreeWheel has
significantly enhanced our ability to make contextually relevant
moments biddable for streaming advertisers, at scale,” says Ria
Madrid, Vice President of Advertising Partnerships for Wurl. “By
leveraging FreeWheel’s unified platform, we’re able to connect with
top-tier demand partners and deliver their campaigns alongside
content that resonates and drives outcomes.”
“Buyers are increasingly looking to premium streaming inventory
as the best way to reach diverse and fragmented audiences,” says
Greg Bel, Vice President of Supply at FreeWheel. “By bringing
together these premium streaming partners, FreeWheel is paving the
way for smarter, scalable ways for buyers to find audiences in the
current and future state of media buying.”
In addition to increasing the scale and diversity of supply, the
enhanced marketplace also provides media buyers with advanced
customization, standardized data signals, and optimized bidding to
make it seamless for advertisers to reach their intended audiences,
at scale. As the industry continues to evolve, FreeWheel is
building a more connected and efficient media ecosystem that sets a
new standard for TV advertising.
About FreeWheel FreeWheel empowers all segments of The
New TV Ecosystem. We are structured to provide the full breadth of
solutions the advertising industry needs to achieve their goals. We
provide the technology, data enablement and convergent marketplaces
required to ensure buyers and sellers can transact across all
screens, across all data types, and all sales channels, in order to
ensure the ultimate goal – results for marketers. With offices in
New York, Chicago, London, Paris, Beijing, and across the globe,
FreeWheel, A Comcast Company, stands to advocate for the entire
industry through the FreeWheel Council for Premium Video. For more
information, please visit freewheel.com, and follow us on X and
LinkedIn.
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