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The History of Programmatic Advertising

Cognition Team

July 7, 2025
The History of Programmatic Advertising

From the broadcast era and Madison Avenue to programmatically traded Streaming TV, how did we get here?

This week, Ava and I are firing up the Magic School Bus to explore the history of programmatic advertising.

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How did the media landscape evolve from a few channels and a few ways to consume media, with only the biggest advertisers even able to participate to what it is today – a fragmented, long-tail of favorite shows and movies across hundreds of different apps and all plugged into the internet?

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