PubMatic intègre des formats créatifs personnalisés à AgenticOS : création, planification et exécution s'inscrivent désormais dans un flux de travail unique

Carte avec le logo KERV.ai x PubMatic

Les professionnels du marketing peuvent définir le brief, acheter et mesurer des campagnes créatives multi-écrans sur des plateformes CTV haut de gamme, mobiles et bien d'autres encore, le tout à partir d'un point d'accès unique. Horizon Media, Sling TV, Crossmedia et Kelly Scott Madison rejoignent le projet en tant que partenaires de lancement.

 

SANS SIÈGE SOCIAL / REDWOOD CITY, Californie — 22 avril 2026 — PubMatic (Nasdaq : PUBM), leader des technologies publicitaires basées sur l’IA et spécialisées dans l’optimisation des performances publicitaires numériques, a annoncé aujourd’hui l’intégration de sa « Creative Innovation Suite » à sa plateforme AgenticOS, permettant ainsi aux spécialistes du marketing d’accéder à des formats publicitaires personnalisés et axés sur l’engagement sur les téléviseurs connectés (CTV) haut de gamme, les applications mobiles et bien d’autres supports.

 

Aujourd’hui, les audiences ne choisissent plus entre les écrans. Elles sont à la fois sur la CTV et sur mobile, et la publicité la plus efficace doit les atteindre sur les deux supports, avec des créations adaptées à chaque environnement. Pendant des années, cela impliquait de gérer séparément des prestataires créatifs, des planificateurs médias et des plateformes d’achat, une fragmentation qui augmentait les coûts, ralentissait la mise en œuvre et rendait la mesure unifiée pratiquement impossible. Dans le cadre de cette intégration, les ressources créatives sont développées par les partenaires technologiques de PubMatic spécialisés dans la création : Celtra pour les publicités en pause et les formats interactifs, Brightline pour les formats CTV avancés, et KERV pour les expériences vidéo interactives et « shoppables » basées sur l’IA, qui relient le contexte du contenu au commerce au niveau de chaque image. Les campagnes sont ensuite déployées et optimisées de manière autonome via AgenticOS, alliant la sophistication créative exigée par le moment présent et la simplicité opérationnelle nécessaire pour les exécuter à grande échelle sur une plateforme unique.

 

De nouveaux formats, sans complexité supplémentaire


Les formats créatifs s'imposent comme un facteur déterminant dans la publicité sur la télévision connectée (CTV) et sur mobile. Selon une étude d'eMarketer, les publicités « pause » sont considérées comme le format publicitaire le plus efficace sur la CTV, 51 % des téléspectateurs passant à l'action après y avoir été exposés. Cependant, pour pouvoir utiliser ces formats à grande échelle et au sein d'une même campagne, il fallait jusqu'à présent faire appel à plusieurs prestataires, ce qui entraînait une fragmentation des mesures et des coûts cumulés.

 

La Creative Innovation Suite de PubMatic résout ce problème en proposant une couche d’exécution unifiée pour les formats créatifs à fort impact. Plutôt que d’automatiser la création de contenus, cette suite centralise l’accès à des formats premium et personnalisés — développés par des partenaires créatifs experts — et les associe à un déploiement, une optimisation et un suivi autonomes au sein d’un flux de travail unique. Les formats qui nécessitaient auparavant des relations avec différents fournisseurs, un suivi de performance isolé et des négociations budgétaires distinctes peuvent désormais être planifiés, activés et mesurés via une seule et même plateforme.

 

« Chez Horizon, nous anticipons l’évolution du secteur en misant sur des écosystèmes ouverts et interopérables qui aident les équipes à prendre des décisions plus rapides et plus judicieuses. Regrouper la création sur mesure et le déploiement via Agentic au sein d’une seule et même plateforme n’est pas seulement une question d’efficacité : cela transforme la manière dont les annonceurs interagissent avec leur audience en temps réel. La Creative Innovation Suite de PubMatic, intégrée à AgenticOS, se distingue en offrant cette solution de manière pratique et évolutive, ce qui génère une croissance réelle et mesurable pour nos clients. »
— John Koenigsberg, vice-président exécutif chargé des partenariats produits, Horizon Media

 

Grâce à la Creative Innovation Suite, les professionnels du marketing peuvent accéder à divers formats, notamment :

 

Publicités en pause — Des publicités à fort impact qui s'affichent lorsqu'un spectateur met en pause un contenu à la demande ou en streaming, permettant ainsi d'atteindre le public à un moment où il n'y a aucune concurrence en termes de contenu.

Formats publicitaires interactifs pour la CTV — Des formats axés sur l'engagement, conçus pour les plateformes de streaming haut de gamme et optimisés pour renforcer la notoriété de la marque lors des pauses naturelles dans le contenu.

« Click to Cart » — L'expérience publicitaire mobile exclusive de PubMatic qui permet aux consommateurs d'ajouter un produit à leur panier d'un simple clic, et de finaliser leur achat directement depuis la publicité, sans quitter l'application. Disponible en exclusivité via PubMatic.

 

Ces formats, et bien d’autres encore, sont disponibles sur le réseau d’éditeurs premium de PubMatic, qui regroupe 28 des 30 principaux services de streaming, dont Sling TV, de DISH Media, partenaire de lancement.

 

« Les téléspectateurs de Sling se connectent dans un but précis : pour suivre des événements sportifs en direct et d’autres programmes haut de gamme, le tout selon leurs propres conditions. Ils méritent une publicité à la hauteur de cette intention. Le fait que notre inventaire soit accessible via la Creative Innovation Suite de PubMatic signifie que les acheteurs peuvent désormais diffuser auprès de nos audiences des formats créatifs personnalisés et captivants qui vont bien au-delà de l’expérience publicitaire standard — et ce, sans la complexité qui, par le passé, rendait ces formats inaccessibles. »
— Liam Kristinnsson, responsable Programmatique et Stratégie, Sling TV / DISH Media

 

De la validation à la mise en ligne de la campagne — En termes simples


Une fois que la création à fort impact est importée dans AgenticOS, un responsable marketing peut, via une commande en langage naturel, donner les instructions suivantes à la plateforme : « Lancez une campagne CTV interactive sur les espaces publicitaires liés aux événements sportifs en direct de la Coupe du monde de la FIFA. Ciblez les acheteurs de vêtements de sport et les fans de football, âgés de 18 à 45 ans. Puis reciblez ces audiences avec une publicité « Click to Cart » sur mobile. » AgenticOS se charge du reste — inventaire, ciblage, déploiement et séquencement multi-écrans — au sein d’un flux de travail unique. Des agents dédiés travaillent en temps réel pour identifier les meilleurs emplacements, les CPM les plus compétitifs et le mix média optimal tout au long de la campagne.

 

Comme tout passe par AgenticOS, les performances créatives, la diffusion des contenus et les données d'audience sont regroupées en un seul et même endroit. L'engagement publicitaire, les taux de visionnage complet sur la télévision connectée (CTV) et les conversions « Click to Cart » sont présentés de manière transparente dans une vue unifiée — et les modifications s'effectuent en langage clair, sans avoir à quitter la plateforme. Des instructions simples : réaffecter un budget, prolonger une fenêtre de reciblage, ajouter un format.

 

« Toutes les agences avec lesquelles nous discutons ont des formats innovants dans leur feuille de route, mais invoquent la fragmentation opérationnelle pour justifier leur non-mise en œuvre. La Creative Innovation Suite change la donne. Créations sur mesure, déploiement par les agences, mesure unifiée : tout cela fait désormais partie d’un même dialogue, avec un seul partenaire. »
— Bill McLaughlin, vice-président senior, Solutions pour les annonceurs, PubMatic

 

« Les audiences ne choisissent pas entre la CTV et le mobile : elles utilisent les deux en même temps, tout le temps. La publicité multi-écrans doit refléter cette réalité, mais la fragmentation opérationnelle entre la planification, la création et l’achat a toujours rendu cela plus difficile qu’il ne devrait l’être. La Creative Innovation Suite de PubMatic, intégrée à AgenticOS, est ce qui se rapproche le plus, à ma connaissance, d’une véritable solution à ce problème. Formats personnalisés, déploiement agentique, mesure unifiée… le tout via un seul et même partenaire. C’est ainsi que devrait se présenter une exécution cross-screen moderne, et cela n’existait pas jusqu’à présent. »
— Justin Scarborough, responsable Programmatique et Cross-média

 

« Chez KSM, l’avenir de la programmatique n’est pas fragmenté : il est intelligent, unifié et offre des contenus créatifs précis et pertinents pour chaque audience. La convergence des formats personnalisés et de l’exécution « agentic » au sein d’une seule et même plateforme marque un tournant pour le secteur. En éliminant la complexité des workflows traditionnels, nous pouvons créer, activer et optimiser des campagnes sur la télévision connectée (CTV) et les appareils mobiles avec une rapidité et une précision sans précédent. Grâce à la Creative Innovation Suite de PubMatic intégrée à AgenticOS, nous ne nous préparons pas à cet avenir, nous le concrétisons déjà. »
— Ashley Hutchings, vice-présidente, responsable du numérique et des partenariats, Kelly Scott Madison

 

Conçu pour ça – AgenticOS à grande échelle


La Creative Innovation Suite s’appuie sur une infrastructure spécialement conçue pour ce type d’exécution. AgenticOS est le premier système d’exploitation du secteur dédié à la publicité « agentic » : il offre aux agents un accès direct à plus de 100 000 sites et applications, aux principaux services de streaming et à 250 partenaires de données, avec la possibilité d’acheter directement depuis la SSP. Aucune intégration supplémentaire ni adoption de protocole n’est requise. Lors des premières campagnes menées de bout en bout sur la plateforme, les spécialistes du marketing ont constaté une réduction pouvant atteindre 82 % des frais côté annonceur et un gain de temps de plus de 90 % lors de la mise en place des campagnes, tout en dépassant systématiquement les indicateurs clés de performance (KPI). Pour les spécialistes du marketing, cela se traduit directement par ce qui compte le plus : moins de temps et d’argent perdus en frais généraux opérationnels, une visibilité totale sur la destination et le comportement des supports publicitaires actifs, ainsi que des performances dépassant systématiquement les indicateurs clés de performance (KPI) des campagnes. L’ensemble fonctionne sur une infrastructure entièrement détenue, et non sur un espace cloud loué, en tirant parti d’une architecture GPU conçue pour répondre aux exigences de vitesse et de fiabilité requises par l’exécution agentique.

La Creative Innovation Suite est désormais disponible. Les professionnels du marketing souhaitant l'activer sont invités à contacter leur chargé de compte PubMatic ou à se rendre sur https://go.pubmatic.com/creative-innovation-suite.

 

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