France launch follows UK and Germany as Nielsen expands product across EMEA

Paris, France, September 10, 2026 — Nielsen, a global leader in audience measurement, data, and media intelligence, has today announced the addition of Connected TV (CTV) coverage into its market-leading Ad Intel product in France, a market with a total annual CTV ad spend forecasted to be €1.5 billion. This further cements Nielsen’s position as the authority in cross-platform competitive intelligence, offering a more comprehensive view of CTV ad spending, and delivering on its commitment to provide deeper insights into the CTV advertising landscape. 

Adding CTV coverage to Ad Intel, Nielsen’s comprehensive source of advertising intelligence, allows marketers and advertisers to understand the media landscape so they can effectively plan campaigns. This enhancement enables ad spend to be tracked across all major streaming platforms, alongside linear TV, digital, and other media types already available. This helps clients to understand a complete cross-platform view of their competitors’ media strategies, giving greater visibility into where they are investing, and how ad spend is shifting between linear TV, CTV, and other digital channels. Clients can then make more informed decisions regarding how CTV fits into the broader media mix. 

Other benefits include:

• Track CTV investment in your industry: Identify which platforms and creative approaches are driving the most CTV investment — to identify gaps and opportunities in advertising strategies
• Creative and placement insights: Understand what messaging and creatives competitors are using and how ads are positioned across different CTV platforms
• Smarter media planning: Use competitive and creative insights to adjust spend, strengthen creative messaging, and increase campaign effectiveness

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Ben Gold, Director of Communications, EMEA
E: ben.gold@nielsen.com
M: +44 7816 252 017