Guideline Launches New Digital Ad Data Innovation Suite

New capabilities deliver unprecedented clarity into the placement-level dynamics shaping digital media strategy, pricing, and targeting amid evolving market complexity

New York, NY, August 14^th, 2025–  Guideline, a leading provider of advertising data and media planning technology, today announced the launch of its Digital Ad Data Innovation Suite, a major expansion of its digital intelligence capabilities across both Ad Spend and Pricing datasets.

Over the past several years, digital media has undergone rapid innovation. Ad placements are no longer uniform but highly atomized by unit type, diversified targeting layers, and delivery path. Yet, while innovation surged, transparency and intelligence solutions have lagged behind until now.

“The new suite offers market-first visibility into the increasingly atomized world of digital advertising providing granular pricing and volume signals by ad unit length, publisher-specific ad products, ad skippability and both demographic and advanced audience targeting layers, giving buyers, sellers, and platforms the clarity they need to navigate an innovation-heavy and fast-fragmenting digital advertising market”, said Tim Peters, Chief Marketing Officer at Guideline.

The Digital Ad Innovation Suite is built on Guideline’s $115B/year in US annual transactional ad spend data, sourced from all major holding agency groups and many of the largest independent agencies, and covering thousands of publishers and millions of placements. For the first time, Guideline clients can:

• Benchmark video and audio ad length (6s, 15s, 30s, 60s, 75+)

• Access unique intelligence for over 227 publisher-specific ad units, including formats like TikTok TopView, YouTube Shorts, Netflix Top 10, Peacock Premier, Hulu Brightline Interactive, and Pandora Sequential Audio

• Measure volume and presence of audience targeting layers, including both age/gender blocks and advanced signals such as income, interest, purchasing intent, contextual relevance, and behavior

• Compare skippable vs. non-skippable ads across suitable platforms

• Leverage both Spend and Pricing views side-by-side to power smarter planning, packaging, and monetization strategy

The Ad Innovation Suite empowers both buyers and sellers with greater precision and specificity. On the sell side, media owners gain benchmarking visibility into placement elements and targeting components to optimize pricing, packaging, inventory management and ad sales strategy. On the buy side, agencies and brands can evaluate where premium pricing aligns to real performance across formats, innovation units, and targeting layers enabling more informed investment, negotiation, and yield modeling decisions.

“This new innovation addresses the needs of our advertiser and publisher customers alike who are seeking granular digital data that reflects how they transact,” said Vincent Mifsud, CEO of Guideline. “This new release brings structure, pricing, volume sizing, and clarity to that digital advertising, powered by real transactional data.”

To learn more about Guideline’s new Digital Ad Innovation Suite, visit guideline.ai  

About Guideline

Guideline, a leading provider of advertising data and planning technology, has become the world's most trusted authority on media investment and intelligence. The company was formed through the acquisitions of Standard Media Index, SQAD, and Lumina. With its market-leading media planning platform, industry-best ad market data, and unrivaled customer service, Guideline effectively meets the evolving needs of today's marketing, media, and investment professionals. To learn more about Guideline, visit guideline.ai or follow us on LinkedIn.
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