The television advertising business is poised for a change. Following the path of digital advertising, the television industry is now slowly moving towards programmatic technologies. However, the television ad ecosystem is far different than digital medium, so programmatic advertising — effectively, data-driven automation of advertising transactions — will take a different shape for the older medium. Television is undergoing tremendous technological developments, which will enable marketers to direct brand messages to more specific audiences at the individual and/or household level. Traditional ways of buying TV advertising are being challenged by the programmatic approach, which originated with search and display ads and uses data and technology and real-time auctions to automate transactions between buyers and sellers. TV advertising is a big business in India! With over 197 million households accessing traditional TV subscriptions, it’s no surprise advertisers are willing to