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Brightline

Connected TV (CTV) Advertising Technologybrightline.tv

BrightLine is a connected TV ad tech company that serves as the industry standard for interactive CTV ad formats, pioneering remote-controlled, engagement-led advertising that scales across streaming apps and devices.

HQ: New York, New York, United StatesConnections: 16

Last updated Oct 5, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team

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At a glance

Employees
51-200
Funding
$45M
Revenue
$10M-$50M
Stock
N/A
9integrations7competitors

About

Independent specialist in interactive CTV ad formats with distribution across all major streaming platforms and devices

BrightLine is a connected TV ad tech company that serves as the industry standard for interactive CTV ad formats, pioneering remote-controlled, engagement-led advertising that scales across streaming apps and devices. BrightLine's product suite spans advergaming, trivia, T-commerce, and immersive brand experiences, with formats such as "Beat the Clock," which integrates gaming into branded content, and Retail Connect, which embeds retailers' commerce and product APIs directly into CTV ad units. The company serves Fortune 100 brands, their agency partners, and media publishers. Its research and analytics function, led by a dedicated Director of Research & Analytics, supports campaign measurement and advanced analytics to help brands and streamers quantify the impact of interactive television experiences. BrightLine reports a 36% lift in unaided brand recall and an 8% lift in purchase intent from its formats, which it states outperform both QR code-based ads and standard video ads across awareness, recall, favorability, and purchase intent metrics. Source 1: brightline.tv — Brightline TV Source 2: mediapost.com — BrightLine Bows New Suite Of Interactive CTV Ads Source 3: alleywatch.com — NYC Startup Brightline Raises $20M to Tackle Smart TVs Source 4: brightline.tv — About Us

Business model

SaaS / Managed Service

Target market

Enterprise

What they offer

  • Interactive CTV Ad Formats

    Suite of interactive ad units — including overlays, pause ads, and engagement-driven formats — designed for the lean-back connected-TV viewing environment

  • Brightline Platform

    Core ad-tech platform that integrates with CTV operating systems and ad stacks to deliver and measure interactive ad experiences at scale

  • Cross-Platform Distribution

    Distribution partnerships with Roku, Samsung, Amazon, Apple, Xbox, and PlayStation enabling broad reach from a single campaign activation

Key features

Interactive ad formats purpose-built for CTVPlatform-agnostic distribution across major streaming devices and OSViewer engagement and interactivity beyond passive videoMeasurable engagement metrics (beyond completion rates)Pause ad and overlay ad unit capabilitiesSingle-integration access to multiple CTV platforms

Use cases

Brand awareness campaigns with interactive CTV overlaysDirect-response CTV advertising driving viewer action from the TV screenPause advertising capturing attention during natural viewing breaksCross-platform CTV campaign activation via a single technology integrationEngagement measurement and attribution for CTV ad spend

Customer segments

National brand advertisersMedia agencies and holding companiesPerformance marketers expanding into CTVStreaming platform ad sales teams

Tech & specs

Technology stack

CTV OS-level SDK integrationsInteractive ad rendering engineAd measurement and analytics infrastructureCloud-based campaign management

Security & compliance

CCPA

Deployment

Cloud

API

Limited

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