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title: Gray Television owns the most quality apps for advertisers in the Publisher Trust Index in June 2021, Discovery closely behind
description: In this blog, you will find insights about which companies listed on stock exchanges own CTV apps included in the Publisher Trust Index in June 2021.
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# Gray Television owns the most quality apps for advertisers in the Publisher Trust Index in June 2021, Discovery closely behind

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 Written by [Piotr Boiwka](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/author/piotr-boiwka)

 Aug 2, 2021 3:00:00 PM

[Gray Television](https://gray.tv/) ([GTN](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GTN/)), [Discovery, Inc.](https://corporate.discovery.com/) ([DISCA](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DISCA?.tsrc=applewf)), and [The Walt Disney Company](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/) ([DIS](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DIS/)) are publicly traded entities with the most apps included in the top 100 of Publisher Trust Indexes for [Roku](https://ratings.pixalate.com/rankings/ctv/publisher-trust-index/roku/GLOBAL/NA/20210601) and [Amazon Fire TV](https://ratings.pixalate.com/rankings/ctv/publisher-trust-index/firetv/GLOBAL/NA/20210601) platforms.

[Gray Television](https://gray.tv/) ([GTN](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GTN/)), thanks to a range of local TV stations with a quality advertising environment, such as [WSFA 12 News](https://ratings.pixalate.com/insight/ctv/B06XHZ4PD6/NA/firetv) (Central Alabama), [WWBT NBC12 News](https://ratings.pixalate.com/insight/ctv/B06XJ1BL1M/NA/firetv) (Central Virginia), and [WSAZ](https://ratings.pixalate.com/insight/ctv/B00V3UTTPS/NA/firetv) (West Virginia), reached the top spot in this ranking. [Gray Television](https://gray.tv/) owns 16 apps included in the top 100s of Pixalate's CTV rankings for the best quality apps for advertisers in June 2021, most among all publicly traded companies.

## **Fierce rivalry over the number one position**

The competition was tight, and [Discovery Inc.](https://corporate.discovery.com/) ([DISCA](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DISCA?.tsrc=applewf)) was closely behind the leader, with 15 apps in the rankings. Discovery's app portfolio is vast, and it contains brands such as [HGTV GO](https://ratings.pixalate.com/insight/ctv/75619/NA/roku), [Animal Planet GO](https://ratings.pixalate.com/insight/ctv/90764/NA/roku), [Watch OWN](https://ratings.pixalate.com/insight/ctv/145039/NA/roku), and [Philo](https://ratings.pixalate.com/insight/ctv/196460/NA/roku). 

The other publicly traded companies owning a significant number of quality CTV apps for advertisers are The Walt Disney Company (13), ViacomCBS ([VIAC](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/VIAC?.tsrc=applewf)) (11), AT&T ([T](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/T/)) (9), and Fox Corporation ([FOX](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FOX?p=FOX&.tsrc=fin-srch)) (9).

In [Roku's Pixalate Publisher Trust Index](https://ratings.pixalate.com/rankings/ctv/publisher-trust-index/roku/GLOBAL/NA/20210601) for June 2021, there are 37 out of 100 apps owned by companies listed on stock exchanges worldwide. For the [Amazon Fire TV](https://ratings.pixalate.com/rankings/ctv/publisher-trust-index/firetv/GLOBAL/NA/20210601), this number is more than doubled, with 76 such apps. 

[Find more information about all apps classified in the Publisher Trust Index here for free.](https://ratings.pixalate.com/rankings/app/publisher-trust-index/android/GLOBAL/NA/20210601)

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