--- title: "Pixalate Reveals Q4 2024 Global vMVPD Ad Spend & Invalid Traffic Trends Reports for Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, & Amazon Fire TV: 88% of Open Programmatic Ad Spend Goes to vMVPD Apps on Apple TV" description: Pixalate's Q4 2024 vMVPD Traffic Analysis Reports explore vMVPD apps to surface programmatic ad insights across Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TV, Apple TV, and Roku devices. image: https://www.pixalate.com/hubfs/Q4%202024%20vMVPD%20Traffic%20Trends%20Report%20email%20cover.png --- [![pixalate-full-logo](https://www.pixalate.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Pixalate_Logos/pixalate-full-logo.jpg?width=150&height=60&name=pixalate-full-logo.jpg "pixalate-full-logo")](https://www.pixalate.com) Search **Menu** ** ** ![](https://www.pixalate.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/Blog%20photos/pixalate-blog-bg.png) [Ad Fraud](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/topic/ad-fraud) | [CTV](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/topic/ctv) | [Research Reports](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/topic/research-reports) | 3 min read # Pixalate Reveals Q4 2024 Global vMVPD Ad Spend & Invalid Traffic Trends Reports for Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, & Amazon Fire TV: 88% of Open Programmatic Ad Spend Goes to vMVPD Apps on Apple TV Written by [Pixalate](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/author/pixalate) Mar 17, 2025 1:00:00 PM *According to Pixalate’s latest global open programmatic vMVPD research, an estimated 82% of global open programmatic ad spending on Samsung Smart TV devices went to vMVPD apps in Q4 2024; ‘Hulu’ ranked as the top-grossing vMVPD app on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Samsung Smart TV devices across 24 Bundle IDs* **LONDON, March 17, 2024** --  Pixalate, the global market-leading ad fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform for Connected TV (CTV) and Mobile Advertising, today released the Q4 2024 vMVPD Ad Spend and Invalid Traffic (IVT) Trends Reports for virtual Multichannel Video Programming Distribution (vMVPD) apps across the [Apple TV](https://www.pixalate.com/vmvpd-traffic-analysis-report-apple-tv), [Roku](https://www.pixalate.com/vmvpd-traffic-analysis-report-roku), [Samsung Smart TV](https://www.pixalate.com/vmvpd-traffic-analysis-report-samsung), and [Amazon Fire TV](https://www.pixalate.com/vmvpd-traffic-analysis-report-fire-tv) CTV app stores. vMVPD applications are designed to bundle TV channels into cost-effective "skinny bundles,” a concept derived from traditional MVPDs like Comcast and Dish TV. To compile this research, Pixalate’s data science team analyzed over 7 billion open programmatic advertising transactions across over 6,000 unique CTV apps in the fourth quarter of 2024. ## **Key Takeaways** ## **Roku** - **71%** of the estimated global open programmatic ad spend was directed toward vMVPD apps - IVT rates, including ad fraud, for non-vMVPD apps were **14% **compared to vMVPD apps (13.2%) - Top grossing vMVPD apps were ‘Hulu’, ‘Pluto TV’, and ‘Philo’ ## **Amazon Fire TV** - **64%** of the estimated global open programmatic ad spend was directed towards vMVPD apps - IVT rates, including ad fraud, for non-vMVPD apps were **21.5% **compared to vMVPD apps (19.8%) - Top grossing vMVPD apps were ‘Hulu’, ‘Pluto TV’, and ‘Philo’ ## **Apple TV** - **88%** of the estimated global open programmatic ad spend was directed towards vMVPD apps - IVT rates, including ad fraud, for non-vMVPD apps were **27.8% **compared to vMVPD apps (12.2%) - Top grossing vMVPD apps were ‘Hulu’, ‘Xumo Play’, and ‘HGTV GO’ ## **Samsung Smart TV** - **82%** of global ad spending was directed toward vMVPD apps - IVT rates, including ad fraud, for non-vMVPD apps were **12.8% **compared to vMVPD apps (10.3%) - Top grossing vMVPD apps were ‘Hulu’, ‘Samsung TV Plus’, and ‘Sling TV’ ## **vMVPD Apps: A ‘Nested’ Ecosystem** vMVPD (Virtual MultiChannel Video Programming Distributor) applications are designed to bundle TV channels into cost-effective "skinny bundles,” a concept stemming from traditional MVPDs like Comcast and Dish TV. In vMVPD environments, both the app and the offered channels within the vMVPD app can sell ads, creating a nested ecosystem.  vMVPD apps differ from other types of apps, like SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) and AVOD (Advertising-based Video On Demand) apps, as those do not “aggregate” linear channels, but instead curate shows or movies for their users. Download the full Q4 2024 vMVPD Traffic Analysis Reports: **[![Samsung Smart TV](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2364596/f49ce8e7-ba8f-4ce0-85c8-fd535af3e21a.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2364596/f49ce8e7-ba8f-4ce0-85c8-fd535af3e21a)     [![Apple TV](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2364596/256d4d5a-92e7-48c0-a443-0aea8372017f.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2364596/256d4d5a-92e7-48c0-a443-0aea8372017f)** **[![Fire TV](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2364596/9a6dd802-04a8-4828-8c7e-98a98742e278.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2364596/9a6dd802-04a8-4828-8c7e-98a98742e278)     [![Roku](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2364596/2f06e539-f2ce-4578-92e7-fd5e099d66ba.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2364596/2f06e539-f2ce-4578-92e7-fd5e099d66ba)** **About Pixalate** Pixalate is a global platform specializing in privacy compliance, ad fraud prevention, and digital ad supply chain data intelligence. Founded in 2012, Pixalate is trusted by regulators, data researchers, advertisers, publishers, ad tech platforms, and financial analysts across the Connected TV (CTV), mobile app, and website ecosystems. Pixalate is accredited by the MRC for the detection and filtration of Sophisticated Invalid Traffic (SIVT).  [pixalate.com](https://www.pixalate.com/) **Disclaimer** *The content of this press release, and the vMVPD Traffic Analysis Reports (the Report), reflect Pixalate's opinions with respect to factors that Pixalate believes may be useful to the digital media industry. Pixalate's opinions are just that, opinions, which means that they are neither facts nor guarantees. Pixalate is sharing this data not to impugn the standing or reputation of any entity, person or app, but, instead, to report findings and trends pertaining to programmatic advertising activity across in the time period studied. **Per the Media Rating Council (MRC), “‘Invalid Traffic’ is defined generally as traffic that does not meet certain ad serving quality or completeness criteria, or otherwise does not represent legitimate ad traffic that should be included in measurement counts. 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