Operative

http://www.operative.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/operative/

Operative, Privately Owned, is headquartered in the US. Founded in 2000, the company employs approximately 810 individuals and reported $135.0M in revenue as of 2024. It functions as a tier 1 media tech buyer, specializing in managing multi-platform ad sales, traffic, billing, programming and rights for TV and streaming ad tech.

2024 Revenue

Founded

2000

Headcount

804

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TV and streaming ad tech

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Privately Owned

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News Summary:

On March 10, 2026, Operative launched AOS for digital media, an AI-powered revenue management solution specifically designed to meet the needs of digital-first media organizations. Earlier, on March 4, the company released its "eBook: The AI Imperative," a 2026 Technical Guide for Media Companies that examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping advertising planning, buying, and optimization.

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Operative offers 12 products in the connectivity and cloud and media tech industries. Operative's product portfolio comprises of video business systems, tV and streaming ad tech and enterprise cloud.

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Operative's revenues were less than $250M in 2024. Caretta Research has split Operative's revenue into 7 different product categories, the largest of which is tV and streaming ad sales. For full access to Operative's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Mar

12th

2026

12:42

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

When the Software Thinks for Itself: AI and Change Management

By David Dembowski Traditional software does what you tell it to do. You enter data, click a button, generate a report. The human is always in the driver’s seat. AI-powered software, especially agentic AI, is different.

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Mar

11th

2026

09:42

B2B Tag

The Strategic Case for Outsourcing Ad Operations

By Dharmesh Ramesh The advertising ecosystem is no longer linear. It is fragmented, automated, data-driven, privacy-regulated, and increasingly performance-accountable. Between programmatic pipes, CTV expansion, first-party data activation, and evolving compliance requirements, Ad Operations has become a technical, strategic function, not just an execution layer.

Operative

Mar

10th

2026

07:15

New Offerings, Artificial Intelligence

Operative Launches AOS Configuration for Digital

Operative, the preferred advertising management provider for the world’s leading media brands, today announced the launch of AOS for digital media, an AI-powered revenue management solution designed specifically to meet the needs of digital-first media organizations.■

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Mar

4th

2026

18:09

Emerging Tech

Why Software Adoption is a Journey, Not a Destination: A Guide to Planning Your Software Transition

By David Dembowski We’ve all been there. Your company announces a shiny new software system, promises it will make your life easier, and schedules a go-live date. Two months later, half your team is still using the old spreadsheets, frustrated colleagues are working around the new system rather than with it, and productivity has somehow gotten worse instead of better.

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Mar

4th

2026

17:24

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

eBook: The AI Imperative

The 2026 Technical Guide for Media Companies AI is already reshaping how advertising gets planned, bought, and optimized. The question isn’t whether it will affect your business, it’s whether you’ll be ahead of it or behind it.

Operative

Feb

19th

2026

12:03

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Media companies must embrace the era of athletes as creators

The traditional hierarchy of sports media is being flattened, and athletes are at the center of this shift. For decades, leagues produced the games, broadcasters paid for the rights to air them, and athletes were the “talent” showcased within those rigid ecosystems.

Operative

Feb

18th

2026

11:45

NBCU’s Winter Olympics sellout proves the value of linear streaming

Media companies are silently cheering NBCU’s news that they’ve sold out their Winter Olympics inventory. While the amount of content for sale on CTV and other digital platforms has exploded, premier content and especially live sports is still in high demand.

Operative

Feb

17th

2026

10:32

Partnerships and Alliances, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Media Companies Gain Operations Observability With Operative, GraySwan Partnership

AI-based Data Visualization for Immediate, Easy-to-Use Business Intelligence NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Operative, the preferred advertising management solution provider for the world’s leading media brands, today announced a partnership with GraySwan to bring AI-based data visualization and business operations observability to AOS and STAQ, its intelligent revenue management and reporting and analytics platforms.

Operative

Feb

12th

2026

10:18

Emerging Tech

Linear streaming comes of age

Linear streaming, multi-channel unification, and AI-driven efficiency will dominate broadcast media strategies, says Operative’s CEO. Broadcasters have experienced several years of major disruption. CTV and streaming have shaken longstanding linear content, audience and advertising models. Broadcasters saw shifting viewership accelerate, with 2025 marking a major turning point in the US and parts of Asia.

Operative

Jan

14th

2026

10:26

Big Data/Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Industry Insights: How audience data is redefining TV advertising performance

Data is no longer a supporting layer in TV advertising, it is becoming the operating system. Part two of this Industry Insights roundtable examines how broadcasters are using data, analytics and automation to sharpen ad targeting, improve campaign performance and redefine how inventory is valued.

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Jan

14th

2026

10:09

B2B Tag

Ed: Why the NBA’s Local Ratings Drop Signals a Streaming Shift

Op-Ed: Why the NBA’s Local Ratings Drop Signals a Streaming Shift Dave Dembowski, Chief Revenue Officer at Operative, discusses how consumer viewership habits are changing how NBA teams approach broadcasting. Streaming’s opportunity to turn over the NBA’s drop in local viewership The NBA is a huge, successful organization with record-breaking viewership this year.

Operative

Jan

12th

2026

11:14

Rewriting The Ad Playbook To Bring Linear & Streaming Together

After years of watching audiences migrate from linear to streaming, the media industry has hit a tipping point: Streaming is becoming the dominant mode of viewing. In live sports, long considered the last stronghold of linear TV, the shift is especially pronounced in local NBA broadcasting.

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Operative's customers primarily consist of digital signage and professional display and telecoms companies. Examples of Operative's customers include Samsung Device eXperience, NBCUniversal and Charter Communications. Operative has commercial and technical partners like Oracle Cloud, Fincons Group and Imagine Communications.

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