OTT

Streaming media delivered over the internet instead of through traditional cable or broadcast distribution.

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Stands for

Over-the-top

Formal definition

OTT stands for over-the-top and describes media or advertising delivered over the internet directly to viewers instead of through traditional cable, satellite, or broadcast distribution systems.

Plain-English explanation

OTT is the streaming delivery model behind services and ad inventory that reach viewers through internet apps rather than old-school TV distribution.

Examples

  • A campaign buys video inventory inside an OTT streaming platform rather than linear television.
  • A user scans a QR code from an OTT ad and lands on a tracked Smart Page on mobile.

How it works

  • Content is streamed over the internet through apps, platforms, or devices.
  • Advertising can be inserted digitally with more targeting and reporting than traditional broadcast usually provides.
  • Response measurement often depends on cross-device journeys, vanity URLs, or QR-based handoff flows.

How Attriax uses it

  • OTT campaigns often need a clean handoff from big-screen exposure to a trackable device action such as QR scan, vanity URL visit, or app open.
  • Attriax links and Smart Pages are useful in OTT flows because they give teams a measurable next step after the impression.
  • OTT is closely related to CTV, but teams still distinguish the streaming delivery model from the connected-screen environment itself.

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