Is cable coming for streaming and ads?

Motleyful money starts now.

I'm Dylan Lewis, and I'm joined over the airwaves by Motleyful analyst Tim Byers.

Tim, thanks for joining me.

Thanks, Dylan.

Not quite caffeinated today because it's not a caffeine day, but I'm still ready to go.

You're still bringing the energy.

You know, it's a caffeine-free Monday.

It's always a coffee morning for me, Tim.

It might be a hot cocoa afternoon with the snow that we've gotten here in Washington, D.C.

I am very excited. I am in the

winter spirit, but we have plenty to talk about before I can go frolic out there in the white

stuff. We got our first preview of some of the things that will be coming for the Consumer

Electronics Show and what's going on in the state of tech streaming this week ahead of the

trade show. Comcast announced its new ad buying

platform, Universal Ads. The company will be using its own properties in a hope to simplify

the ad buying process, in particular for small and medium-sized businesses. Tim, I feel like

there is already a company that does a little bit of ad buying over streaming video. There is. You might

have heard of it. It's called the Trade Desk. This feels like, boy, I don't mean to sound cynical,

Dylan, but does this not sound like a money grab? I mean, this totally sounds like a money grab.

And it's not necessarily a bad thing, although we don't really know too much about the details

of this.

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