Fox’s Levy Named CEO of OpenAP Consortium

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Former Fox executive David Levy was named CEO of OpenAP, the TV industry consortium looking to standardize and popularize targeted audience buying of ad campaigns.

Levy had been executive VP at Fox overseeing digital ad revenue and advanced ad products for the company’s television brands.

OpenAP was started by Fox, Viacom and Turner. NBCUniversal joined last year and Turner dropped out earlier this year.

Levy who was involved in the formation of OpenAP served as chairman of the group since September 2018.

He became part of Fox when true[X] media was acquired in 2015.

Jon Lafayette
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Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.