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The latest news, product updates, events, ideas and more from Cape.io

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Stay ahead of the curve

The latest news, product updates, events, ideas and more from Cape.io

Blog

Stay ahead of the curve

The latest news, product updates, events, ideas and more from Cape.io

Feb 27, 2026

Navigating Channel 4’s 2026 closed caption mandate

As ad compliance requirements tighten across the UK and Europe, closed captioning has evolved from an accessibility checkbox to a strategic necessity. Whether you're managing CTV campaigns or social media creative, automated ad testing for caption quality is no longer optional - it's fundamental to reaching today's fragmented, multi-screen audiences.

The advertising landscape is facing a seismic shift. By March 1, Channel 4 will become the first UK broadcaster to mandate closed captions across all advertising - including linear TV, streaming, and sponsorships.

The mandate is  a redefined standard for global inclusivity. Here is everything you need to know about the new mandate and how to stay ahead of the curve.

Feb 27, 2026

Navigating Channel 4’s 2026 closed caption mandate

As ad compliance requirements tighten across the UK and Europe, closed captioning has evolved from an accessibility checkbox to a strategic necessity. Whether you're managing CTV campaigns or social media creative, automated ad testing for caption quality is no longer optional - it's fundamental to reaching today's fragmented, multi-screen audiences.

The advertising landscape is facing a seismic shift. By March 1, Channel 4 will become the first UK broadcaster to mandate closed captions across all advertising - including linear TV, streaming, and sponsorships.

The mandate is  a redefined standard for global inclusivity. Here is everything you need to know about the new mandate and how to stay ahead of the curve.

Feb 27, 2026

Navigating Channel 4’s 2026 closed caption mandate

As ad compliance requirements tighten across the UK and Europe, closed captioning has evolved from an accessibility checkbox to a strategic necessity. Whether you're managing CTV campaigns or social media creative, automated ad testing for caption quality is no longer optional - it's fundamental to reaching today's fragmented, multi-screen audiences.

The advertising landscape is facing a seismic shift. By March 1, Channel 4 will become the first UK broadcaster to mandate closed captions across all advertising - including linear TV, streaming, and sponsorships.

The mandate is  a redefined standard for global inclusivity. Here is everything you need to know about the new mandate and how to stay ahead of the curve.

Feb 26, 2026

One platform, many realities: How creative automation platforms resolve the global vs. local tension

Scaling global marketing without losing local relevance requires more than brand guidelines and templates - it requires a creative automation platform designed for both global control and local flexibility. Most systems optimize for standardization, but scaling ad creative production across markets demands architecture that enables creative variation and adaptation by local experts without fragmenting brand governance.

Many global advertisers are chasing the same ideal: scale without losing relevance.

Consistency without uniformity.
Efficiency without bureaucracy.

It sounds simple. In practice, it’s one of the hardest tensions to resolve in modern marketing.

The global vs. local challenge isn’t new, but it’s becoming more urgent. As brands expand across markets, channels, and cultures, the question is no longer whether you should scale globally, but how you do so without erasing the nuance that makes marketing effective in the first place.

Everyone is looking for this balance. Very few get it right.

Feb 11, 2026

EPTVI Initiative launches Stage Two to help programmatic TV scale across Europe’s largest advertising markets

Broadcasters, streamers, agencies and ad tech companies including Google Ad Manager, Equativ, Adform, LiveRamp, The Trade Desk, FreeWheel and Cape.io begin work on practical solutions to reduce complexity and speed up adoption.

Feb 4, 2026

The guardrails of growth: Why creative intelligence demands compliance

Generative AI can produce thousands of creative variants, but most compliance systems are still manual, fragmented, and reactive, unable to keep pace with today’s velocity. To move fast without breaking things, the industry needs a new approach: real-time verification, programmatic enforcement, and end-to-end visibility. Embedded inside the stack, not bolted on at the end.

Jan 9, 2026

Every Word Counts - Cape Closed Captioning

Captions have become more than an accessibility tool, they’re now essential for how we watch, understand, and engage with content. Clear, inclusive, and attention-smart, captioning helps every story reach everyone.

Dec 4, 2025

Flying high with AI: How Cape.io revolutionized KLM's email marketing with AirMail

Discover how Cape.io partnered with KLM to build AirMail, an innovative AI co-pilot that generates highly customized email campaigns with unprecedented speed, efficiency, and scale.

Dec 2, 2025

How leading brands are bringing media and creative back in sync

Read all about how our CMO Michiel Blonk addresses each challenge to bridge the gap and finally reconnect - from his presentation at DMWF Europe last week.

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We’re flexible — we’ll work on a job-by-job basis, offer holiday or sick cover, or even work on a monthly retainer. 

However, whenever, whatever: we’ll get your ads from A to Z

Ready to give us a call?

We’re flexible — we’ll work on a job-by-job basis, offer holiday or sick cover, or even work on a monthly retainer. 

However, whenever, whatever: we’ll get your ads from A to Z

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Let us show you what Cape.io can do.

Intelligent Campaign Automation

Cape.io connects up your team, DAM, ad servers, DSPs, tools, and more, so you don’t need to rip and replace.

Copyright © 2025 Cape.io all rights reserved

English

Get in touch

Let us show you what Cape.io can do.

Intelligent Campaign Automation

Cape.io connects up your team, DAM, ad servers, DSPs, tools, and more, so you don’t need to rip and replace.

Copyright © 2025 Cape.io all rights reserved

English