- The biggest players in tech want a crack at disrupting TV advertising.
- Amazon and Google are taking a more direct approach by paying to control some TV ad space.
- Facebook is looking to partner and moving more deliberately.
- That means Facebook is likely to face resistance from the ad industry, which could put it behind other players
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Facebook's plan to disrupt TV advertising may have hit a wall
Google, Amazon and Facebook all see an opportunity to disrupt TV advertising. Among the three tech giants, Facebook has perhaps chosen the toughest route.
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