Engaging Addressable Audiences – Snap Spotlights Innovations

With significant investments in machine learning models, improved signals, and optimized ad formats, IAB Canada member and Elite Corporate Sponsor, Snap has shared with us, recent product enhancements that demonstrate their dedication to delivering performance across the whole marketing funnel.
Canada’s Digital Ad Industry Faces DST Disruption

The new Digital Services Tax (DST) is set to disrupt Canada’s $18B digital advertising ecosystem, hitting businesses hard.
IAB Releases Attention Metrics Guide

The IAB US Attention Task Forces has released a series of helpful resources on the state of attention measurement. Brands globally have shifted their efforts towards capturing attention metrics.
OPC’s Deceptive Privacy Practice Report – How TCF Canada Can Help

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, together with 25 privacy enforcement authorities from across Canada and internationally, issued findings from a “sweep” conducted earlier this year of more than 1,000 websites and mobile apps.
Reflections on IAB Canada’s State of the Nation 2024

IAB Canada’s State of the Nation roadshow wrapped up this week. Moving across Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax, this coast-to-coast event brought hundreds of Canadian digital media and marketing professionals together to discuss the latest issues, trends and opportunities in the sector.
Decoding Industry Growth at IAB Canada’s State of the Nation Toronto 2024

IAB Canada’s recent State of the Nation event in Toronto provided some key insights into the state of the industry as we close out the first half of the year. Canada’s digital media revenue is expected to reach $18.1 billion by the end of 2024, indicating steady growth from $15.9 billion in 2023. Growth is diverse in this dynamic sector as we turn our attention the retail media, CTV and the changing definition of search and performance media.
IAB Tech Lab Releases Ad Creative ID Framework to Improve Connected TV Advertising Experience for Consumers and Brands

IAB Tech Lab, the global digital advertising technical standards-setting body, announced today the Ad Creative ID Framework (ACIF). This framework supports the use of registered creative IDs that persist in cross-platform digital video delivery, in particular Connected TV (CTV) environments.
IAB Europe Delves into The Digital Details at Interact

IAB Europe held its annual Interact conference in Milan last week. The event brought together a broad network of European stakeholders to address serious questions about the digital advertising industry with sharp discussions.
The Potential for Increased Investments and Creativity is High, IAB Canada’s 2024 State of DOOH in Canada Barometer Report Reveals

IAB Canada presents the latest findings from our 2024 State of Digital Out of Home (DOOH) in Canada Barometer Report. This comprehensive report, developed through insights from a dedicated DOOH Committee with input IAB Canada’s buy-side members, highlights the growing importance and potential of DOOH in modern digital media strategies.
IAB Tech Lab Releases Essential ID Solutions Guide

Google may have hit the snooze button on phasing out third-party cookies, but the digital ad world isn’t hitting pause. Case in point: the IAB Tech Lab’s Rearc Addressability and PETs Working Group just dropped the ID Solutions Guidance.