Thought Leaders go Back to Class

The timing could not be better for IAB Canada’s Business of Digital: eCommerce, Full Circle Shopping event on September 27, 2022. Given the buzz around Canadians and their changing shopping […]
Canada – Meet AIDA

In late June 2022, ISED introduced the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022 which includes Bill C-27 – a new Bill with several updates to our current federal private sector privacy […]
The Picture is Clear with ACR Technology

The number of Smart TVs in Canadian households is rapidly growing, and the amount of TV viewership data potentially available via automatic content recognition (ACR) has risen accordingly. True to its […]
Safety on the Net – YouTube and its Commitment to a Safe Ecosystem

We’ve been covering the topic of misinformation in the context of brand safety since the 2016 elections south of the border. For over two years, political misinformation has been exacerbated […]
StatsCan Report on the Services Industry Bounce-Back

Statistics Canada recently released a new report: Forging ahead during the pandemic: How selected service industries bounced back in 2021. The report is largely based on an analysis of GST […]
The State of Cookie Independence 2022

It’s been over two years since Google announced the deprecation of third-party cookies, which is slated to take effect in the second half of 2023. When that happens, the cookie, […]
The Impact of Podcast Privacy Restrictions

IAB Tech Lab has released important guidelines on how platform privacy restrictions are impacting the podcasting sector. The comprehensive output sets out to: present a clear definition of the challenge […]
The Science Behind B2B Marketing

B2B had a notable presence at Cannes this year with a presentation by Linkedin that set the stage outlining the overall growth of the sector. The overall rise in B2B […]
Netflix Flicks the Ad Switch

As Netflix moves full tilt towards developing their ad-supported service tier, they have announced their global technology partner that will be making it all happen. Microsoft has been named their […]
EU Passes New Laws to Create a More Open and Competitive Digital Marketplace

This week, European Parliament held the final vote on their long-awaited Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA). With a resounding majority saying yes to these new landmark […]