IAB Tech Lab Opens Public Comment on New Deals API Specification

IAB Tech Lab has released the Deals API Specification for public comment through January 31, 2026. The Deals API is intended to provide one standardized schema for programmatic deal metadata, so buyers, sellers, and intermediaries can describe and interpret deal terms the same way across platforms.
Demystifying Signals

Every ad impression is a data-driven decision made in milliseconds within a fast-paced programmatic ecosystem. Demystifying Signals unpacks the foundational elements that make those decisions possible: the signals flowing through the bid stream.
IAB Tech Lab Launches Containerization Project

The IAB Tech Lab has launched a new global initiative aimed at modernizing the infrastructure behind programmatic advertising. The Containerization Project is designed to tackle growing complexity in the supply chain and create a more efficient and scalable framework for real-time bidding (RTB).
Enterprise 2025 Barometer – Industry Poised for Growth, With a Call to Clarify “Canadian Media”

At IAB Canada’s Enterprise 2025, digital advertising community gathered to take stock of where the industry is headed—and the latest Barometer Survey confirms a cautious optimism grounded in innovation, investment, and a drive to define a sustainable future for Canadian Media.
IAB Tech Lab Expands OpenRTB with Extended Content Identifiers

IAB Tech Lab has announced a significant update to OpenRTB, introducing Extended Content Identifiers (ECI) to enhance transparency and efficiency in programmatic advertising.
CTV Should be on Everyone’s List in 2023

Looking into the New Year with Samsung Ads One of the greatest gifts we can receive annually is a peek into the crystal ball of some of our most-forward thinking […]
Future Gazing: The Role of AI in Advertising

A conversation with Scibids Internet ad revenue exceeded 12.3 billion Canadian dollars in 2021, with a staggering 51% of ads being served programmatically (according to our IAB Canada 2021 Ad […]
The Net on Net Zero Carbon Media
As 2021 draws to a close, IAB Canada is looking forward and preparing for the coming year by conducting stakeholder discussions and evaluating the current state of the global supply […]
New Transparency Calculator for Programmatic Buying Released by IAB
On the heels of the IAB Canada Programmatic Live event in Toronto that attracted hundreds of programmatic buyers and sellers yesterday, this morning IAB released a tool to help calculate […]
X-Series RTB Montreal – What did we learn?
On October 29th, IAB Canada’s Quebec committee put on a local X-Series event in Montreal around Real Time Bidding and the programmatic space. It was a half day comprised of […]