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IAB Tech Lab APAC Engagement in Q2 2021
Continuing to build on our presence and commitment to the Asia Pacific region (APAC), we at IAB Tech Lab have launched an APAC communications page to serve as a repository of information on our activities in the region. Key sections of interest are: Past Events – recordings of all of […]
CTV Advertising Standards: IAB Tech Lab Standards & Guidance
Learning from History: How Digital Media Standards Can Support Healthy Growth of CTV In my last blog post, we talked about the critical “CTV vs. OTT” debate. Let’s now talk about what IAB Tech Lab and its members and partners have been doing to better support the connected TV (CTV) […]
IAB Tech Lab, Project Rearc, and the Partnership for Responsible Addressable Media
Leading trade associations and companies representing every sector of the global advertising industry, including IAB and IAB Tech Lab, have joined together to launch the Partnership for Responsible Addressable Media. The partnership is similarly focused on the future of addressability for our industry, and it will build on relevant work […]
ads.txt: Don’t Blame the Tools, Learn How to Use Them
An article about certain sites “potentially committing a form of ad-fraud” using ads.txt (Authorized Digital Sellers) files has been making the rounds and we decided to look into the details to see if we could learn from the post to improve our transparency / anti-fraud specifications. We have reached out […]
iOS 14 Privacy Features Impact: What Advertisers Need to Know
Open Standards and Predictable Privacy for Consumers are More Important than Ever There’s been no shortage of ad industry ink spilled in response to Apple’s WWDC privacy announcements for iOS 14. In particular, much of the focus is on Apple’s design for user transparency and control over the iOS identifier […]
State of Data: Three Data Trends Shaping 2020 & Beyond
Big data remains big business for advertising, despite the significant impact of COVID-19 and ongoing privacy-related changes. The advertising and media ecosystem spent $11B on data in 2019, according to the IAB Annual “State of Data” report, released today. However, data users, compilers, and other industry stakeholders suggested that in […]
With The End Of Browser Cookie Support, What Will Happen To Measurement And Attribution?
In less than two years, many publishers, advertisers, data vendors, and technology platforms will need to reevaluate and retool their approaches to data collection, audience targeting, measurement, and attribution analysis. All of those activities will change, and along with them the ways that we track and measure advertising and user […]
DigiTrust – The Final Chapter
Supporters Decide to Sunset DigiTrust on July 31 IAB Tech Lab recently invited all the platforms and publishers supporting the DigiTrust ID and shared namespace service to a meeting to review the status of funding and operations, and discuss the future of DigiTrust. Against the backdrop of increasing operational costs […]
IAB Tech Lab Releases for Comment Common Ad Transport Standard (CATS) for Direct Buying and Selling of Digital Media
SAN FRANCISCO (March 26, 2020) – IAB Tech Lab today released CATS (Common Ad Transport Standard) for public comment for a 30-day period until April 24. […]
Project Rearc: An Industry Collaboration to Rearchitect Digital Marketing
We just wrapped a very timely and active IAB Annual Leadership Meeting. During this event, IAB and IAB Tech Lab introduced Project Rearc, an initiative to get stakeholders across the digital advertising and media supply chain working together to make the internet a better place for consumers – marrying the […]