Category: AdTech Industry

October 14, 2021 by Michael Sweeney, Paulina Zawiślak

There’s a lot happening in the connected TV (CTV) and over-the-top (OTT) advertising space, from innovations to acquisitions. But there’s still a lot of confusion and questions about how fundamental advertising processes work, such as how CTV/OTT ads are bought, sold, and measured.  

July 22, 2021 by Michael Sweeney

The programmatic advertising industry has been consumed with news about Google Chrome’s Privacy Sandbox since it was first announced as a replacement for third-party cookies in Chrome in January 2020

June 11, 2021 by Michael Sweeney

You may have seen recently some news that Apple is set to introduce a new set of privacy changes…again.

April 30, 2021 by Michael Sweeney, Paulina Zawiślak

Programmatic advertising is made up of many different processes, including media buying, identification, targeting, measurement, and attribution.The IAB and IAB Tech Lab play a key role in creating, defining, and maintaining industry standards to make these programmatic advertising processes run as seamlessly as possible. Below we’ve listed the main standards and initiatives from the IAB Tech […]

March 24, 2021 by Michael Sweeney

Over the past few years, Apple has made a number of changes to its devices, web browser (Safari), and operating systems to increase user privacy. In this blog post, I’ll aim to tell the history of Apple’s various privacy changes, explain what they mean for programmatic advertising, and look at some of the criticism that […]

March 19, 2021 by Michael Sweeney, Paulina Zawiślak

You may have seen news reports over the past year or so about antitrust investigations into Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (GAFA). There’s a lot going on in this space with governments from various countries launching their own investigations into the dominance of these tech companies. To help you understand what’s happening, we’ve put together a […]

January 21, 2021 by Michael Sweeney, Paulina Zawiślak

Over the past few years, Apple has taken a strong stance on protecting the privacy of its customers by introducing a number of changes to its devices, web browser (Safari), and operating systems.

January 21, 2021 by Michael Sweeney, Paulina Zawiślak

Apple is arguably the most popular and innovative tech company in the world. Throughout its history, Apple has invented many revolutionary products, like the iPod, iPhone, iPad, and iWatch.

December 16, 2020 by Michael Sweeney

One of my favorite things to do in December is read all the “predictions” articles that come out this time of year. For me, reading about the programmatic and AdTech industry from different perspectives is always an insightful activity.