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The VAST CTV Addendum 2024 is Ready for Implementation!

Backwards compatibility for VAST 2.0 and above to support features that enable ad serving across all TV-viewing environments

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Announcing the Ad Creative ID Framework to Improve Connected TV Advertising Experience

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 Tech Lab invites industry stakeholders to participate in public […]

IAB Tech Lab’s Advanced TV Commit Group Adds Leading Industry Players To Develop Comprehensive TV Advertising Technical Standards

New York, NY, June 6, 2023 – Today, IAB Tech Lab formally announced the creation of its Advanced TV Commit Group, which will lead the development of technology frameworks, technical standards, and market strategy to make every TV environment addressable. 

Into 2023 with Advanced TV

Tech Lab kicked off a big initiative in 2022, promising to move cross-screen advertising into the future as has been envisioned for the last 30 years. The innovation across the field has led to divergent solutions and a fragmented marketplace, but it has also shown us a clear path to […]

Today’s Advanced TV Ecosystem

When you sit down in your living room to watch TV, you grab a remote and navigate whatever interface your TV presents. The content you choose to watch may come to that screen in a number of different ways. You might think that since you bought that 50-inch smart TV, […]

Ad Format Guidelines for Digital Video and CTV — Now Ready for Industry Adoption!

The Ad Format Guidelines for Digital Video and CTV have now been finalized following the close of a public comment period on these specifications that ended in April 2022. This update has been released following the rapid change and evolution in the video landscape since these guidelines were first launched […]

IAB Tech Lab Expands Open Measurement SDK to Connected TV

 IAB Tech Lab, the digital advertising technical standards-setting body, announced today that its Open Measurement SDK (OM SDK) will be made available on Connected TV (CTV) starting in Q3. One of the most widely adopted solutions from Tech Lab, OM SDK gives advertisers flexibility and choice in the verification solutions […]

Guidelines for CTV/OTT Device and App Identification

By Amit Shetty With the growth of Connected TV (CTV), Set Top Boxes, and other Over-The-Top (OTT) devices, and the explosion in streaming video services, the OTT space is fast becoming one of the most important segments of video advertising. With this growth comes many technical challenges. The wide range […]