Patti Summerfield

Signal Hill promotes Paul Riismandel to president
Jeff Vidler will continue as founder and strategic advisor of the podcast research company.

Newcomers prefer Connected TV over Linear: MTM report
Non-Canadian-born residents are more inclined to own mobile devices than TVs.

Lotame launches Curation to help brands find their audience
The platform offers trusted inventory across every format, device and channel, to ensure advertisers can increase performance and efficiency.

Goldfish Crackers are targeting Gen Z with Collages
The campaign on Pinterest runs through September with a mix of ad formats, including Spotlight, video and static ads.

Havas Media Canada appoints new president
Louise Simkin was a partner in performance marketing, technology and analytics at Noise Digital.

Record-breaking digital audiences for CBC Olympic coverage
Connected TV viewing accounted for about 65% of the total time spent watching the Games.

X lawsuit prompts dissolution of GARM
The antitrust lawsuit filed by the social media platform this week also targeted several major brands.

Vividata appoints new VP research and development
Kevin Clowes was most recently the analytics lead for GroupM Nexus.

Spotted! Crispy Minis shoots for the moon
The brand used hundreds of drones to light up a moonless sky.

Roku appoints Pehar ad sales director for Canada
The industry veteran was most recently head of Canada ad sales at Spotify.

CBC Olympic coverage captures big audience numbers
The women’s soccer quarter final game was Canada’s most-watched Paris event to date.

Fewer Canadians are subscribing to SVODs: MTM
Almost a quarter of households have altered their streaming services to save money.