Patti Summerfield

The U.S. is challenging Canada’s Digital Services Tax
The States’ response to the tax was expected, but can the dispute be resolved?

Numeris and NLogic bring audience data to The Trade Desk
Environics is providing the technology to scale and model the TV data to deliver segments to advertisers.

CBC saw viewers jump 188% for the Paralympics Opening Ceremonies
Compared to the 2020 Tokyo Games, this year’s Paralympics Opening Ceremonies saw bigger audience numbers.

Telus expands its EnContinu+ streamer
The service includes two new bundles with access to Club illico, Netflix and Prime Video.

The industry’s desire to use Gen AI outpaces current adoption levels
PHD and WARC released research around AI knowledge and usage among marketers and agencies.

Newcomers to Canada more likely to respond to OOH: COMMB
Immigrants to Canada are more apt to download coupons or interact with a brand after seeing an ad.

Half of Canadian marketers use Gen AI to create social content
A Capterra study also found the majority didn’t realize how much work still needs to go into reviewing content before publishing.

Media check-in: What is Robert Jenkyn up to at Horizon Media?
His agency is betting on sports and influencer marketing, while encouraging teams to get certified across digital.

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.