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Aleksander Sekowski

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CTV Ad Fraud Is a Protocol Problem: Where OpenRTB Lies, VAST Breaks, and Revenue Disappears

The most expensive fraud in streaming often looks like a clean auction until the player tries to render the ad.

May 17, 2026 · 8 min read · 10 claps #advertising-technology #ad-fraud #programmatic-advertising

If you’ve ever had to generate or validate a VAST tag in a production codebase, you know the drill. You open the IAB Tech Lab PDF, Ctrl+F…

May 01, 2026 · 1 min read · 5 claps #programmatic-advertising #programmatic #adtech

If you run a DSP, an SSP, an ad server, or any kind of video trafficking pipeline, you have almost certainly written code that tries to…

Jun 19, 2026 · 8 min read · 2 claps #adtech #ctv-advertising #programmatic-advertising

Pixalate’s latest CTV reports point to a bigger problem than bad metadata: too much of the market still buys app identity claims before it…

Jun 08, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #ctv-advertising #programmatic-advertising #ad-fraud

The new May 2026 IPv6 watchlist shows why network signals still matter and why blocklists alone are not enough.

May 30, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #adtech #programmatic-advertising #streaming