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Holding company

A parent company that owns other companies' stocks. Examples include Omnicom, WPP, Interpublic and Publicis Groupe, that each control a large number of different operating agencies across the globe.

Hot spot

A hot spot is an area of an ad unit which triggers an event (e.g. expand the ad) when a user rolls-over a particular area of, or the whole, ad unit with their cursor. 

HTML

HyperText Markup Language, the set of commands used by web browsers to interpret and display page content to users.

HTML5

HTML5 is the new rendition of HTML (hypertext markup language) and includes features like video playback and drag-and-drop functionality.

Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV)

TV+

Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) is an international consortium and standard aimed at combining the broadcast and broadband delivery of interactive entertainment services to consumers. In practical terms, this means that you can get both standard broadcast FTA (free-to-air) TV and IPTV (broadband internet delivered) TV services all in one place, including advertising. This standard is integrated into most European TV sets.

 

Hybrid VOD (HVOD)

TV+

Refer to the SVOD definition.

 

IAB Europe

IAB Europe is the Trade Association representing National IAB's across Europe to European decision-makers. IAB UK is represented on the Board of IAB Europe.

IAB Tech Lab

The IAB Tech Lab is an independent, international, research and development consortium charged with producing and helping companies implement global industry technical standards. Comprised of digital publishers and ad technology firms, as well as marketers, agencies, and other companies with interests in the interactive marketing arena, the IAB Tech Lab’s goal is to reduce friction associated with the digital advertising and marketing supply chain, while contributing to the safe and secure growth of the industry. The organisation’s founding member companies include AppNexus, Google, Hearst Magazines Digital Media, PubMatic, Tremor Video, Yahoo, and Yahoo! JAPAN. Established in 2014, the IAB Tech Lab is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco.

 

IAB UK Gold Standard

The IAB UK Gold Standard was launched in October 2017, supported by all our board members. It aims to drive up standards in the digital advertising industry by committing signatories to:

  1. Reduce ad fraud by implementing or demonstrating support for ads.txt, sellers.json and OpenRTB Supply Chain Object initiative

  2. Improve people’s experience of digital advertising by adhering to the Coalition for Better Ads principles and the ‘Better Ads Standards’

  3. Uphold brand safety by obtaining TAG Brand Safety Certified Guidelines

  4. Increase transparency within the supply chain by adopting the Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF)

Companies can register online here.

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