Scale Meets Precision: Amazon DSP Now Delivers Canada’s Largest Streaming TV Audience

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Yesterday, the Amazon Ads Canada team hosted its 2026 Upfront to a packed room of more than 400 media buyers, planners, and brands in downtown Toronto.  

This was the company’s second annual upfront presentation, and it delivered with a strong commitment to Canadian content and innovative new advertising formats.

Scale Meets Precision: Amazon DSP Now Delivers Canada’s Largest Streaming TV Audience

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Scale Meets Precision: Amazon DSP Now Delivers Canada’s Largest Streaming TV Audience

Things kicked off with Chantal Rossi Badia, Head of Video Sales Specialists, and Kendra Hum, Director, Amazon Ads, taking the stage and presenting several new ad formats that bring personalization and interactivity to streaming TV, including location-based interactive video ads, shoppable ads within Twitch, and more.

This year’s show included appearances by NBA champion Kyle Lowry reliving his Toronto legacy to Michael BublĂ©, and Drew Scott, revealing their new unscripted hockey series, Hometown Giants. 

Stage with three presenters in front of a striped wall; a large screen behind shows a man in a Raptors jersey pointing toward the crowd, wearing sunglasses and a backward cap.

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Dave Forde

Dave “The Connector” Forde is a 20-year veteran of the Canadian marketing, PR, and tech industries. He is the founder of The Connected One network, including industry news sites Canadian Ad Insider and PR In Canada, and serves as a strategic business advisor. Connect with him on LinkedIn and X.


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