THE FUTURE OF VIDEO ADVERTISING: THINK BIGGER… AND SMALLER
1. 7. 2021 The point where TV meets digital is currently one of the most exciting places in media. Connected TV, broadcast video, addressable TV – all these innovations are changing the way consumers and advertisers think about video advertising. Suddenly, TV can stretch from the top of the marketing funnel to the bottom, from multi-national to local,… Continue reading THE FUTURE OF VIDEO ADVERTISING: THINK BIGGER… AND SMALLER
TELEVISION’S IRRESISTIBLE POST-PANDEMIC APPEAL
11. 6. 2021 Television is shining white hot in the media agency playbook as advertisers scramble to get their brands airtime, pushing ad spend growth numbers into positive territory for the first time in years. The restrictions and regulations of COVID-19 increased consumer time with television in all its forms, including free-to-air and the various catchup and BVOD.… Continue reading TELEVISION’S IRRESISTIBLE POST-PANDEMIC APPEAL
AS STREAMING WARS RAGE ON, DON’T SLEEP ON LINEAR TV
26. 5. 2021 You’ve seen the headlines: “Streaming won the pandemic.” “Adoption surged over the last year.” “Viewing up across all categories and age groups.” And now: “Amazon is buying MGM Studios.” Today, the world’s best content is being organized around and produced for an over-the-top (OTT) distribution. There’s no question that, in an increasingly fragmented and omnichannel… Continue reading AS STREAMING WARS RAGE ON, DON’T SLEEP ON LINEAR TV
TV IS THE WORST (AND THE BEST) ADVERTISING MEDIUM
14. 5. 2021 The world is slowly showing signs of normalcy, and as we move toward summer, we may also watch less content on the big screen in our homes. During the height of the pandemic, we gobbled up mountains of content across streamers, on-demand, on CTV, and what not. But it’s likely this trend will be affected… Continue reading TV IS THE WORST (AND THE BEST) ADVERTISING MEDIUM
HOW THE PANDEMIC ACCELERATED A TRANSFORMATION ACROSS CONNECTED TV
15. 4. 2021 Ad spend increased as brands gravitated to the space. While linear TV got pummeled by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, connected TV and direct-to-consumer players have been thriving over the past year. For instance, Vizio saw a 95% increase in streaming hours on its platform from the end of 2019 to the end of 2020. “That’s a seismic sea change… Continue reading HOW THE PANDEMIC ACCELERATED A TRANSFORMATION ACROSS CONNECTED TV
WHAT AVOD’S GROWTH MEANS FOR MARKETERS IN SEARCH OF EVOLVING CONSUMERS
13. 4. 2021 As viewer interest in ad-supported video on demand accelerates, marketers are trying to determine how to navigate the channel and avoid new walled gardens. The rise of ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) services has been a quiet development amid numerous new consumer behaviors spurred or accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic. Yet the proportion of consumers using… Continue reading WHAT AVOD’S GROWTH MEANS FOR MARKETERS IN SEARCH OF EVOLVING CONSUMERS
WHAT MARKETERS MUST CONSIDER BEFORE DIVING INTO ADVANCED TV
12. 4. 2021 With the deprecation of third-party cookies and its implications on media targeting, advertisers are increasingly looking for opportunities to leverage both their first-party data and third-party data to effectively reach audiences. Advanced TV (ATV) offers the opportunity to do just that, providing marketers a brand-safe, person-targeted medium that is more measurable than traditional linear TV buys.… Continue reading WHAT MARKETERS MUST CONSIDER BEFORE DIVING INTO ADVANCED TV
WHY CONNECTED TV ISN’T AS COMPLICATED AS ADVERTISERS THINK
5. 4. 2021 While advertisers now recognize the importance of CTV for reaching an enormous audience – 2020’s dramatic acceleration led to consumer user numbers exceeding 200 million – they are still concerned about how complicated it all seems and are still trying to figure out where to start. Many advertisers are overwhelmed by the sheer number of… Continue reading WHY CONNECTED TV ISN’T AS COMPLICATED AS ADVERTISERS THINK
VIEWING COMES BACK TO THE LIVING ROOM
29. 3. 2021 In a clear indication of the lay of land in today’s TV industry, research from advertising technology platform provider FreeWheel has found that after a decade of change, and as people’s consumption of media has fragmented across devices over the past ten years, many have returned to the living room to watch connected TV (CTV). In the… Continue reading VIEWING COMES BACK TO THE LIVING ROOM
AVOD WILL BE BIG, BUT WILL TAKE ITS TIME GETTING THERE
25. 3. 2021 Streaming is changing the world of TV viewing. But, unfortunately for the advertising world, the vast majority of this viewing is ad-free, since most of the largest and most dominant streaming services carry no ads — Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max (though that is changing), Apple TV+ — and the two larger services that… Continue reading AVOD WILL BE BIG, BUT WILL TAKE ITS TIME GETTING THERE
ARE BIDDABLE AD BUYS IN CTV’S FUTURE? THE EXPERTS WEIGH IN
22. 3. 2021 It’s unclear what the future of TV ad buys will look like in connected TV. Since much of TV inventory — including much of CTV — is reserved in the upfronts each year, will programmatic auction-based buying eventually be used in CTV as it is for online digital? Major content owners like Disney and NBCUniversal… Continue reading ARE BIDDABLE AD BUYS IN CTV’S FUTURE? THE EXPERTS WEIGH IN
TRENDS OF THE MONTH: ROI, B2B AND NEXT GEN TV
19. 3. 2021 This month: How advertisers can double their return on investment (ROI), some of the challenges and opportunities for B2B marketers and the future landscape of TV advertising and audiences. Half of brands achieve an ROI of $1.06, but the most effective can double this For every $1 spent on media, advertisers can expect an average… Continue reading TRENDS OF THE MONTH: ROI, B2B AND NEXT GEN TV
LINEAR TELEVISION IS HERE TO STAY. WHERE IS ANOTHER STORY.
8. 3. 2021 When we talk about the potential demise of traditional linear TV, we’re talking about the potential demise of cable and broadcast delivery of linear TV, not linear TV itself. That’s an important distinction as, like the difference between “OTT” and “CTV”, it clouds up discussions about the future of TV. So far starters, linear TV is… Continue reading LINEAR TELEVISION IS HERE TO STAY. WHERE IS ANOTHER STORY.
AVOD PLATFORMS FORECAST TO GROW TO $18 BILLION BY 2025
8. 3. 2021 Advertising video-on-demand platforms (AVOD)– a subset of all connected TV — are expected to see skyrocketing growth over the next four years, rising to $17.8 billion, according to MoffettNathanson Research. AVOD platforms were estimated to come in at $4.4 billion in 2020, with Hulu grabbing the bulk of that market — $2.5 billion. In 2025, the… Continue reading AVOD PLATFORMS FORECAST TO GROW TO $18 BILLION BY 2025
THE FUTURE ISN’T CONNECTED TV, IT’S CONNECTING TV
3. 3. 2021 Only through the holistic and integrated management of all forms of TV media can advertisers achieve better measurement and greater effectiveness, writes Paul Evans. TV is not going anywhere, it’s going everywhere TV has come a long way since the very first commercial was aired over 80 years ago. It has innovated dramatically to create some… Continue reading THE FUTURE ISN’T CONNECTED TV, IT’S CONNECTING TV
ESTIMATE: AVOD REVENUE WILL DOUBLE BY 2025
22. 2. 2021 Advertising revenue of ad-supported online video services is expected to double by 2025. But the market is dominated by linear TV. Global investments directed at advertising in linear TV have generally decreased in the recent five years but linear TV still remains the key ad medium taking into consideration other video formats. Its share is… Continue reading ESTIMATE: AVOD REVENUE WILL DOUBLE BY 2025
BRAND SAFETY FOR CTV COMES FIRST, PERFORMANCE IS A CLOSE SECOND
19. 2. 2021 Although there is a continued lack of simple, industry-wide standards for cross-media and/or connected TV metrics — as well as some eye-opening fraud issues — CTV advertising dollars are estimated to rise to $11 billion. What’s the most important issue? Perhaps a clue is where the actual dollars are flowing. Many CTV dollars have benefited traditional TV players and… Continue reading BRAND SAFETY FOR CTV COMES FIRST, PERFORMANCE IS A CLOSE SECOND
TRADITIONAL TV COMPANIES HAVE A LEG UP IN BIG-ADVERTISER CTV BUYS: STUDY
19. 2. 2021 “Our primary impediment to [advertising] growth at this point is the behavior of TV buyers.” That was Roku founder/CEO Anthony Wood, speaking yesterday during the company’s Q4 earnings call. Despite Roku’s high double-digit ad-revenue gains, Wood was expressing frustration and/or puzzlement over advertisers spending $65 billion on linear TV in 2020 — even as linear… Continue reading TRADITIONAL TV COMPANIES HAVE A LEG UP IN BIG-ADVERTISER CTV BUYS: STUDY
