“That’s going to catapult the rest of its video ad business to greater heights than it’s had before.”. Driving the prediction:. Amazon is transitioning Prime Video customers to an ad-supported tier by default on January 29, giving it a sizable audience from the start.

In analyzing the media landscape, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is reimagining the future of digital viewership. In this Q&A, the IAB's Eric John, vice president, media center, discussed continuous growth in video advertising and connected TV, why the old model of a million-dollar TV commercial playing once everywhere is gone, and how to make creative work better.

Prime Video mulls ads, but football paints a worrying sign: The streaming service is planning an ad-supported tier despite its video ad growing pains.

Amazon is also leaning into shoppable TV ads after the success of its first-ever Black Friday NFL game last year, when interactive video ads with a remote clickable overlay received nearly 20 times more interactions than QR codes, according to the company. 2. Walmart. Why: “Walmart is not often seen as the ‘it’ place to shop, and it knows,” said our senior content director Becky Schilling.

Diversity in video ads is waning amid wider DEI drop: Some states seek DEI curbs, but consumers are willing to tie their purchases to inclusion.

TV squeaks past online and mobile video to become the top video ad channel among US agency and marketing professionals. In October, 47% ranked TV—including connected TV (CTV) and OTT—as the No. 1 video type for achieving their advertising goals. That’s more than the 46% who put online and mobile video in first place.

Learn about why video ad measurement is entering a new era. "In Other News," we discuss what new ownership at Nielsen means and what to expect from programmatic display in 2022. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Evelyn Mitchell.

As each country’s largest retail ecommerce player by total sales volume, Mercado Libre’s foray into programmatic, display, and video advertising helped solidify its lead over Amazon and other local players like Walmart de México y Centroamérica (Walmex), Magazine Luiza, and Americanas S.A. The competition will be much fiercer in Mexico.

B2B video ads will help drive up display’s growth rate, with YouTube accounting for 15.0% of B2B video ad spending in 2023. LinkedIn also contributes heavily to display; it has captured at least 40% of all B2B display ad spending since 2021. Mobile will gain a bigger piece of the pie. That growth reflects a larger trend in the overall US ad market as consumers spend more time on mobile devices.

Ad industry looks to reform video ad measurement: Competition among providers heats up in bid for cross-screen, cross-platform solutions.

Digital advertising has taken a few hits in the recent past (ahem, the pandemic), but there's still lots of hope and some flat growth that can't be ignored. "In Other News," we discuss Vizio's new ad solution and what exactly service hoppers are. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Peter Newman and Paul Verna.

On today's episode, we discuss how prepared measurement and syndication vendors are for the removal of third-party cookies and device IDs, what options advertisers have to maintain measurement and addressability, and some best practices and recommendations for both sides of the supply chain that will help them seamlessly transition to a privacy-centric future. We then talk about how connected TV (CTV) giants are holding onto new customers, YouTube's CTV ads that can move over to your smartphone, and where people prefer to watch movies. Tune in to the discussion with senior vice president of product and general manager of customer experience at Neustar Steve Silvers and eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Paul Verna.

Gen Z pays the most attention to social media ads, with 37% saying that video ads on social, in particular, have the most influence on what they purchase, eat, shop, or watch, per CivicScience.

Well, the premise is Amazon's been pretty active in other areas of advertising and they have sold streaming advertising for some years, but this year is when they're getting much more active starting with the introduction of ads into Prime Video, and that's going to catapult the rest of their video ads business to greater heights than it's had before. Marcus Johnson:.

When it comes to video advertising, viewability used to be king. But as identifiers go away, advertisers are migrating to “attention” metrics that better gauge meaningful interactions with advertisements. In fact, 36% of buy-side advertising decision-makers plan to focus more on attention metrics this year, according to November 2022 data from the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

On today's episode, we discuss the significance of Nielsen getting its national accreditation back, whether this year will be the first true multicurrency upfront, and what advertisers should do today to prepare for a less-than-certain measurement future. "In Other News," we talk about whether longer video ads are actually the way to go on mobile and whether marketing has an image problem. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Evelyn Mitchell.

This year, time spent with digital video will officially surpass time spent with TV among US adults. Video advertising is also moving toward digital as advertisers set their sights on connected TV and social video, and even take advantage of retail media networks’ video opportunity. Whether you’re pitching a video ad campaign or reevaluating a tight ad budget, here are five charts that will help with the how, what, where, when, and why of video advertising. Whether you’re pitching a video ad campaign or reevaluating a tight ad budget, here are five charts that will help with the how, what, where, when, and why of video advertising.

As video ad spending continues to expand, its share of total programmatic ad dollars will grow.

We expect US subscription OTT video ad spending to near $10 billion and account for 3.4% of all digital ad spending—and 10.2% of total video ad spending—by the end of 2023.

Among US companies investing in digital video advertising, the share that did so exclusively on YouTube increased from 47% in Q4 2021 to 60% in Q1 2022, for a total of roughly 9,300 companies in the US.

Advertisers use a different strategy on YouTube than on other digital video platforms. In Q1 2022, more than 40% of US video ads on the Alphabet-owned platform were post-rolls, and almost 30% were mid-roll ads. On other video platforms, 97% played before video content.

On today's episode, we discuss what our analysts think will be the key digital trends of 2022. Where we stand with our digital advertising outlook, how far the pendulum will swing towards AVOD services, when TV and video ad measurement will cease being a hot mess, and more. We then talk about whether video streaming growth has officially stalled and if Univision can bring the immediacy of digital measurement to TV ads. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Paul Verna.

On today's episode, we discuss measurement in connected TV (CTV) advertising. "In Other News," we talk about the most interesting part of US programmatic video advertising in 2022 and whether or not it's time to hit play on movie theater ad buys. Tune in to the discussion with senior platform experience manager at MNTN Imani Clark and our analyst Ross Benes.