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Videology Q3 2017 Report Finds Advanced TV Ad Spending Grew 60% Year-Over-Year from 2016 to 2017NEW YORK, Nov. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Videology – a leading software provider for converged TV and video advertising — today released its Q3 2017 U.S. TV & Video Market At-A-Glance report. According to the report, spending on linear TV campaigns in the Videology platform using advanced data grew 60% for the first three quarters of 2017, compared to the same time period last year. The report found that advanced linear TV spending is coming from an array of categories with Pharmaceutical, Travel and CPG ranking as the top categories spending the most on data-enabled TV in Q3 2017. In addition, similar to last quarter, the report found that over 96% of campaigns ran across screens, with 60% of those containing a CTV component. Furthermore, since 2015, there has been an over 200% increase in the amount of ad requests for CTV. The amount of impressions running exclusively on CTV in Q3 2017 grew by over 18% from the prior quarter. The report also found that CTV campaigns leveraging Behavioral segments tended to use Auto and Audience Category targets. Other top segments were Lifestyle and Shopping & Retail. "Advanced Linear TV and Connected TV offer advertisers a wealth of opportunities for increased targeting and more accurate measurement," said Mark McKee, EVP, Marketing & Sales, North America, Videology. "It's no surprise that we're cntinuing to see these channels grow in our platform, and we don't expect them to slow down anytime soon." The report also highlights the fact that advertisers continue to take advantage of their own first-party data in both digital and TV. Since the beginning of 2016, 17% of data-enabled TV campaigns have used their own first-party data for targeting. So far in 2017, the number of digital campaigns using first-party data has more than doubled since 2016, and is up over five times since 2015. Additional key findings of Videology's Q3 report include the following:
Additional details and the full report, "Videology's Q3 2017 U.S. TV & Video Market At-A-Glance," can be found here. About Videology: Videology, Inc., is a privately-held, venture-backed company, whose investors include Catalyst Investors, Comcast Ventures, NEA, Pinnacle Ventures, and Valhalla Partners. Videology is headquartered in New York, NY, with key offices in Baltimore, Austin, Toronto, London, Paris, Madrid, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and sales teams across North America. Media Contact: View original content with multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/videology-q3-2017-report-finds-advanced-tv-ad-spending-grew-60-year-over-year-from-2016-to-2017-300549743.html SOURCE Videology |