EDITORIAL
Now is the time for TV advertising to
catch up with TV content consumption
Audiences are increasingly shifting their attention from
linear TV to streaming/CTV. This presents challenges
but also opportunities for the advertisers and
broadcasters who adapt the fastest to this change.
Though we see differences in the development of linear TV viewing
across countries, the overall trend is that TV consumption is moving
from linear TV to streaming, showing that TV advertising outside linear
TV holds great potential for advertisers.
In all countries but Finland, the commercially attractive audience of
15-55-year-olds now prefer streaming over linear TV, and in most
countries, fewer than half see themselves watching linear TV in 5 years.
Despite this, linear TV is, of course, still a crucial channel for advertisers
to build reach, but with the increasing streaming consumption, adver-
tisers have a great opportunity to extend their audience reach with
CTV campaigns. And maybe the more addressable TV world can solve
some of the fatigue with the ad irrelevance reported on linear TV?.
With coherent audience measurement across linear TV and CTV,
advertisers and broadcasters can generate insights into de-duplicated
audience reach and frequency of campaigns, thus determining smarter
deployment of advertising budgets to where they generate the highest
return on investment.
There is much to look forward to in the evolving world of TV, especially
for those who harness the power of audience insights to glean the
most value. Enjoy the study!
Martyn Bentley
Commercial Director, UK @ AudienceProject
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