Research from comScore has shown that the average TV show is about one-quarter ads, while new figures from comScore indicate that online video ads accounted for just 2.6% of all minutes spent watching online video last month. The frequency of ads seen by online video ad viewers did spike last month, to an average of [...]
Read more »In light of recent data from comScore suggesting that a majority of display ads go unseen (at least per the 3MS standard for 50% of pixels in-view for at least a second), it’s worth taking a look at viewability benchmarks according to PointRoll’s latest benchmark report [pdf]. Covering 2012 activity, the data shows that viewability [...]
Read more »Americans who watched video ads in May seemed to have watched a whole lot of them, according to the latest Video Metrix figures from comScore. The data reveals that about 53% of the US population watched online video ads in May, relatively unchanged from April’s 52.6%. But in May, those Americans watched an average of [...]
Read more »After a big jump last year, discretionary spending by college students is expected to remain largely flat this year at $117 billion, per the latest College Explorer report from re:fuel. That remains significantly above discretionary spending power from 2009-2011, though, which stood at roughly $90 billion. Factoring in $287 billion in non-discretionary spending (on items [...]
Read more »Media and entertainment executives from around the world feel that digital is about to become their primary source of revenue, details Ernst & Young in a new report. Digital’s share of top-line revenue is expected to grow from 47% on average this year to 57% by 2015, a more bullish forecast than given recently by [...]
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