Ad agency executives say onlinevideois an increasingly powerful tool to reach audiences and, largely because of video's针对capabilities, fully six in ten say online videoadsare more effective than (30%) or as effective as (31%) ads delivered viatelevision,according toa survey fromBrightRoll.
Moreover, nearly two-thirds of ad execs (64%) say they are shifting TV dollars to video, while 86% say they are shifting at least part of their display dollars to video.
Ad dollars are also shifting from search,social mediaand direct response, though in slightly more modest numbers (28%, 27%, and 26%, respectively).
Below, other findings from the third annual Online Video Advertising Report, which surveyed 100 ad agency executives and media buyers on their spending patterns and sentiments toward online video advertising.
Nearly three in ten (28%) ad execs expect the largest increases in ad spending in the online video category for 2011, followed by mobile video (27%) and social media (25%).
Targeting Capabilities Valued
More than two in five ad execs (41%) cite online video's targeting capabilities as the medium's greatest value, up 9 percentage points from 32% in 2010.
Reach is viewed as a key benefit (23%), up from 19% in 2010, followed by ad unit format (11%), price relative to TV (10%), and ability to reuse creative (10%).
Among all forms of targeting, ad execs say behavioral targeting is the most valuable (28%), followed by contextual (24%) and demographic (21%) targeting.
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Purchasing Platforms, Ad Units
On average, ad execs buy more than one-half (52%) of their online video via ad networks, 31% of their video directly through publishers, 10% through broadcasters, and 6% through portals.
Most (91%) of ad execs say pre-roll performs better than in-banner video; two-thirds (67%) say pre-roll is more effective and 61% say it's more engaging.
About the data:BrightRollconducted the survey among 100 executives and media buyers at advertising agencies across the US from March 23 to April 10, 2011.
