Ad blocking and disruptive innovation: By 2020, Juniper Research predicts the cost to publishers in lost revenues will be $27 billion USD, equal to 10 % of the total market for digital advertising.

Fawn Annan

@fawnannan
Published: January 4th, 2018

source: https://www.itbusiness.ca/blog/ad-blocking-and-disruptive-innovation/97861

In 2015, the Washington Post was the first news publisher to block content for people using ad blockers. The Post’s philosophy is that reading its content without a subscription while using ad blockers amounts to theft of material.

On the other side of the fence sits a company called Prism, which has taken advantage of a movement of the 615 million users worldwide who are downloading ad blockers because they are not happy with the user experience.

According to Prism, the rise in popularity of ad blockers can be traced back to publishers and advertisers themselves, who abused the user experience by either cluttering up content pages or creating disruptive ad monstrosities. Most disliked are non-skippable video ads and auto-play audio ads.

In an increasingly mobile-first and data-starved world, there is also the belief that advertising in all its forms uses up to 79 per cent of total data. Prism believes users should not have to subsidize publishers, calling for zero-rating policies for mobile and data regarding ad placement.

Publishers, agencies and marketers are working on how to innovate the advertising stack to address this problem. With such a large number of digital users choosing to block ads, some publishers are offering choice in how the user wishes to compensate for high-quality content.

Ad blockers are most common on desktops in North America. In Canada, 24 per cent of desktop users apply such technology. In Asia-Pacific, the highest numbers are in mobile ad blocking with usage surging to 40 per cent of users by the end of 2016. In December 2016, according to Page Fair, there were 600 million devices running ad block software worldwide. The fear for advertisers and publishers in North America is that manufacturers and distributors might shortly pre-configure ad block software into its hardware for desktop and mobile.

Ad blocking in 2015, with only 198 million users, cost publishers nearly $22 billion USD in ad revenues. By 2020, Juniper Research predicts the cost to publishers in lost revenues will be $27 billion USD, equal to 10 per cent of the total market for digital advertising.

At the 2016 FIPP conference, Sourcepoint’s Ben Barokas shared strategies to combat ad blocking, starting with the news of 150 of Europe’s largest publishers raising the flag to advocate for “no more intrusive ads” to offer a good user experience. Users are demanding choice in how they wish to compensate for free content. Choice empowers the users, creating a stronger bond.

Making better ads that are not intrusive is why the IAB created the new LEAN (Light, Encrypted, Ad choice supported, and Non-invasive ads) standard with Page Fair. These are ads that are preferred by readers, versus the “anything goes” practices that encourage ad blocking. LEAN comprises two elements. The first is not trafficking untrusted JavaScript into web browsers. The second is shutting down data leakage to protect user privacy.

The IAB LEAN standard allows for users’ ad style preferences, which empowers individuals to have control over their browsing experience. Publishers are working on different fronts to address this issue:

Some publishers will refuse access to users using ad blockers. Not much choice. Other publishers will charge users wishing to enjoy an “ad-free environment.”

Forbes.com promises an “ad-light experience” if they turn off their ad-blockers.

An ad-light experience encompasses no welcome ads, no video ads inserted between paragraphs, and no ads between posts.

Apparently it works, as Forbes.com reported a 40 per cent increase of being whitelisted by ad blocking readers. Others, such as Sweden’s publishers, chose to block the ad blockers collectively. The user experience then becomes inferior when the ad block technology is active and makes video content unwatchable.

Through all the surveys of what users will accept there was a high rating for respecting the user by offering a quality, uncluttered experience. Readers preferred leading with native ads including in-image advertising which captures “the camera in everyone’s pocket.” Image creation is the new language, receiving 94 per cent more total views than text, according to Page Fair’s 2016 Report.

Native ads were also reported to be positive when they complement and are placed with similar content, allowing for the valuable synergies of editorial content to product or service messaging to better resonate with readers. Within this full spectrum of publishers, agencies and marketers it was continuously stressed that there is a requirement to understand the separation and bookings of “ad light experiences” versus regular ads.

These are the trends and innovative approaches that publishers, agencies and marketers are putting forth to combat the threat of not being able to afford putting out high quality content. The balance between providing an excellent user experience and running the ads required to raise the funds needed to keep free thinking journalism alive remains a struggle, requiring vigilance and advocacy from all sides.

Advertising generates €7 for the economy for every €1 spent

But the industry still needs to do a better job of communicating its economic benefits across Europe as policy makers look to limit online advertising.

Source: Advertising generates €7 for the economy for every €1 spent

Every euro spent on advertising boosts EU GDP by €7, contributing €643bn to the 28 countries in the bloc and creating millions of jobs, promoting competition and boosting innovation.

That is the conclusion of a new report by the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA), which is using the findings as a stepping stone to promote the positive impact advertising has on economies.

The study, conducted by Deloitte using econometric modelling, found advertising contributes 4.6% to EU GDP and accounts for 6 million jobs. That includes people directly involved in producing advertising, as well as businesses such as publishers reliant on advertising for their revenues and people employed across the wider economy due to the consequences of ad activity such as sales people and those in hospitality.

The report follows a previous study by the Advertising Association (AA) in the UK in 2013, which used the same methodology to conclude that for every £1 spent on advertising there is a £6 boost to the economy. According to the AA, the ‘Advertising Pays’ drive in the UK helped change policy makers minds about the role of advertising and the WFA is hoping for a similar impact across Europe.

READ MORE: Advertising generates £100bn for UK economy

“[This research] enables us to argue more forcefully and convincingly about the positives of advertising,” WFA CEO Stephan Loerke tells Marketing Week.

“There are a lot of headlines about advertising but they usually put the industry on the defensive. They are usually in the context of trying to address perceived challenges such as obesity among children or data privacy. But advertising actually plays an important role for the economy and society and this is totally left aside.

“This is all the more contradictory as most EU governments have a clear focus on generating growth through innovation. We need a positive proactive public agenda that explains why advertising is a good thing. It needs to be much more proactively promoted and championed.”

We need a positive public agenda that explains why advertising is a good thing. It needs to be much more proactively promoted and championed.

Stephan Loerke, WFA

While the WFA report focuses on the EU number, advertising’s contribution to the economy has been calculated across a number of different countries including Japan and Australia. And this found that advertising has a similar contribution across countries, tending to vary between €6 and €8.

Those variations tend to come down to a number of things. While the metholodology cannot be definitive, countries with lower ad spend per capita tend to contribute more to GDP, as do countries with a higher proportion of their economy given over to services.

But the major difference appears to be in the size of the online ad market. The research suggests that ad markets with a proportionally bigger share in digital are likely to be more effective at creating GDP.

That is why the WFA is particularly worried about proposed EU legislation that would limit digital advertising. Announced this week, the ePrivacy directive has the aim of boosting users’ privacy online but to do this it recommends giving internet browsers the choice of whether they opt-in to third-party cookies that can track people across the web when they install the browser, rather than on individual websites.

Yet at the same time the proposals will allow publishers to track if people are using ad blockers and ask them to turn them off if they want to see ad-supported content.

“It looks like a significant percentage of people would reject cookies but could then be constantly bothered by websites requesting them to accept cookies,” explains Loerke.

He then cites separate research that suggests 89% of internet users would reject tracking cookies as a reason for his concern that the new rules will have “major implications” for the digital industry.

“We are concerned that what has been put forward will have unintended consequences and impact the digital ecosystem as we know it,” he says. “The EU has a growth agenda focused on digital… but to put forward a regulation like the one we see would, we think, very significantly hurt those ambitions. This is yet another case where we feel there is not enough understanding by policy makers of the benefits of advertising.”

European publishers see ad-blocking rates stabilizing

Ad blocking rates are stagnating in many European markets.

Source: European publishers see ad-blocking rates stabilizing

   

Ad blocking emerged over a year ago as a major threat to digital publishing, most acutely in Europe, which has long boasted the highest ad-blocking rates in the world. But now, European publishers are seeing ad blocking rates stabilize and even drop.

It’s too soon for publishers to declare victory in the war on ad blocking. Publishers at the Digiday Publishing Summit Europe in Nice, France, said there’s still much work to be done, with one estimate in France stating publishers are losing up to one-fifth of their desktop ad revenue to the problem. But several publishing executive said that ad blocking rates are no longer growing, helped by the shift to mobile, where ad blocking is far less prevalent. There’s also signs that more muscular and comprehensive approaches by publishers to both clean up their ad experience and crack down on users of ad blockers is paying dividends.

The IAB Europe is gathering information from various markets on the issue, but Townsend Freehan, CEO of IAB Europe, said early indications are ad blocking has stabilized.

“There seems to be this phenomenon of stagnation and small drops in different markets,” she said. “But I wouldn’t presume to know the reasons for that or be complacent.”

Likewise, Le Figaro has seen ad blocking stagnate at between 20 and 22 percent of visitors. Overall, French publishers, who have joined forces to fight back against ad blocking, see about 30 percent of users with ad blockers. For now, it seems like the problem is not growing, said Bertrand Gie, head of new media, Le Figaro.

“It’s not rising as quickly,” Gie said. “The big question is ad blocking on mobile. If [ad blocking] stays on the desktop, it will be fine for us. If it moves to the mobile it will be a very big problem.”

French publishers banded together in a coordinated effort to cajole and pressure ad-block users to deactivate their blockers. The good news: 18 percent deactivated. The not-so-good news: 54 percent subsequently turned their blockers back on.

“The problem of ad blocking is still there,” Gie said. “But it’s gone from an over-dramatized problem to a professional problem.”

In Germany, a similar story is playing out, with ad blocking rates stuck at about 30 percent, according to Oliver Von Wersch, managing director, growth projects and strategic partnerships, Gruner+ Jahr Digital. He dismissed the idea of “black sheep” German company Eyeo, maker of Adblock Plus software, playing a role in the solution: “It has to be solved professionally and not be gangsters,” he said.

“Mobile is the big wild card,” he said. “There is no real problem yet.”

In Sweden, all publishers gathered in 2015 and decided on a coherent approach to fighting ad blocking. The percentage of ad blocking had risen by 50 percent over theprevious year to reach 30 percent of desktop users. The top 25 publishers signed upfor the initiative, which involved cleaning up the ad experience, stepped-up messages to users with ad blockers and, ultimately, requiring ad-blocking users to whitelist sites this past August.

“It’s not growing anymore,” said Daniel Weilar, CEO of Nyheter24-Gruppen. However, he also noted that much of this is due to more traffic coming from mobile.

“Mobile is close to zero, but watch out,” he added. “We really don’t know what’s going to happen to the ad-block equation in mobile yet. It’s too early to say.”

32% of the media buying in Belgium is Digital (IAB Matrix 2015)

Confidence increases in native, but creative still a problem | The Drum

Confidence increases in native, but creative still a problem | The Drum.

Firm direction from the IAB means almost two-thirds (63 per cent) of media planners are now confident that native ad formats are a safe media channel to invest in, but contrasts in the business models of creative and media agencies make execution difficult, according to a report.

The findings were revealed today (15 July) in the second annual report from FaR Partners, commissioned by Adyoulike, which revealed the vast majority of “agencies are now confident that the native market is well regulated”, compared to just 33 per cent 12 months ago.

Controversies such as the ASA forcing Mondelez’s Oreo to remove several YouTube videos from its channel on the video sharing site for failing to adequately label the content as marketing communications, and other areas of uncertainty had apparently left media planners wary of including native ads on their media plans.

Guidelines offer assurances

However, since then the trade body has issued explicit guidelines on how to denote paid-for native ad units – which are purposely designed to replicate the look and feel of a media owner’s editorial content – from non-sponsored media for the first time.

For instance, marketers deploying native advertising must ensure that they provide “visual cues” that make it immediately clear the ads are paid-for content, plus such units must also be labelled using wording that “demonstrates a commercial arrangement is in place” according to the news rules, such as ‘brought to you by’.

As a result, media planners are now a lot more assured about using native advertising units to help raise awareness of their client’s brands among consumers, with respondents reporting that native ads will account for an average of 18 per cent of their total digital display spend this year.

Native creative poses problems

Elsewhere, the study also revealed that 65 per cent of respondents agree that native addresses the creativity challenge in the digital ad market, but media agency respondents also reported that clients’ sign-off processes were an issue when it comes to campaign execution.

In addition, media agency respondents also observed that creative agencies are still challenged when it comes to executing on the native opportunity. Some noted that creative agencies are often challenged by the remuneration model (which means they have less time and resource to deliver strong native executions).

 

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Other observations recorded in the study were that creatives shops struggle with the collaborative element required for native executions, and that they also struggle with the contextual/environmental restrictions of native ad placement.

Francis Turner, managing director of Adyoulike UK, added: “A lot of the challenges that existed around native advertising last year, such as regulation and budget, have become less of an issue as brands and agencies fully grasp everything native can do for them.”

He went on to say: “There are still challenges around native ads, mainly in bringing the creative opportunities that everyone can see to actual fruition. However, what’s very clear is that it’s an incredibly exciting time for the market, with programmatic trading and mobile at the forefront, and things are only going to accelerate over the coming months.”

Turner further noted that native ad formats were seen as a potential to “creativity gap” on mobile devices, where traditional display ads simply ‘don’t work’, with 24 per cent of native ad spend predicted to be on mobile by the end of the year, according to the figures.

A further statistic unearthed by the study, which quizzed over 500 agency staff, was that 16 per cent of native advertising spend now comes from a dedicated budget, this is compared to 6 per cent last year.

ATDs eye programmatic native

The study also highlighted the prospects that exist for programmatic native, with Turner additionally identifying the recent publication of the OpenRTB 2.3 standard – which instructs advertisers on how to label their media assets when bidding on native ad units via an ad exchange – as buoying this confidence.

The survey found that 100 per cent of holding group entities such as WPP’s Xaxis and Publicis Groupe’s Vivaki (which are commonly referred to as agency trading desks, or ATDs) see programmatic native as a strong market opportunity. Although currently only an average of eight per cent of their budget goes on it (if they exclude social media spend).

The two key benefits of trading native ads programmatically were seen as reducing costs and scalability, though the main challenge highlighted by ATDs was the difficulty in making native content contextually relevant.

Turner added: “Programmatic native is a massive opportunity right now, thanks largely to the OpenRTB 2.3 standard that enables native ads to be delivered at scale. Once agencies are convinced that campaigns can offer both creativity and relevance, which they most certainly can, I’ve no doubt that programmatic trading budgets will skyrocket.”

Online Vidéo (2015) – Belgique: hausse de 17% vs moyenne européenne de 36% – source: IAB

Le mobile contribue à 50% de la croissance du display en Europe – JDN.

Les annonceurs les plus matures se mettent en ligne avec le basculement des usages depuis le Web fixe vers le mobile, selon l’IAB Europe.

 Le marché de la publicité online a pesé près de 30,7 milliards d’euros en 2014, selon l’Adex Benchmark de l’IAB Europe. Une croissance de 11,6% donc, dans la lignée des deux exercices précédents (11,5% en 2012 et 11,9% en 2013), qui montre que le marché arrive à maturité. Preuve en est : le montant des dépenses publicitaires online par tête en Europe de l’Ouest est supérieur à celui des autres médias, TV et papier compris. Trois pays : le Royaume-Uni, l’Allemagne et la France représentent d’ailleurs à eux seuls 58,8% du marché.

Parmi les principaux leviers de croissance, la vidéo et le mobile, qui permettent audisplay de grignoter peu à peu des parts de marché au search. Ce dernier pèse certes encore 48,1% des investissements en 2015, mais le display dépasse la barre des 35% pour la première fois depuis 2008, grâce à une croissance de 15,2% au cours de l’année écoulée. Pour qui en doutait encore, les chiffres de l’IAB Europe permettent de se rendre compte de l’influence des investissements en vidéo online dans la croissance du display. Le pays avec la croissance la plus faible sur ce format, la Belgique, connait une hausse de 17% alors que la moyenne européenne se situe autour des 36%.

Croissance des investissements en vidéo online en Europe.  © IAB Europe

Avec une croissance estimée de 28,8% la France se situe donc en dessous de la moyenne. Le pourcentage est peut-être toutefois minoré. L’observatoire de l’ePub estimait plutôt la croissance des investissements display vidéo à 65% en 2014. L’IAB Europe estime à 15,1% la part des investissements display captés par la vidéo en Europe. La marge de manoeuvre est donc encore importante mais la lame de fond réelle. Et il ne fait aucun doute qu’à terme, les équipes TV et vidéo online des agences médias ne feront plus qu’un…

Autre tendance inéluctable : la démocratisation des investissements en publicité mobile. Au Royaume-Uni, ce dernier représente désormais 33,8% des investissements display contre à peine plus de 10%, deux ans plus tôt. Les annonceurs les plus matures se mettent donc en ligne avec le basculement des usages depuis le Web fixe vers ce device. Et tout laisse à penser que le reste de l’Europe suivra l’exemple du grand-frère anglais. La France est, par exemple, passée d’un peu plus de 5% à quasiment 15% dans le même laps de temps. Portée par le tropisme anglais, la moyenne européenne se situe déjà à 17,7%

Part du mobile dans la croissance du display. © IAB Europe

 

Dernier chiffre éloquent, le mobile a pesé pour près de 50% de la croissance du display. Si on retire en effet ce device, la croissance du display en Europe passe de 15,2 à 7,9%. L’Irlande, le Royaume-Uni, la Norvège, la France et les Pays-Bas sont les pays les plus concernés.

Consumer is exposed to Digital Out of Home Media for 14 minutes per week – investments in the space are expected to grow 14% year-over-year till 2017 – IABlog

Top 5 Trends in Digital Out of Home – IABlog.

By Interactive Advertising Bureau on January 15, 2015 11:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

We tend to spend a lot of time outside and on-the-go, getting from one place to the next. It’s no surprise, then, that the average global consumer is exposed to various Digital Out of Home Media for 14 minutes per week, and investments in the space are expected to grow 14.2% year-over-year between 2011 – 2017. New York City’s Fulton Center in Lower Manhattan has recently reopened, accommodating up to 300,000 daily riders and boasting more than 50 digital screens available for marketers. The largest and most expensive digital billboard debuted in Times Square this past November, with just as many pedestrians expected to pass though the area daily. The overlapping powers of digital, mobile, outdoor, and Out of Home content seem to be stepping up.

Digital Out of Home (or “DOOH” as the channel is commonly referred) encompasses a variety of screen shapes, sizes, and levels of interactivity. From digital billboards and signs on taxis, to digital signage at airport gates and gyms and waiting rooms, these varieties underline a necessary bridge between context and location in relevance and favorable recall – vital components of any media campaign. The IAB sees norms and expectations from the online advertising world informing and expediting the growth of DOOH, and the IAB’s Digital Out of Home Taskforce launched this past fall with aims to define the DOOH channel while positioning its place within the larger interactive advertising industry.

As we collectively say “hello” to 2015, the Taskforce shares its thoughts on the Top 5 Trends in DOOH.

photo courtesy of Luke Luckett, IAB Consultant

“Top 5 Trends in Digital Out of Home”

1. Cross-platform targeting opportunities are on the rise. As mobile devices become more advanced and ubiquitous, the proliferation of captive digital screens in home and out of home has been growing. Interactions with consumers have become more prominent via new mobile technologies like NFC, beacons and more accurate geofencing capabilities. Such technologies may allow a marketer to personalize the consumer’s experience and even allow for immediate interaction.

 

2. DOOH will provide increasingly relevant messages in locations that matter. The amount of time spent outside and in transit is increasing in many regions.  New forms of targeting and subsets have made the art of reaching specific audience segments in ideal locations easier – and in our highly distracted modern experience, a consumer’s receptivity to new concepts outside the home can be highly impactful. In fact, a recent study by YuMe and IPG Media Lab found that consumers are 41% more receptive to advertising in public places than at home, and 16% more receptive at school/work than at home. As a consumer, the device you carry with you creates a natural tie-in to your visual experience outdoors, and relevant DOOH messages enhance the value via existing screens throughout popular locations.

 

3. Data is (literally) where it’s at, locally and programmatically. According to BIA/Kelsey, marketers spent $1.4 billion on location-targeted mobile campaigns in 2012. By 2017, spending on location-targeted mobile advertising will reach $10.8 billion, representing a 52% share of all mobile ad dollars. (In fact, next month the IAB’s Location Data Working Group will release a primer on using location data for attribution and ad effectiveness.) DOOH is benefiting from this rapidly growing segment, using big data to reach the same mobile consumer on larger, higher impact screens and enabling marketers to craft cross-screen, location-based strategies to maximize the impact of advertising to consumers outside the home.       

 

At the same time, finding scale and ease of buying in DOOH is being made easier through programmatic conversations and data-driven media buying. Programmatic solutions are developing in DOOH, and are leading to a deeper connection with the mobile and interactive marketplaces. Programmatic DOOH has the potential to drive standardization and reduce overall fragmentation in the marketplace. The 1st and 3rd party data sets that allow buyers and sellers to better define audiences exposed to DOOH media is also rapidly evolving. Programmatic bidding enables buyers to more accurately target the most appropriate audience, while sellers benefit from yield optimization of their media assets.

 

photo courtesy of Outfront Media

 

4. Out of Home creates a unique canvas for top-notch creativity. From street furniture and cinema ads to augmented reality and live experiences on outdoor screens and vehicles – the ability to build awareness and drive impressive results is getting easier in DOOH. Whether it’s part of a larger cross-media effort or a locally focused campaign, DOOH offers opportunities to reach a unique audience, creating unexpected parallels between location (as content and backdrop) and messaging. DOOH has huge potential to drive immediate impact and scale close to point of purchase; it also can garner award-winning praise and even the Direct Grand Prix at Cannes. 

 

5. There is a rise of new measurement and addressability opportunities in DOOH. New location and mobile data sets are leading to new ways of measuring attribution in experiential and out of home media. Location, as an audience definer, is just as important to DOOH as it is to mobile advertisers. Retargeting in the real world is more than just copying the online model; the best context is location – where we are and who we are. It is about delivering real-world context and campaign messages that are close to point of purchase. A consumer’s exposure to these mediums can now be verified beyond the self-reported opportunity to see, improving marketers’ confidence in their ability to isolate the impact of DOOH from other mediums in the cross-channel mix. 

Looking forward, the space is heating up. The number of digitally connected screens is growing, and all signals indicate that inventory and creative options in digital out of home media will continue to grow. Watch this space as the IAB and its DOOH Taskforce combine the talents of key players with out-of-home, mobile, local, and video expertise to build and expand upon this growth.

photo courtesy of Titan

– See more at: http://www.iab.net/iablog/2015/01/top-5-trends-in-DOOH.html#sthash.hs4z2O5E.dpuf

The first IAB Matrix (Belgium): Digital = 35% of the investments intention July-Dec 2014

IAB Belgium has conducted this survey, called “IAB Matrix”, on the perception and use of digital advertising channels by advertisers and agencies in Belgium.

The goal of this study is to provide advertisers and all stakeholders a reliable indicator of the performance of different digital advertising channels in the Belgian market. An indicator that doesn’t yet exist for the Belgian market.

Check out hereunder the infographic with the main insights.

Do you want more information about this study?

 

Social Rating Point (SRP) by Havas Media Brussels : 3 times short-listed of finalists for its 2014 Research Awards

IAB Europe.

Brussels – 9 May 2014: IAB Europe is delighted to announce the shortlist of finalists for its 2014 Research Awards, sponsored by comScore. Winners of the eight categories will be announced at IAB Europe’s Interact conference in Paris on 20th May (www.interactcongress.eu).

Nick Hiddleston, Worldwide Research Director, ZenithOptimedia and Chairman of the Jury says, “The IAB Europe Research Awards enable the celebration of innovation and best-practice in digital research across Europe. I am delighted to chair the Jury again and applaud the consistent rise in quality of entries which we see each year as the popularity and recognition of the IAB Europe Research Awards grows.”

The Jury consists of three European corporate representatives and two IAB representatives, one from CEE, making it representative of the European market place. Nick Niddleston, Chairman of the Jury, is joined by Bernd Vehlow, Head of Market Research at United Internet Media, Paul Hardcastle, Director, International Consumer Research at Yahoo!, Pawel Kolenda, Market Research Manager at IAB Poland and Nathalie La Verge, Managing Director at IAB Netherlands. The Jury has drawn up the following shortlist and will meet to judge the shortlisted entries.

The 2014 shortlisted entries are:

Category: Branding

BVDW (IAB Germany) The power of creation
Sticky Google and Samsung uses Sticky to verify impact of tablet
ITV Ad Sync – Researching the impact of connected advertising
Yahoo! France Yahoo Consumer Connect & Coca Cola: Proving digital advertising’s impact on offline sales
BBC Affluent Connection

Category: Ad Effectiveness

BVDW (IAB Germany) The power of creation
ITV Ad Sync – Researching the impact of connected advertising
Axel Springer Media Impact AUTO BILD tablet study 2014 – a cross-media comparison of ad effectiveness
Yahoo! Italy Multi-screen (Mobile + PC) Ad Effectiveness study of Brand Content Campaign for Chebanca! on Yahoo
Yahoo! France Yahoo Consumer Connect & Coca Cola: Proving digital advertising’s impact on offline sales

Category: Consumer Attitudes and Behaviour

Microsoft UK Families Research. A study from Microsoft and Sparkler.
Yahoo! UK Mediasenses 
United Internet Media “Catch Me If You Can!” – Fundamental Study on Usage of Multiple Screens and the Implications for Media Planning, Creation and Ad Effectiveness
IAB UK IAB RealView – how consumers use connected devices and what advertisers can learn from this
Millward Brown AdReaction: Marketing in a multiscreen world

Category: Mobile Internet

Sticky Google and Samsung uses Sticky to verify impact of tablet
IAB UK IAB RealView – how consumers use connected devices and what advertisers can learn from this
Nugg.ad Mobile Vs. Desktop Web Usage: Which Content Attracts Users On Different Devices?
BBC Affluent Connection
Yahoo! UK Mediasenses

Category: Social Media

ITV ITV Lives – A view from every angle
Facebook and Vizeum UK Measuring advertising’s impact on store traffic using mobile geolocation data
Havas Media Brussels SRP Study by Havas Media Brussels The perfect match between TV & Social Media
LinkedIn and Millward Brown Digital The Mindset Divide: Spotlight on Content
Replise Hungary Kft. Vodafone Firsts in Social Media

Category: Multi-Screen

IAB UK IAB RealView – how consumers use connected devices and what advertisers can learn from this
Havas Media Brussels SRP Study by Havas Media Brussels The perfect match between TV & Social Media
ITV Ad Sync – Researching the impact of connected advertising
Nugg.ad and Vivaki X-Cross: Bridging the Multiscreen Gap between TV & Online
Yahoo! Italy Multi-screen (Mobile + PC) Ad Effectiveness study of Brand Content Campaign for Chebanca! on Yahoo

Category: Audience Measurement

comScore Determing Publisher’s Global Multi-Platform Audience
Microsoft UK Families Research. A study from Microsoft and Sparkler.
MeMo² & Blue Mango Interactive Who is listening? Increase National Reach with Online Radio!
Havas Media Brussels SRP Study by Havas Media Brussels The perfect match between TV & Social Media
Yahoo! France Yahoo Consumer Connect & Coca Cola: Proving digital advertising’s impact on offline sales

Category: Best Use of Research Budget

IAB Poland Privacy in network
AOL UK The Native Age – thought leadership on the emerging trend of native advertising
Microsoft UK Families Research. A study from Microsoft and Sparkler.
Facebook and Vizeum UK Measuring advertising’s impact on store traffic using mobile geolocation data
BVDW (IAB Germany) The power of creation

Alison Fennah, Senior Business Advisor, IAB Europe says “This is the fourth edition of the IAB Europe Research Awards with yet another record number of entries. We look forward to celebrating with the winners in Paris on 20th May.”

Stuart Wilkinson, Head of Industry Relations EMEA, comScore, says – “We are delighted to see the momentum of the IAB Europe Research Awards continue apace in their fourth year, and to support and celebrate with our peers excellence in our industry.”

ENDS

For more information please contact:

Marie-Clare Puffett, Research & Marketing Coordinator – researchawards@iabeurope.eu

Note to editors:

About the IAB Europe Research Awards

The IAB Europe Research Awards are an opportunity for the digital marketing industry to recognise and celebrate the contribution made to the development of the industry by innovative research projects and the teams behind them.
Winning projects will become part of the IAB Europe expanding library of proof points for industry professionals to use in their strategies and daily work.

Each project can be entered for up to three relevant categories in the following list:

1. Branding – Projects that demonstrate the value of digital media to awareness or perception of a brand
2. Ad Effectiveness – How to use digital advertising to its best advantage
3. Consumer Attitudes and Behaviour – Shedding light on consumer media consumption, their views on digital media and what this means for the advertiser
4. Mobile Internet – Any advertising research project that includes results specific to mobile internet use 
5. Social Media – Any advertising research project that includes results on specific social media campaigns
6. Multi-Screen – Research projects that include consumer use of multiple screens
7. Audience Measurement – Projects that have brought a significant development in measurement of the digital audience; this might be within a market or apply to a specific audience group
8. Best Use of Research Budget – Projects that have made use of a specified budget for a piece of research

More information about the judging panel: http://interactcongress.eu/articles/319/Research-Awards-Jury-2014.html

About IAB Europe

IAB Europe is the voice of digital business. Its mission is to protect, prove, promote and professionalise Europe’s online advertising, media, market research and analytics industries. Together with its members – companies and national trade associations – IAB Europe represents over 5,500 organisations. 

The member countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. The corporate members include: AB Inbev, Adconion Media Group, AdRoll, ADTECH, affilinet, AGOF Services, AOL Advertising Europe, AppNexus, AudienceScience, BBC Advertising, CNN, CoAdvertise, comScore Europe, Creafi Online Media, Criteo, Deutsche Post, eBay International Advertising, Emediate, Evidon, Expedia Inc, Exponential, Fox Interactive Media, Gemius, Goldbach Group, Google, GroupM, Hi-Media, Improve Digital, IPG Mediabrands, Koan, Meetic, Microsoft Europe, Millward Brown, News Corporation, Nielsen Online, nugg.ad, OMD, Orange Advertising Network, Performics, PHD, Prisa, Proxistore, Publicitas Europe, Publigroupe, Quisma, RetailMeNot, Sanoma Digital, Selligent, The Exchange Lab, Triton Digital, TrustE, United Internet Media, Viacom International Media Networks, White & Case, Yahoo!, Yandex and Zanox.

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Publicité : Internet a dépassé la télévision pour la première fois (USA)

Publicité : Internet a dépassé la télévision pour la première fois.

Les dépenses publicitaires réalisées sur Internet ont dépassé pour la première fois, en 2013, les investissements des annonceurs sur la télévision. Ce record n’est cependant pas mondial et porte en effet exclusivement sur le marché américain.

Ainsi selon l’IAB, qui regroupe les industriels de la publicité en ligne, la pub sur Internet a représenté 42,8 milliards de dollars de revenus en 2013, aux Etats-Unis. Plus donc que la publicité sur le petit écran (40,1 milliards $).

Croissance molle en Europe 

Hors mobile, le segment du « display » est celui pour qui la croissance a été la plus forte (30%) à 12,8 milliards de dollars. En taille, le marché de la recherche sponsorisée, en croissance plus modérée (+9%), reste néanmoins le plus important (18,4 milliards $).

Si en Europe, la croissance du marché de la publicité en ligne est au ralenti (+3% en France), de l’autre côté de l’Atlantique, les recettes publicitaires ont augmenté de 17% l’année dernière. Une augmentation à laquelle la publicité sur mobile a largement contribué à hauteur de 7,1 milliards de dollars (+110% par rapport à 2012).

« L’information selon laquelle l’interactif a dépassé en performances la diffusion TV ne devrait pas être une surprise » assure le directeur de l’IAB, Randall Rothenberg. Selon lui, ces chiffres ne font que souligner la puissance des écrans numérique pour atteindre et engager les audiences