Lance Brothers, Senior Vice President of Business Development at The Nielsen Company, discussed the rapidly changing media landscape and how marketers can keep up with it during his presentation at the 2014 Chief Marketing Officer Leadership Forum in Dallas on Dec. 9. In his presentation, Brothers pointed out that the media landscape is changing at an unprecedented rate, and as a result, this landscape is changing the way brands connect with their target audiences.
According to Brothers, the evolving media landscape creates both opportunities and challenges for marketers. However, Brothers said marketers who collect consumer data and know how to use this information to improve their advertising campaigns can stay ahead of their rivals. In addition, measuring “advertising effectiveness” is vital and can help marketers find innovative ways to interact with customers, Brothers said: “The way that we try to frame up the notion of ad effectiveness is to get the sense of are you reaching my customer efficiently … If you’re doing that, then are you also delivering them with content or with messaging that is resonating with [customers].”
Also, Brothers noted both television and digital advertising campaigns can help an organization connect with its target audience. But an organization must understand its target audience, Brothers said, to garner its attention through various channels: “Things we’re starting to see with clients and talking about and starting to recommend are these notions of really planning and buying your more traditional television campaigns and your digital campaigns at the same time. It’s being cognizant of those sorts of things so that you’re taking into account TV viewing behavior when you’re buying online.”
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There have been many changes in this industry over the last 6 decades and with the introduction of Digital and the connected world – consumer fragmentation will continue to grow as consumers will have more choices in how they consume content, where they consumer content, and when they consume content
Trend 1: DVD players are phasing out, especially among the younger demos. We believe this number would likely be even more drastic in this demographic if the blue ray players were not internet enabled.
Trend 2: VCRs are dead. This point is an interesting one for us because it speaks to the resiliency of TV – everyone thought that the VCR was going to be the end of TV or a major disruptor to TV when it was introduced. And here we are seeing an end to this disruptor that now has virtually disappeared from the consumer landscape
Trend 3: Even though computer streaming is up over the last 5 years – we are starting to see a trend that PC Streaming is starting to decline or flatten out. This is not because video content on other devices is declining – this is because content is starting to become accessible on more devices.
Trend 4: So this last trend is not really on the Wane – it is really holding steady– the average US TV Viewer is still spending a staggering 5 hours a day watching television. TV Is still King!
Trend 1: If you have recently gone into a phone store to buy a phone – you will know that it is getting much harder to not actually walk out with a smartphone. we have seen an enormous upside of how people are adopting this behavior and smartphone penetration has grown 10x over the last 5 years
Trend 2: Tablets are no longer for the “early adopters” or the super wealthy. At 40% penetration they are pretty close to mainstream. And to some they are an additional TV set in the household or seen as an additional computer/mobile device – in our TV sample – 32% of our TV viewing households told us they have more than 1 Tablet for Video Viewing
Trend 3: A quarter of US homes can access internet on their Television –let me repeat on Their Television. Now the trend we have found is that most homes even if their TV is capable have not enabled it. But we are starting to see this grow as the Smart TV “hookup” is becoming easier - Last year alone we saw a growth of Smart TVs in our Sample from 13% to 18% of which 10% of those homes have connected their TV to the internet.
Trend 4: So what about younger kids – well we are seeing that younger kids are shifting their viewing to more On Demand or DVR. This is due to a number of reasons – DVRs have gotten easier for kids to use – they watch their parents record shows – they want to access their content when they want how they want too. I have an 8 year old daughter at home that is in constant battles with my husband over her filling up the DVR full of Kids Programming.
Trend 5: And how about those teens – well the teens are watching 30 minutes less of LIVE TV a day – that is pretty alarming stat and an amazing amount of time across that age group. We believe total screen time continues to increase with teens – we just believe that teens are choosing to do so with other formats whether that is the DVR, VOD, SVOD or streaming their favorite content
First of all - why is it important? As we all know, there’s a need for speed to be ready to measure across platform in order to monetize against the audiences shifting their desire to watch content anywhere, anytime – but what do you prioritize first and how do you think through your strategy?
Let me touch upon three things:
Movement of TV content to Digital devices is on the rise –
In the last 3 years we've seen TV broadcasters making more of their content available to consumers through their own branded apps, and MVPDs providing apps that effectively turn tablets into additional TV screens in the home
2. Video consumption on mobile devices -
Among users P2+ monthly time spent watching video on a smartphone increased nearly 25% in Q4 2013 compared to the previous year
3. Ads placed across TV and “Online” environments at the same time
According to a joint study published last fall by the ANA and Nielsen, currently 20 percent of media spend can be attributed to integrated cross-platform campaigns; in three years, that is expected to grow to 50 percent; let me say that again -50% within 3 years
The distribution of results we see around random duplication
In comparing mobile advertising to desktop, it appears that publishers are achieving better on target %’s from ads to mobiles (smartphone/tablet) than to desktop – quote numbers on the left
Notes:
- for numbers both on the left and on the right, these are for campaigns that span age targets that are both narrow (e.g., within a 5 year target age range) or broad (e.g., 18+). This is why the desktop female % is so low for desktop, for this subset of campaigns.
- Typical desktop targets have been 30-40% for narrow, 40-60% for medium, and 60-80% for broad targets