Shoppable Video

YouTube has announced a new direct-response ad format that make video ads shoppable by adding a browsable product listing beneath the ad.

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Digital Marketing News This Week

Digital Marketing News This Week

Topics: The most siginficant announcements to come out of Apple’s 2020 Developer Conference; Keen, Google’s new social collaboration tool; Google Images fact checks; Patagonia joins the growing Facebook advertising boycott; Devin Nunes’ Cow wins in court; YouTube introduces shoppable commercials; Pandora introduces analytics for podcasters; Facebook continues to harbor hate; mobile messaging app stats.

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Video Ad Completion Rates By Device

Chart: Video Ad Completion Rates - 2016-2019

Video completion rates have continued to rise, with Extreme Reach’s figures showing that video ads were viewed to completion 89% of the time last year. This is up from 83% in 2018 and 70% in 2017.

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Connected TV Ad Spending, 2019-2023 [CHART]

Chart: Connected TV Ad Spending, 2019-2023

American advertisers will spend almost $7 billion this year on connected TV ads. Connected TV is growing rapidly as advertisers look to target audiences watching long-form, premium digital content on their living room screens.

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