Engagement with interactive online video ads can spike if targeted in a highly tailored fashion to the right consumer. That's what video ad network Tremor Video learned during a recent campaign for an adult beverage targeting Hispanics. In an innovative use of creative and ad formats, Tremor Video relied on English language creative, but then added interactivity in the Spanish language in the form of a "call to engagement" that yielded an average engagement of 105 seconds with the interactive portion of a 15-second pre-roll, said Jason Krebs, chief media officer for Tremor Video. ...Read the whole story
After hitting an all-time high in October, the number of online videos viewed in November slipped from 42.6 billion to 40.9 billion in November, but Vevo and Yahoo registered audience gains. Given YouTube's dominance, the battle is for second place. ...Read the whole story