VivaKi 'Pool' Finds Users Also Like To Select Ads For Short-Form Video

The Pool, the new advertising research and development think tank created by Publicis' VivaKi unit, Wednesday evening released the second wave of research testing emerging online video advertising formats, and once again found that the most optimum ad models are ones in which consumers select the brands messages they want to receive.

The second wave, which tested ad formats for short-form online video content, found that users prefer to select the ad they are ultimately exposed to from a group of advertising options prior to viewing short-form online video content.

The VivaKi team coined the new ad model ASq, and said it basically is an "evolved version" of a similar format it determined to be the most ideal for long-form video content during its first wave of research. The first wave, which was disclosed last year, determined that Hulu's Ad Selector model - a system that enables online users to select from one of three pre-roll ads before watching online video content - was the best for long-form video programming.

The second wave covered a year-long research project involving marketers including Bank of America, BlackBerry, Denny's, Disney Pictures, General Mills, Kraft Foods, Mars, Procter & Gamble, U.S. Cellular, Walgreens and Walmart, and publishers including AOL, BBE, CBS Interactive, Comcast Interactive Media, FoxNews, Microsoft Advertising, Tremor Media, Warner Bros. Digital Media, YouTube and YuMe.

Research companies participating in the test included Alternate Routes, comScore, Knowledge Networks and VINDICO, which helped evaluate more than 13,000 hours of research covering 28 ad models and 48 unique executions.

In a statement, VivaKi said the ASq was chosen, because it, "provided click-through rates for advertisers that were 204% higher than the pre-roll industry benchmark. Additionally, the lift in top-of-mind and unaided awareness was 288% higher than pre-roll.

1 comment about "VivaKi 'Pool' Finds Users Also Like To Select Ads For Short-Form Video".
Check to receive email when comments are posted.
  1. Jill Druschke from Panache, October 1, 2010 at 3 p.m.

    Great article, Joe—this raises the issue around the need to fuel more innovative and efficient ad formats and standardize the online video advertising pipeline. On standard pipeline allows advertisers to place ads on any publisher site without having to recreate every campaign execution. This will enable the industry to develop and execute more engaging ad formats at scale. Industry consortiums, such as The Rising Tide Co-op, are taking critical first steps in bringing the right industry players together to push technology initiatives that will help bring this pipeline to fruition; however media agencies and buyers must support this effort to unify the entire marketing and media ecosystem. We are proud to be part of the Rising Tide Co-Op and provide the technology that enables scalable innovation, so we ‘as an industry’ can identify optimal ad experiences for Internet-distributed video content.

Next story loading loading..