Will programmatic TV set the world on fire in 2016 and make upfronts a legacy practice? Not likely, but data-driven TV buying is on the move, according to a report on CampaignUS. Programmatic TV is on
track to comprise a majority of the overall TV ad spend (which was estimated at $79 billion in 2015), but it could take a decade or more. Even the biggest proponents of programmatic TV say that the
upfronts and human-based selling are likely to continue. Programmatic TV ad spending was just $50 million in 2014, about 0.1% of total TV ad dollars, according to eMarketer, which estimates that
figure will reach $11.48 billion by 2019, when it will be about 13% of the total US TV ad market. Firms like TubeMogul and Clypd take into account specific data sources beyond standard Nielsen ratings
and segmentation.
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