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comScore: The Next Frontier in OTT

By May 30, 2019No Comments

CTV/OTT viewing households by year according to comScore (YoY growth):
1)
2016 – 44.0M
2) 2017 – 50.8M (↑ 15%)
3) 2018 – 59.3M (↑ 17%)
4) 2019 – 63.8M (↑ 7%)

CTV/OTT household reach % by year:
1)
2017 – 31%
2)
2018 – 37%
3)
2019 – 42%

CTV/OTT time spent by network type:
1)
Netflix/YouTube/Hulu/Amazon  -  79%
2)
Everything else  – 21%

Flashback: comScore: State of OTT

CTV/OTT ad spend by year according to Magna Global:
1) 2018  –  $2.7B
2) 2019  –  $3.8B (↑ 41%)
3) 2020  –  $5.0B (↑ 32%)

 

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Michael Beach

Michael Beach is the Chief Executive Officer of Cross Screen Media, a media analytics and software company that enables marketers to plan, activate, and measure CTV and linear TV at the local level. Michael is also the founder and editor of State of the Screens, a weekly newsletter focused on video advertising that is a must-read for thought leaders in the advertising industry. He has appeared in such publications as PBS Frontline, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Axios, CNBC and Bloomberg, and on NPR’s Planet Money podcast.