We live in a Cross Screen world and this is a question that advertisers are wrestling with every day.
# of devices per household according to comScore:
1) Average: 10
2) 4+ people: 19
Previously on SOTS. Dear Researchers: “TV” Refers To Content, Not Delivery Mechanism
Quote from Alan Wolk — Editor @ TVREV.
“More confusing still, is that many researchers insist that Netflix, Amazon and Hulu are “digital video.” This makes no sense either, as what those platforms are showing is still television — most of their content consists of network TV reruns. The original series they’re producing are also TV — professionally produced long-form programming. There’s no logical reason to lump them together with two minute Buzzfeed videos or YouTube UGC.
The fact that more and more television will be delivered in a time-shifted manner via digital devices also speaks to the need to make sure that we’re calling TV “TV”. It’s easy to show the decline of television by focusing on the falling number of viewers watching linear television, but as our friend Innovid’s Tal Chalozin pointed out earlier this week, it’s not that TV is failing, it’s just changing and adapting.”
Previously on SOTS. E.W. Scripps Buys Katz Networks in $302M Deal
Quote from Adam Symson — CEO @ E.W. Scripps.
“We are equally enthusiastic for pay television or cable, digital and over-the-air television,” he said. “We’ve gone from a period of time when consumers watched television on distinct platforms… to consumers being ambivalent in how they get to the screen. What they want is a more unified experience.”
More on this topic. It’s Time for Media Agencies to Get Serious About Streaming Video
