With PVR’s, Tivo and the advent of ad-skipping technology, do marketers and agencies have a plan on how to operate in the new environment?
A few years ago, TV networks banned an LG ad that promoted the adskipping capabilities of their TV
I read recently in the Australian that the TV advertising industry is facing “carnage” due to presure from media companies to lower rates on spots. There is no doubt that in these uncertain economic times, advertisers are looking for ROI and digital seems cheaper and infinitely more accountable.
But while the internet may well be a critical component of the shift, no doubt the introduction of the PVR has helped move this forward. While the Free to air networks have worked hard to resist the impact of adskipping, perhaps this is only forestalling the inevitable.
If we make the broad assumption that TV ads will continue to decline (and feel free to differ on this point), this leads to an interesting discussion about the future of the advertising form. Will this lead to more interesting forms of long form advertising posted on youtube and other social network sites, are we going to see even more spots showing up in video banners or will the entire advertising industry need to evolve radically to gear up to a more lean forward future rather than continuing down the path of cute jingles and compelling images?
This might be a somewhat controversial topic, particularly for some of our more traditional creatives but I am interested to hear if you guys think things about to fundamentally change or just evolve within the same creative format?
personally I don’t think a topic like this is particularly productive.
“digital seems cheaper and infinitely more accountable” – that is an interesting point as digital has a perception of more accountability purely because it can be measured more easily … I think this sort of debate becomes more interesting and productive when we talk about how the 30/15 can work with digital channels to generate real results.
My belief is the 30 second TVC could be the most powerful ally of digital and is still very relevant.
“Will this lead to more interesting forms of long form advertising posted on youtube and other social network sites, are we going to see even more spots showing up in video banners or will the entire advertising industry need to evolve radically to gear up to a more lean forward future rather than continuing down the path of cute jingles and compelling images?”
No.
advertising images…
On Wednesday I read your ad:tech brain ” Blog Archive ” how long has the 30 Sec TVC … site ,giving me a good experience of all the information and news at your advertising images site….