TV-Synced Digital Ads Next Best To Addressable TV: IPG’s Stoller

We may not yet have reached the point at which so-called “addressable TV”, the ability to target individual connected televisions with unique advertising, is mass-market – but we have reached a close second, thanks to a combination of dumb TVs and smart devices. “Everyone would like to get in to … the dream of one-to-one advertising,” […]

 
 

IPG Media Lab Research: The “Second Screen” is Becoming the “First” in the Living Room

Over the last couple of years, we have seen countless research reports highlight the growth in consumers’ use of alternative-screen devices whilst they watch TV. But amongst the clearest and most useful snapshot of the true meaning of what has become a mature trend is IPG Media Lab’s contrarian new report, The Second Screen Fallacy, […]

 
 

Research: Tablet Video Apps Capture Viewers Better Than TV

Tablet devices could focus viewers’ attention on video content – and ads – far more than any other screen, including TV, new research has found. Consumer polling by IPG Media Lab for video ad tech firm YuMe shows tablet users are least likely to multi-task whilst watching video. “[With TV], that primary focus is on […]