The Report Found That Many Advertisers In Canada Are Choosing To Use Their Own First-Party Data For Targeting Campaigns

Videology – a leading software provider for converged TV and video advertising – released its ‘Q3 2017 Canada Video Market At-A-Glance’ report. The report reveals that Canadian advertisers saw a 40% increase in in-demo delivery when employing Predictive Demo Targeting in their campaigns, ahead of the Nielsen Baseline.

Improved in-demo delivery is important to advertisers as the use of demo targeting in video remains part of most brands’ video strategies. Since demo-based buying is a mainstay for TV advertising, the use of age and gender targeting in video allows marketers to plan and measure performance more holistically targeting in video remains part of most brands’ video strategies. Since demo-based buying is a mainstay for TV advertising, the use of age and gender targeting in video allows marketers to plan and measure performance more holistically—increasingly important as viewing migrates across screens.

“Video’s ability to deliver precise audience segments based on a variety of data sources is certainly extremely valuable. However, this doesn’t diminish the usefulness of age/gender targeting, especially for brands with cross-screen reach objectives who are seeking to continually fill the funnel with new consumers,” said Mark McKee, EVP, Marketing & Sales, North America, Videology.

“If demo targeting is important to your brand strategy, you want to use targeting tools that can help you deliver in-demo audiences better. Period. I believe that’s why we are seeing increased adoption of our Predictive Targeting capabilities,” McKee added.

The report also found that 68% of campaigns ran across screens, most notably PC and Mobile—further supporting the trend toward holistic screen management. Additionally, campaigns that used mobile grew around 20% from the previous quarter.

In addition, the report found that many advertisers in Canada are choosing to use their own first-party data for targeting campaigns. In Q3 2017, the top category using first-party data in digital campaigns was Auto, followed by Health & Fitness, and Shopping.

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