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OTT and CTV: which is which?

illumin

Over-the-Top or OTT refers to the digital content delivered (can be video-based or audio-based) directly to viewers over the internet, bypassing traditional distribution channels like cable or satellite providers. Different types of OTT services include Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video. What is OTT?

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As over-the-top (OTT) booms, are advertisers keeping up?

illumin

Too many marketers treat over-the-top (OTT) the same way they do digital advertising on social media or YouTube. OTT, also known as streaming TV , refers to any content watched on a streaming video service via the internet. What makes a great over-the-top ad Every year more and more viewers “cut the cord” and leave cable TV behind.

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Teenagers Can’t Get Enough Mobile Video

Contently

The fact that 71 percent of 13-17 year-old smartphone users spend more than three hours a day watching mobile video is mind-boggling. But really, their habits might not be so different from the excessive viewing of previous generations; they’ve just switched the medium from cable TV to streaming services. Television, at 8.2

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9 YouTube stats to inform your marketing strategy in 2019

Sprout Social

When YouTube first arrived in 2005, few likely had any idea how valuable it would become. The first video, “ Me at the Zoo ,” launched on April 23, 2005, and the first ads followed two years later. By 2010, YouTube was generating more than two billion views each day. billion active users on YouTube. 1. There are 1.9

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Advanced TV: Your Comprehensive Guide to CTV, OTT, and Channel Best Practices

Digilant

Advanced TV —encompassing streaming services, over-the-top (OTT) devices, connected TVs (CTV), addressable TV, free ad-supported television (FAST), programmatic TV, and more—presents a variety of opportunities for marketers to engage with their target audiences in more personalized, immersive, and impactful ways.

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How to set up and measure CTV ad campaigns

Martech

Streaming services proliferate, while cable subscriptions and satellite customers keep defecting and cutting the cord. Both CTV and OTT can also include video-on-demand (VOD) services. This doesn’t account for cable/satellite services offering DVR functionality.) While cookies are going away, IP targeting is here to stay.

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As Streaming Services Make It Harder to Skip Ads, What Does the Future of Online Video Look Like?

Hubspot

In a video posted to YouTube's official channel for creators, the platform revealed that the ability to make video ads unskippable will now be available to all creators in the YouTube Partner Program. Previously, this option was only available to select monetized video creators. Source: YouTube.