Online video advertising is seeing rapid growth at the moment, with spending increasing by 83% from last year, according to eMarketer.
US online video ad spending will reach $410 million this year, compared with around $74 million in 2005, says the US-based firm. Spending is predicted to rise to almost $3 billion by 2010.
Such rapid growth is fuelled by the massive popularity of online video sharing sites, which have created a massive online audience for advertisers to target. Some see Google's recent acquisition of YouTube as a vote of confidence in video advertising.
While the growth is impressive, online video advertising still only accounts for around 2.6% of online ad spending and, though this is predicted to rise to 11.5% by 2010, other advertising techniques will continue to dominate.
Additionally, there are barriers to further growth in online video advertising – comparatively high production costs, as well as the problem of how to keep customer engaged with the adverts.
A recent study by Forrester Research showed that 80% found online advertising inserted into video content annoying, and the majority of those ignored it.
Reader comments (1)
4:51PM on 3rd August 2011
I would like to know if there's been a further development in this online video advertisement and if there's a chance of a consistent growth in this area in recent times?
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