We’re excited to announce the release of two new ad enhancements aimed at helping improve attention and retention of CTV ads: the Countdown Overlay and the Sports Ticker. In this post, we cover the research and results that led to the development of these enhancements, the features and benefits of the Countdown Overlay and Sports Ticker, and how to get started with using our new CTV ad enhancements.
The Ongoing Attention Problem
In a prior Sharethrough study, we discovered that 76% of viewers do not pay attention TV commercials, either by muting their TVs, checking their phones, or leaving the room entirely. We’ve since been researching ways to enhance CTV ad experiences that help draw consumers’ attention back to their TVs.
Next to our Dynamic QR Codes, we wondered if other enhancements like adding helpful content to the ad or a countdown clock to the start of a sale or launch would help improve consumers’ attention and retention of the ads. To test these theories we decided to develop product demos with which we could expose to real consumers and study their impact on metrics like attention and message retention.
Researching the Impact of CTV Ad Enhancements
In our quest to create human-centric advertising that respects and improves the user experience, we surveyed 1,000 consumers who were exposed to multiple TV ads with and without a few variations of our enhancements, most notably a countdown clock and sports ticker.
Countdown Overlay Results
For the Countdown Overlay, our hypothesis was that adding a countdown clock would help reinforce the main point of those types of ads: making sure consumers know the start date. The results showed that when a countdown clock is added to a CTV commercial that counts down in real time to the start of the sale, promotion or launch date, viewers were 43% more likely to remember when the promotion starts.
Sports Ticker Results
For the Sports Ticker, our hypothesis was that adding useful content below CTV commercials would help keep viewer attention on the TV screen instead of looking away or checking their phone. We showed sports fans ads with and without the scores of different major league games. The results revealed that sports fans were 91% more likely to pay attention to the ad and 14% more likely to comprehend the messaging with a sports ticker included.
Positive results like that are always exciting, so we started building our new enhancements using what we learned from the research.
Introducing New CTV Ad Enhancements
We’re thrilled to announce the release of our new Countdown Overlay and Sports Ticker ad enhancements to help advertisers grab viewers’ attention by providing them with useful and relevant information.
Countdown Overlay
Our new Countdown overlay helps pull a viewer’s attention to limited-time offers, like product launches, sales and promotions or upcoming shows and events. Whether it’s New Year’s, launching a spaceship, or the next season of House of Dragon, consumers are drawn to a good countdown. Advertisers can simply set their desired date and time, and the Countdown overlay will automatically update based on the viewer’s timezone. And, when combined with our Dynamic QR Codes enhancement, a countdown can be turned into a call-to-action by allowing viewers to pre-purchase a new product or register early for discounted promotions. Best of all, this turnkey execution can be applied automatically within all major DSPs.
Sports Ticker
Also available in all major DSPs, advertisers can easily add the Sports Ticker ad enhancement to display scores and upcoming games below their commercial. Furthermore, advertisers can customize which major sports they choose to include based on their target audience’s preferences.
Getting Started with CTV Ad Enhancements
To start using the Countdown overlay and Sports Ticker ad enhancements, simply contact a Sharethrough rep (or contact us here) with your DSP name, seat key and creative ID. Or we can do all the setup for you as managed service. There’s no additional cost to using our CTV ad enhancements since we believe both consumers and advertisers benefit from these.
Thinking Ahead
These new CTV ad enhancements are just the start. Our research results also revealed to us that consumers are 52% more likely to pay attention to CTV ads that have any useful content alongside it such as weather forecasts, news, stock ticker and more. Knowing this, we’re developing additional enhancements that provide consumers with useful information to help advertisers capture their attention. Stay tuned for more.
We’re excited to announce the release of two new ad enhancements aimed at helping improve attention and retention of CTV ads: the Countdown Overlay and the Sports Ticker. In this post, we cover the research and results that led to the development of these enhancements, the features and benefits of the Countdown Overlay and Sports Ticker, and how to get started with using our new CTV ad enhancements.
The Ongoing Attention Problem
In a prior Sharethrough study, we discovered that 76% of viewers do not pay attention TV commercials, either by muting their TVs, checking their phones, or leaving the room entirely. We’ve since been researching ways to enhance CTV ad experiences that help draw consumers’ attention back to their TVs.
Next to our Dynamic QR Codes, we wondered if other enhancements like adding helpful content to the ad or a countdown clock to the start of a sale or launch would help improve consumers’ attention and retention of the ads. To test these theories we decided to develop product demos with which we could expose to real consumers and study their impact on metrics like attention and message retention.
Researching the Impact of CTV Ad Enhancements
In our quest to create human-centric advertising that respects and improves the user experience, we surveyed 1,000 consumers who were exposed to multiple TV ads with and without a few variations of our enhancements, most notably a countdown clock and sports ticker.
Countdown Overlay Results
For the Countdown Overlay, our hypothesis was that adding a countdown clock would help reinforce the main point of those types of ads: making sure consumers know the start date. The results showed that when a countdown clock is added to a CTV commercial that counts down in real time to the start of the sale, promotion or launch date, viewers were 43% more likely to remember when the promotion starts.
Sports Ticker Results
For the Sports Ticker, our hypothesis was that adding useful content below CTV commercials would help keep viewer attention on the TV screen instead of looking away or checking their phone. We showed sports fans ads with and without the scores of different major league games. The results revealed that sports fans were 91% more likely to pay attention to the ad and 14% more likely to comprehend the messaging with a sports ticker included.
Positive results like that are always exciting, so we started building our new enhancements using what we learned from the research.
Introducing New CTV Ad Enhancements
We’re thrilled to announce the release of our new Countdown Overlay and Sports Ticker ad enhancements to help advertisers grab viewers’ attention by providing them with useful and relevant information.
Countdown Overlay
Our new Countdown overlay helps pull a viewer’s attention to limited-time offers, like product launches, sales and promotions or upcoming shows and events. Whether it’s New Year’s, launching a spaceship, or the next season of House of Dragon, consumers are drawn to a good countdown. Advertisers can simply set their desired date and time, and the Countdown overlay will automatically update based on the viewer’s timezone. And, when combined with our Dynamic QR Codes enhancement, a countdown can be turned into a call-to-action by allowing viewers to pre-purchase a new product or register early for discounted promotions. Best of all, this turnkey execution can be applied automatically within all major DSPs.
Sports Ticker
Also available in all major DSPs, advertisers can easily add the Sports Ticker ad enhancement to display scores and upcoming games below their commercial. Furthermore, advertisers can customize which major sports they choose to include based on their target audience’s preferences.
Getting Started with CTV Ad Enhancements
To start using the Countdown overlay and Sports Ticker ad enhancements, simply contact a Sharethrough rep (or contact us here) with your DSP name, seat key and creative ID. Or we can do all the setup for you as managed service. There’s no additional cost to using our CTV ad enhancements since we believe both consumers and advertisers benefit from these.
Thinking Ahead
These new CTV ad enhancements are just the start. Our research results also revealed to us that consumers are 52% more likely to pay attention to CTV ads that have any useful content alongside it such as weather forecasts, news, stock ticker and more. Knowing this, we’re developing additional enhancements that provide consumers with useful information to help advertisers capture their attention. Stay tuned for more.
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We’re excited to announce the release of two new ad enhancements aimed at helping improve attention and retention of CTV ads: the Countdown Overlay and the Sports Ticker. In this post, we cover the research and results that led to the development of these enhancements, the features and benefits of the Countdown Overlay and Sports Ticker, and how to get started with using our new CTV ad enhancements.
The Ongoing Attention Problem
In a prior Sharethrough study, we discovered that 76% of viewers do not pay attention TV commercials, either by muting their TVs, checking their phones, or leaving the room entirely. We’ve since been researching ways to enhance CTV ad experiences that help draw consumers’ attention back to their TVs.
Next to our Dynamic QR Codes, we wondered if other enhancements like adding helpful content to the ad or a countdown clock to the start of a sale or launch would help improve consumers’ attention and retention of the ads. To test these theories we decided to develop product demos with which we could expose to real consumers and study their impact on metrics like attention and message retention.
Researching the Impact of CTV Ad Enhancements
In our quest to create human-centric advertising that respects and improves the user experience, we surveyed 1,000 consumers who were exposed to multiple TV ads with and without a few variations of our enhancements, most notably a countdown clock and sports ticker.
Countdown Overlay Results
For the Countdown Overlay, our hypothesis was that adding a countdown clock would help reinforce the main point of those types of ads: making sure consumers know the start date. The results showed that when a countdown clock is added to a CTV commercial that counts down in real time to the start of the sale, promotion or launch date, viewers were 43% more likely to remember when the promotion starts.
Sports Ticker Results
For the Sports Ticker, our hypothesis was that adding useful content below CTV commercials would help keep viewer attention on the TV screen instead of looking away or checking their phone. We showed sports fans ads with and without the scores of different major league games. The results revealed that sports fans were 91% more likely to pay attention to the ad and 14% more likely to comprehend the messaging with a sports ticker included.
Positive results like that are always exciting, so we started building our new enhancements using what we learned from the research.
Introducing New CTV Ad Enhancements
We’re thrilled to announce the release of our new Countdown Overlay and Sports Ticker ad enhancements to help advertisers grab viewers’ attention by providing them with useful and relevant information.
Countdown Overlay
Our new Countdown overlay helps pull a viewer’s attention to limited-time offers, like product launches, sales and promotions or upcoming shows and events. Whether it’s New Year’s, launching a spaceship, or the next season of House of Dragon, consumers are drawn to a good countdown. Advertisers can simply set their desired date and time, and the Countdown overlay will automatically update based on the viewer’s timezone. And, when combined with our Dynamic QR Codes enhancement, a countdown can be turned into a call-to-action by allowing viewers to pre-purchase a new product or register early for discounted promotions. Best of all, this turnkey execution can be applied automatically within all major DSPs.
Sports Ticker
Also available in all major DSPs, advertisers can easily add the Sports Ticker ad enhancement to display scores and upcoming games below their commercial. Furthermore, advertisers can customize which major sports they choose to include based on their target audience’s preferences.
Getting Started with CTV Ad Enhancements
To start using the Countdown overlay and Sports Ticker ad enhancements, simply contact a Sharethrough rep (or contact us here) with your DSP name, seat key and creative ID. Or we can do all the setup for you as managed service. There’s no additional cost to using our CTV ad enhancements since we believe both consumers and advertisers benefit from these.
Thinking Ahead
These new CTV ad enhancements are just the start. Our research results also revealed to us that consumers are 52% more likely to pay attention to CTV ads that have any useful content alongside it such as weather forecasts, news, stock ticker and more. Knowing this, we’re developing additional enhancements that provide consumers with useful information to help advertisers capture their attention. Stay tuned for more.
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