Unique collaboration with top marketers and publishers to
roll-out optimal online video ad model
16th November 2011: London – VivaKi
and a future-focused group of marketers and media owners today announces
the UK’s live roll-out of The Pool, the global research project to identify the
industry’s optimal online advertising model. The collaboration includes Channel
4, Youtube, Microsoft, O2, Heineken and Samsung and will compare the
effectiveness of the ground-breaking ASq® model versus the traditional pre-roll
model. ASq® is a new ad format that allows the user to select a preferred ad
from a group of brand messages prior to viewing online video content.
Developed by VivaKi, The Pool is a
first of its kind industry project that unites clients and media owners to
identify, test and create industry standards for new advertising models. The UK
Pool initiative will build on the extensive research, both qualitative and quantitative,
that has already taken place globally from countries including the States,
China and most recently Spain. In the US alone this amounted to over 1 million hour’s
research with over 47 million consumers and concluded with ASq® being
identified as the most superior online video ad model. The final stage of field
trial in the UK sees ASq® being tested live in market. Comscore will manage the
research in the UK and will deliver results across a number of metrics
including terms of interaction, brand favorability and intent to purchase. The
results are expected in early 2012.
Marco Bertozzi, EMEA Managing Director for the VivaKi Nerve Center says: “The idea of
choice in advertising is a hot topic at the moment and VivaKi, alongside agency
teams within Starcom MediaVest Group and ZenithOptimedia are very excited to be
working with such amazing companies to be able to identify the industry’s
optimal online video advertising model. It is the first time three major
publishers and three of the UK’s leading clients have been bought together to
work on such a project and we are really excited about the results and moving towards
better monetization of the space.”
Publisher and
Advertiser Quotes:
“The opportunity
to work with VivaKi on this project was too good to miss. We are always keen to
offer advertisers new ways of engaging with our many different audiences and we
look forward to seeing the results.” Michael
Buckley – UK Head of Trading, Microsoft
“We
are excited about the opportunities within video and we see The Pool research
into choice formats and ASq in particular to be an extremely valuable
undertaking.” Andrew
Wynd – Media Manager, Samsung Electronics (UK) Ltd
“Channel
4 are thrilled to be involved in this project with such a select group of media
owners and forward thinking advertisers. We believe that giving users choice
and control over their advertising experience could be better for our
advertisers and better for our viewers. We look forward to seeing the results
and setting the gold standards for the whole Market.” Ed Couchman – Commercial Contoller, Future and Digtial Media Advertising,
Channel 4
“YouTube are delighted be part of this project as it aims to demonstrate
the strength of online video with its innovative and engaging user choice ad
formats”. Dara Nasr – Head of Agency
Sales, YouTube & Google Display
-ENDS-
NOTES FOR EDITORS
About VivaKi
VivaKi is part of Publicis Groupe (Euronext Paris Exchange:
FR0000130577; and part of the CAC 40 index) the world’s third largest
communications group. VivaKi aggregates
the marketplace influence of four autonomous brands, including two global media
agency networks: ZenithOptimedia and Starcom MediaVest Group; and two leading
digital marketing agencies: Digitas and Razorfish. On behalf of its agency
brands and their clients, VivaKi faces the market to help identify and build
technology, message distribution, audience aggregation and content solutions
for the future. Sitting at the core of VivaKi is the VivaKi Nerve Center, which
serves as a think tank, R&D center and testing ground to activate new
pathways for clients to connect with consumers in an increasingly digital
world. VivaKi also includes a Talent & Transformation Practice, which
leverages the scale of the VivaKi brands to develop and deliver tools and
approaches designed to attract, develop, train, motivate and reward the world's
best people. www.vivaki.com
About The Pool
The Pool is a
first of its kind industry program – developed by VivaKi – that unites the
financial resources and thought leadership of its clients and a host of content
providers to test and create industry standards for new advertising
models. By “pooling” insights and
resources, this initiative aims to identify future engagement models across a
variety of emerging media platforms. Participating clients and content
providers are given the opportunity to view and evaluate new advertising models
and receive access to all proprietary research ahead of the marketplace.
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I would love more insight on what exactly is being "pooled"
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