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October 2009 Industry News
October 29, 2009
Adweek
Video Ad Nets Eye Common Ratings Currency
Moving a step closer to establishing a common ratings currency for buying and selling on video advertising networks, 11 media companies representing 22 networks have published disclosure forms for audience research studies conducted by third-party firms.
October 29, 2009
MediaPost
OVAB: New Metrics To Deliver New Audience Studies
Eleven members of the Out-of-home Video Advertising Bureau have completed their first audience-research studies in conformity with OVAB's new audience metric guidelines, published last year. While most big DO networks have previously conducted proprietary audience studies with third-party research firms, this marks the first time that they agree on the underlying metric.
October 29, 2009
MediaPost
Two-Thirds of US Adults See Digital Out-of-Home Screens
According to a forecast and industry update report, 42% of agency and brand marketers plan to increase their digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising spending through 2009 and the first half of 2010. Total DOOH spending is on target to hit $4.53 billion by 2013, up from $2.6 billion in 2009.