On 6th October 2020, IAB Europe hosted its first Virtual CTV Event.
Following the release of our Buyer’s Guide to CTV, the event was created to further explore this emerging digital advertising channel, and with 350 attendees was a huge success. Featuring a series of panel discussions and market deep dives from IAB Europe and IAB Europe member companies, the event uncovered the real challenges faced by the ecosystem, and the key opportunities available for CTV. A big thank you to our partners Magnite and OneTrust for helping to make this event possible!
In this post, you will find an overview of each of the sessions covered, as well as video recordings for you to view in your own time. Enjoy!
Watch the full event recording here.
Opening Keynote: Making a Market: The CTV Advertising Opportunity in Europe
Daniel Knapp, Chief Economist, IAB Europe
“The potential for a mass market is here, but it’s up to us as an industry to make this happen”
The first session of the event gave an overview of the potential available for CTV advertising in Europe.
It explored how the European TV market, consumer trends, and the impact of the global pandemic have shifted advertising towards a digital-first world, creating a significant opportunity for CTV. We know from our latest programmatic advertising research that CTV is a main area of growth - 70% of advertisers and 61% of agencies think CTV will be one of the key programmatic growth areas over the next 12 months. But there are still barriers that we, as an industry, need to overcome in order to unlock its full potential. This session highlighted just that.
Find out more. Watch the session recording here
Panel 1: The Connected TV Landscape and the Opportunity in Europe
The first panel session of the event addressed the fragmented landscape of CTV trading. Turning to our panel of industry experts it explored the key challenges that both buyers and publishers face in greater depth and highlighted the main areas of opportunity available for CTV in Europe.
Louise Dixon, Strategic Partner Lead, Google moderated the panel and was joined by:
Jenny Antoniou - Account Director Seller, CTV, EMEA, Magnite
Chris Edwards - Director, Business Development, EMEA, Rakuten Advertising
Jaden Grant - Solutions Consultant, IPONWEB
Graeme Lynch - VP Demand, EMEA, SpotX
Emma Newman - Chief Revenue Office, EMEA, Pubmatic
Watch the session recording here
Key takeaways:
Audience poll:
We ran an audience poll at the end of the panel to ask what the main barrier to CTV becoming mainstream was. The majority of the audience felt a fragmented market was the biggest restriction to success (36%). Whilst two-quarters of the audience felt it was hard to measure (26%) and that there wasn’t enough scale (26%). 13% saw targeting restrictions as the biggest barrier.
Panel 2: Connected TV in Practice - Viewership and Scale
The second panel session of the event took us back to basics to discuss CTV in practice. Focusing on viewership and scale, the panel discussed how to reach a large audience, and how to know you are reaching the right audience.
Stephane Bismuth, Co-Founder, Viznet.TV moderated the panel and was joined by:
Martin O’Boyle, Managing Director Partnerships, Publicis Media
Austin Scott, head of Video Market Development, EMEA, Xandr
Julie Selman, Senior Director and Head of Demand Strategy UK and Northern Europe, Freewheel
Watch the session recording here
Key takeaways:
Panel 3: Connected TV in Practice - Targeting and Measurement
The third panel session of the event unpacked some of the challenges and solutions to CTV targeting and measurement. It’s not possible to just copy digital tactics and apply them to CTV, so our panel of measurement experts shared their guidance and best practices on CTV measurement and campaign performance.
Noemi Mckee, VP Client Success, Mediamath moderated this panel and was joined by:
Sarah Cannerday, Senior Business Development Director, Integral Ad Science
George Head, Head of Sellside Client Development, EMEA, Oracle
Carol Hinnaut, Chief Revenue Officer, Comscore
John Ross, Associate Director of CTV Products, DoubleVerify
Kristanne Roberts, Global Development Directore, Kantar Insights Division
Watch the panel session here
Key takeaways:
Audience Poll
We ran a poll at the end of the panel to ask what metric was most used to measure CTV campaign effectiveness. Reach saw the largest response from our audience as the most-used metric (41%).
Panel 4: Privacy Focused Connected TV
The final panel of the day turned to our privacy experts who discussed the latest regulatory changes and how they apply to CTV. They looked at what the demise of the third-party cookie means for CTV and how the Transparency and Consent Framework works for the CTV industry.
Ninon Vagner, Pricacy and Compliance Manager, IAB Europe moderated the panel and was joined by:
Aruna Sharma, Group-VP, Lead Counsel Global Privacy & Tech, DPO, Xandr
Alex Cone, Senior Director, Product Management, IAB TechLab
Zachary Faruque, Marketing Solutions Engineer, OneTrust Preference Choice
James Prudhomme, Executive VP International, Index Exchange
Watch the panel session here
Key takeaways: