Robert Eckelman
Comparing CTV to Cable or Broadcast is like comparing cats and dogs

You may love them both but they are very different. More often than not a good media plan requires them all.
Difference between cats and dogs here https://bit.ly/3ECoWEY
The difference between CTV | Broadcast & Cable is below.
CTV | Broadcast & Cable |
Geo- Specific based on PMA, Golden Zips (most active), Proximity ( most likely to respond | Geo- DMA or Cable zone |
Audience- Purchase Intent, Lifestyle, Interests, Income, Context… | Audience- Age & Gender |
Delivery-Commercial Impressions Delivered CPM. No Under Delivery | Delivery Nielsen* or ComScore ¼ hour rating, not commercial rating. Most local breaks backloaded ex Late News 11-11:37p News 70+% of breaks after 11:15p. Prime & Sports many breaks are adjacencies. Massive Under Delivery. Nielsen ratings microscopic sample |
Creative- Non-Skippable, Interactive, Dynamic | Creative- Skippable and no attribution. |
Attribution- Video Completion, View Through, more | Station or Cable runs what you give them. Possibly may provide some attribution from ACR but sample size and match rate are not statistically significant. |
Retargeting- ability to retarget all impressions | Retargeting- may be offered as ACR but ACR samples are a fraction of households in any market |
Dayparts- CPM’s on CTV are the same in all dayparts. Hint if you are running overnights and did not request your provider needs some best practices. | Dayparts-CPM differ greatly mid day low and Prime is astronomical |
•This is just a quick view of some differences. If you are interested in more details let's talk. mid-day
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