pre-roll Articles

An Example of a Perfectly Executed Pre-Roll Video Ad

Most pre-roll advertisements seem to be web counterparts of ads that are made for TV or are so generic they fail to grab my attention. Some of those ads may work for TV, but not for the web. Like most online viewers, my finger hovers ...

The Rise of Mid-Roll Means Good Things for Video Advertising

I was just perusing a report from FreeWheel that pertains to online video monetization for Q1 2012 and there were some surprising things in it. For example, mid-roll video ad placements are on the rise, but mostly due to more long form video content being ...

YouTube Launches New Ad Model - Sponsorships to Trump Demographics for Channel Buys

YouTube is set to change up the way it's placing ads on its video channels. Move over demographic targeting, hello Sponsorship deals. A sponsorship package includes companion display ads, overlay and pre-rolls to give a brand complete placement on certain channels.

Online Video Monetization – What Are Your Options?

So you’ve gotten pretty good at this online video thing, and now you want to start thinking about monetizing your content. But that can act as a roadblock for many video creators and businesses who aren’t sure what all their options are for making money ...

Solve Media Solves Pre-Roll Video Ad 'Zone Out' Problem?

Captcha for pre-roll video ads? That's essentially the deal with Solve Media's solution to viewers zoning out of pre-roll ads. It could work I suppose, remember that study that said people who watch time-shifted stuff had better brand recall essentially because they paid more attention ...

Content As Marketing - Video Advertising & Monetization With Machinima's Allen DeBevoise

During my recent tour of Machinima, I got a chance to talk to a lot of great people, including company CEO Allen DeBevoise. One of the topics we spent some time discussing is video advertising and video monetization--how Machinima makes money from their videos and ...

Brainient Claims Interactive Video Ad Can Follow The Viewer Off Site

It seems like every day I wake up, I'm reading about an ad company that had a very good 2011, has taken their company through another round of investing, and getting support from all sorts of venture capital.  UK-based Brainient has just raised $1.8 million ...

Pre-roll & Mobile Video Ads To Drive Online Video Spend 40% In 2012

After a robust 2011, online video should enjoy another year of rapid growth. eMarketer has said online video ad spend should rise 40% this year. Marketers say they'll move money from TV budgets and non-video display budgets, but they're also expecting organic growth, according to ...

Pre-Roll Video Ads Still Reign Supreme, According To Break Media Report

Numerous new forms of video advertising have been hitting the marketplace over the years, with 2011 being one of the largest growth of options I can remember. Still, advertisers are still tied up in the pre-roll according to the latest report by Break Media and ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - New YouTube Edition

Without even a hint of doubt, the biggest online video news story of the week came at the end of the week, on Thursday, when YouTube blindsided users with an unexpected wide rollout of a new YouTube redesign heavy on social interaction and customization. Of ...

Introducing Mixpo Frameworks For Rich, Interactive Online Video Campaigns

I just got the scoop on Mixpo's new Frameworks from Walter Harp and he tells me there's some interesting things going on with them in the near future as well. Frameworks basically offer you a set of pre-made interactive layer formats to help advertisers easily ...

SpotXchange Taps Innovid For Interactive PreRoll Video Advertising Campaigns

Video advertising is quickly seeping into every aspect of online life, and why shouldn't it? With the new partnership between Innovid and SpotX, advertisers using the latter can use the iRoll Apps of the prior and create interactive and social video advertising campaigns out of ...

For Social Video Success, Make 'Em Laugh

The Jun Group put out a fantastic infographic today and it's all about one of our favorite subjects: social video. Specifically, the infographic looks at how well social video works for brands and advertisers that are using video within social media and social networks. It ...

50% Of All In-Stream YouTube Video Ads Are Skippable

Wow, talk about an abundance of video ads. First, Google announced that it's TrueView, a family of formats that give viewers choice and control over which advertisers' messages they want to see and when, is now pushing 18 years of video ads per day. On ...

Adobe Acquires Auditude, Gets Into Video Monetization

Adobe is known for providing powerful software to produce quality videos.  Their editing software, Adobe Premiere, and special effects application, After Effects, are commonly-used programs by pros and aspiring filmmakers alike.  Now, Adobe is getting into another phase of a video's life: monetization, with the ...