Newspaper website video surges with 65 percent growth; Facebook on track to be second only to Google for video referral traffic by year’s end
Brand marketers signal increased investment in mobile video; Facebook and Twitter drive highest consumer engagement for marketing and e-commerce video
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & EMERYVILLE, Calif. – Brightcove, the leading online video platform, and TubeMogul, an online video analytics and advertising platform, published the Online Video & the Media Industry Quarterly Research Report for the second quarter of 2010. The report examines online video discovery, usage and engagement data from a sample of nearly 2,000 news and entertainment websites representing 3.4 billion video streams.
Notable findings include:
Increased online video consumption across media websites; Gulf oil disaster boosts video traffic for newspapers
Online video consumption grew across all media industry categories. In Q2, unique viewers increased on average by 2.8 percent per month, with consumers watching 11 percent more videos month-over-month compared to last quarter.
Video consumption on newspaper sites grew the most over this period, rocketing to 65 percent more views than the previous quarter due to attention and coverage focused on the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Online video discovery shifting; Facebook emerges as key traffic driver for online video
Referral traffic for online video from Facebook and Twitter is growing faster than from traditional search engines. At current growth rates, Facebook will surpass Yahoo! within the year to be the second only to Google for video referral traffic.
Engagement is a function of where viewers come from and where they watch video
Not only are Facebook and Twitter drawing in viewers, but they are also leading to the highest levels of engagement for video on television network and music entertainment websites.
Consumers watched more minutes per view on official media websites versus online destinations with syndicated video content.
Brand marketers signal increased investment in online video and mobile initiatives
This quarter’s report also includes a special feature focused on brand marketing and online video, with findings from a global survey of brand managers and analysis of platform data from marketing and e-commerce websites.
Nearly 60 percent of respondents said they plan to invest more in online video in the next 12 months.
More than 65 percent of brand managers indicate that the primary focus of their online video initiatives is awareness, followed by lead generation (21 percent) and e-commerce (12 percent).
70 percent of respondents said they plan to add mobile video to their marketing mix in the next 12 months.
Consumers who find marketing and e-commerce video via Facebook and Twitter have the longest viewing times (1:24 minutes and 1:18 minutes respectively), while traffic originating from Yahoo! search (0:52 minutes) and display ads (0:52 minutes) tied for shortest.
Methodology
The data used for the analysis included in the report was taken from a cross-section sample of Brightcove customers representing media industry verticals. While the sample aggregates a sizable data set, it is not intended to be statistically representative of the online video industry as a whole, or of Brightcove’s entire customer base. Instead, the data analysis is intended to provide a directional snapshot of media trends and inform additional research initiatives focused on the online video industry.
Analysis for the special feature focused on brand marketers and on-site video initiatives includes platform data from a sample of Brightcove brand marketing and e-commerce customers and data from an anonymous survey of more than 300 senior-level brand managers from leading business-to-business and consumer brands, including dozens of Fortune 500 companies.
About Brightcove
Brightcove is a cloud-based online video platform. More than 1,800 media companies, businesses and organizations worldwide use Brightcove to publish and distribute video on the Web. Founded in 2004, Brightcove has offices across North America, Europe and Asia and customers in 48 countries. For more information, visit http://www.brightcove.com.
About TubeMogul
TubeMogul is a video advertising and analytics platform that connects advertisers with highly targeted audiences. TubeMogul’s advertising solution is powered by the company’s unprecedented data platform that tracks billions of video streams every month from the Internet’s top publishers. This unique technology enables TubeMogul to help advertisers find consumers who want to watch their videos – and watch them longer. Advertisers and marketers never again have to choose engagement and accountability over reach if they use TubeMogul’s video advertising and analytics platform. More Play Time is yours at TubeMogul.com.
