How to survive a cookieless era? — Anna McMichael // Partnership Director

Anna McMichael, Partnership Director at VlogBox discusses what the future of video advertising for the OTT and CTV industry could look like. Whether we are looking at CTV or OTT, we cannot ignore the effects of cookie and tracking removal on media channels. With third party data on its way out the door, Anna talks about survival in the cookieless era.
About the speaker

Anna McMichael

VlogBox

 - VlogBox

Anna is Partnership Director at VlogBox

Show Notes

  • 02:32
    Impact of going cookieless
    By 2022, third party cookies will no longer be supported. Focus must be placed on driving quality, figuring out scalability, targeting, and buying and selling inventory.
  • 03:41
    Third party data and video advertisers
    Video advertisers look to existing customer channels such as emails and data points to build out a customer profile.
  • 04:24
    Current use of first party data in OTT advertising
    With access to first party data, demographic and geographic targeting become integral. Moving away from the reliance on cookies, the CTV market will shift towards contextual advertising.
  • 05:05
    Differences between OTT and CTV
    CTV is connected TV. It refers to any streaming service that can be consumed on demand. OTT, over the top, looks at the way we consume content.
  • 06:37
    Achieving success without third party data
    While the options are limited, video advertisers can still leverage first party data and contextual targeting.
  • 07:55
    Access to media vs retargeting costs
    The market is still in its infancy stage so rates fluctuate based on the selected inventory or show. Similarly, directly targeting certain consumers becomes an expensive endeavour.

Quotes

  • "By 2022, we're no longer going to be supporting third-party cookies." - Anna McMichael, Partnership Director, VlogBox

  • "When it comes to advertising, we really need to put more effort into the quality and targeting, how we can scale it and really focus on the basic aspects of buying and selling inventory." - Anna McMichael, Partnership Director, VlogBox

  • "Besides first party data, the whole CTV market will be shifting towards contextual advertising. This is a big step since we're not going to be able to rely on cookies." - Anna McMichael, Partnership Director, VlogBox

  • "Leverage first party data and contextual advertising." - Anna McMichael, Partnership Director, VlogBox

  • "This market is growing, but it's still in an immature phase where rates can really vary based on the popularity of the actual show or the specific inventory." - Anna McMichael, Partnership Director, VlogBox

  • "With CTV we see many special channels dedicated to categories. Contextual advertising stands out as its easy to target based on shows already related to the category you're talking about." - Benjamin Shapiro, Host, MarTech podcast

About the speaker

Anna McMichael

VlogBox

 - VlogBox

Anna is Partnership Director at VlogBox

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