Video Advertising Measurement Open Standard Finally In Sight

It’s taken a while, but broadcasters, online publishers and advertisers could be close to agreeing a standardised system to measure online video viewing. The Broadband Measurement Working Group, a coalition of broadcasters, ISPs and measurement bodies, is to start testing a new measurement metric next month, 18 months after starting out on its mission to create a universally recognised way of quantifying the millions of video views publishers are generating. The group brought together an eclectic cast including the BBC, ITV (LSE: ITV), C4, Five, BSkyB (NYSE: BSY), Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED), BT (NYSE: BT), BARB, ABCe and the IPA.

Ron Coomber, chair of the BMWG and an advertising consultant at ITV, says (via NMA) that the group is waiting for some members to upgrade their video software — not exactly the highest priority in a recession — but he’s confident that “everyone is still on board and hopefully we should have some data to crunch next month”. Matt Simpson, chair of the IPA Digital Media Group and also group head of digital at OMD, says that

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