Zenith Report: 69% Of Digital Media Will Trade Programmatically By 2020
In 2020, 69 per cent of all digital media will trade programmatically, up from 65 per cent this year, according to Zenith’s Programmatic Marketing Forecasts 2019.
The total amount spent programmatically will exceed $US100 billion for the first time in 2019, reaching $US106 billion by the end of the year, and will rise to $US127 billion in 2020 and $US147 billion in 2021, when 72 per cent of digital media will be programmatic.
Expansion of programmatic ad spend is slowing, falling from 35 per cent in 2018 to 22 per cent in 2019, and forecast at 19 per cent in 2020 and 16 per cent in 2021. The programmatic industry faces challenges that need resolution before marketers, publishers and consumers realise its true potential.
Balancing privacy and personalisation. The first challenge is to develop new technology and processes that better balance consumers’ need for privacy with the benefits of targeting and personalisation. GDPR in the EU has made some forms of personal data unavailable. The California Consumer Privacy Act, which comes into force in January, will further this issue. Meanwhile, some browsers are blocking the third-party cookies that programmatic advertising traditionally relied upon for measurement, insights, targeting and retargeting.
“The ongoing death of the cookie means that the industry needs to rethink the way we design targeting and personalisation while respecting consumers’ privacy rights,” said Matt James, Zenith’s global brand president. “High-quality, first-party data is more vital to the success of programmatic marketing than ever before.”
Cleaning up the supply path. There are too many ad tech entities that sit on the supply path between publishers and brands, charging fees, and providing unknown value due to their lack of transparency.
“Brands and buyers should review every platform they contract with, to ensure they contribute to campaign goals transparently and effectively,” said Benoit Cacheux, Global Chief Digital Officer at Zenith. “They should end their relationship with platforms that do not.”
Unlocking the potential of first-party data and customer data platforms (CDPs). As third-party data becomes commoditized and less efficient, brands are stepping up collection of first-party data, provided directly by consumers or produced indirectly by activity on websites, CRM programmes and other brand-owned sources. Because this is unique to each brand, first party data can provide true competitive advantage. CDPs organise a brand’s first-party data from customer contacts, and with the right connections, can be activated into the programmatic trading ecosystem, allowing brands to address customers’ individual preferences. However, it’s important to connect CDPs to other sources of data for a complete view of each customer and continually measure performance to deliver true people-based marketing. Increased use of first-party data and CDPs, in combination with other assets, will make programmatic marketing more effective and attract higher levels of investment from brands.
Leveraging programmatic media for brand-building campaigns as well as short-term performance campaigns. Suitable high-engagement formats are now more widely available online, while the technology that opens up digital out-of-home and addressable television to programmatic techniques are starting to create real value for advertisers.
Programmatic marketing by country
The UK and the US are the most advanced programmatic markets in share of digital media, where respectively, 87 per cent and 82 per cent of digital media will trade programmatically in 2019.
By 2021, Denmark, France and Germany will join them in having more than 80 per cent of digital media trade programmatically.
The US is by far the largest programmatic market by ad spend, worth $US67 billion this year, accounting for 64 per cent of all programmatic ad spend, and responsible for most of the growth. The US is forecast to contribute 56 per cent of new programmatic ad dollars in 2020. China is second with $US10 billion in 2019, followed by the UK with $US7 billion. Programmatic trading will account for only 30 per cent of digital media ad spend in China this year, but Zenith forecasts it to rise to 41 per cent in 2021, when its programmatic spending will reach US$16 billion.
In Australia, 55 per cent of all digital media was traded programmatically in 2019, fuelling the overall digital market growth. We expect this growth to continue into 2020 with video expected to be a driver as more inventory is made programmatically available everyday across growing consumption channels like Connected TV.
Conversely, direct buys will reduce in share as economic and marketing cost pressures continue, reach and frequency, and engagement efficiencies will need to be found through a strategic mix of programmatic buying across guaranteed, private marketplaces and open auction solutions.
Joshua Lee (main photo), head of digital, Zenith Melbourne said: “The main driver of programmatic uptake in the future will be the rollout of 5G. As online user experience improves, the availability and range of formats will emerge, pushing up programmatic adoption.
“As programmatic continues to develop beyond online display ads to channels like DOOH, audio, Connected TV, and more, media buyers will get a holistic life cycle view of the user which is key to delivering fewer ads that are more effective.”
“Although programmatic ad spend continues to grow at double-digit rates, it is being hindered as the industry struggles with privacy and supply-chain challenges,” said Jonathan Barnard, Zenith’s Head of Forecasting. “Once these challenges have been addressed, programmatic marketing has the potential to accelerate again during the next decade.”
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