Consumer Attitude Toward Ads On TV vs Original Streaming Video, January 2013 [CHART]

Chart - Consumer Attitude Toward Ads On TV vs Original Streaming Video

A Starcom study from January 2013, in which participants in the US were shown a controlled series of clips and told that they were either traditional TV programming or original streaming content, found that consumers remained more resistant to commercials in digital formats, with 45% having a negative attitude to such ads vs. 39% who had negative opinions of ads shown on TV.

But the study also showed that viewers may simply have a stronger reaction to video ads overall, whether good or bad. More consumers reported having a positive attitude toward ads in original streaming content (25%) than in TV programming (22%), as well. Read the rest at eMarketer.