SpotX Leads SSPs for Political Advertising Across OTT and CTV with over a 900% Ad Spend Increase on its Platform Since April

NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SpotX, the leading global video advertising platform, today announced it has seen over a 900% increase in political advertising spend across its platform of OTT and CTV channels since April 2020. The increase represents a broader shift of viewers and advertisers toward streaming platforms. According to Nielsen, streaming grew to more than 25% of total TV minutes viewed in the second quarter of 2020 alone, compared to 19% in the fourth quarter of 2019, making it an increasingly attractive platform for political campaigns.

SpotX is able to offer political advertisers benefits to reach audiences across OTT and CTV that are not possible on traditional media. With the number of cord-cutters and cord-nevers accelerated by COVID-19, SpotX allows advertisers to reach audiences across OTT and CTV that are no longer accessible on traditional TV.

SpotX also enables politicians to scale advertising with growing inventory across OTT and CTV. In fact, OTT and CTV advertising inventory increased by nearly 75% on SpotX's platform this month, as compared to April 2020. This inventory is restructured by SpotX based on creative approval times, allowing programmatic campaigns to immediately launch on a demand side platform (DSP) with scale while removing the pain point of waiting for approvals from each individual publisher.

"OTT and CTV are emerging as the most influential medium for political candidates leading up to the 2020 election," said Allan Welch, Director, Political & Government Affairs at SpotX. "Each election year, we see political ad spend explode following Labor Day and this year, we have noticed a tremendous increase of political advertising across all OTT screens and streams as political advertising on social media has been deprioritized in comparison with the 2016 presidential election year."

Beyond video ad campaigns about specific candidates, this year's election cycle has brought new initiatives into the forefront. One such trend includes the addition of advertisements about mail-in ballots, with groups from both sides of the aisle arguing for and against mail-in voting.  Other hot political topics for OTT/CTV viewers include "get out the vote" initiatives, social justice reform, the COVID-19 response, and climate change.

In addition to enhanced scale and reach, SpotX's platform offers candidates high quality targeting metrics and data with quick turnaround speeds. The company has created a political data group that enables media buyers to deploy voter segments with precision beyond party affiliation and demographics.

About SpotX
SpotX is the leading video advertising platform shaping digital video and the future of TV globally. The company's solutions enable media owners to monetize content across all screens and streams while providing advertisers with direct access to brand-safe, premium inventory. With best-in-class technology purpose-built for video, SpotX's trusted, privacy-compliant solutions are employed by some of the largest media owners in the world including A+E Networks, Crackle Plus, The CW Network, Dentsu CCI, Discovery, Electronic Arts, Fox Corporation, fuboTV, Gannett, Microsoft, Newsy, Pluto TV, Roku, Sling TV, and Vudu. In the US, SpotX works with nearly all major OTT stakeholders and reaches 4 out of 5 viewers of ad-supported CTV, or 50 million households. SpotX is a subsidiary of Bertelsmann's RTL Group and is headquartered in Denver with 10 offices throughout the US, EMEA, and APAC regions. Learn more at www.spotx.tv.

Media Contacts:

Tammy Blythe Goodman
Sr. Director, Communications
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Josie Urwin
Sr. PR Manager
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SOURCE SpotX

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