DIGIDAY – 01/11/2019
Deanna Ting
Facebook is working hard to convince TV and digital advertisers to spend money on its 2-year-old video platform, Facebook Watch, particularly with its In-Stream Reserve ad product, which curates inventory from Watch’s top video channels, including content category-specific options. While Facebook has managed to take some ad dollars from traditional TV at this spring’s upfronts, the company still has more convincing to do, say ad buyers. Digiday spoke to ad agency executives who said more advertisers are interested in Facebook Watch headed into 2020 than they were last year. Watch ads have also performed well for many clients in terms of brand recall and lift, said Mike Dossett, vp and director of digital strategy for RPA Advertising.