April 14, 2014

New BIA/Kelsey Report: voice interactivity in audio ads could help drive up the eCPM in Internet radio inventory

There is a new report out today by BIA/Kelsey focusing on audience and advertiser movement to Internet radio. In the “Internet Radio Revolution Has Arrived” BIA/Kelsey analysts define the five phases of change in the media industry. In the fourth phase Advertisers allocate an “experimental budget” to assess the new opportunity. The report suggests that Internet radio is entering the fifth phase when Media Companies and publishers take the medium seriously as an advertising channel.