Advertising on over-the-top TV programming will grow four-fold to $40 billion by 2020, according to a new report.
According to the Diffusion Group, as ad revenue for OTT grows, TV ad revenues will remain essentially flat at about $85 billion.
The Diffusion Group says between now and 2020, the ad load for TV programming delivered via broadband will increase 63% to 5.1 minutes per half hour from 3.2 minutes. At the same time the ad load in linear TV programming will fall 38% by 2020, putting them at similar levels.
Linear TV network will offset the drop in ad load with increase sales of native advertising and sponsorships.
