Marketing and Ad:Tech SummitTel Aviv February 2014
My Digital Odyssey, Lessons Learned, & the Future of Ad-Supported Streaming Media
Vickie Nauman
Pre-Digital• 10 years in marketing & US terrestrial radio
Traditional and physical media defined by:Distinct channels into a finite potential audienceProgramming and ads for a targeted demographic
Limited by: Printing capabilitiesBroadcast signal reachRetail inventoryScarcity of content
But all that changed….
NETWORK
My Digital Odyssey• 1999 Napster 1.0
My Digital Odyssey• 1999 Napster 1.0
My Digital Odyssey• 1999 Napster 1.0
The Disappearance of Scarcity
My Digital Odyssey• 1999 Napster 1.0• 2000-2004 early legal digital services
My Digital Odyssey• 1999 Napster 1.0• 2000-2004 early legal digital services
Legal battle lines drawn
Geographic limits lifted from media marketplace
Power shifted from distributor to the consumer
My Digital Odyssey• 1999 Napster 1.0• 2000-2004 early legal digital services • 2004-2007 global digital landscape
Digital licensing and partnerships in Europe, Asia, US
Each country varied:Cell phone adoptionPayment methods Network standards (ie GSM)Importance of local culture on media appealIntellectual property rights
My Digital Odyssey• 1999 Napster 1.0• 2000-2004 early legal digital services • 2004-2007 global digital landscape
“Global digital” actually patchwork of country-specific laws, standards, devices and gatekeepers
Resulting in country-specific user behavior in digital media
My Digital Odyssey• 1999 Napster 1.0• 2000-2004 early legal digital services • 2004-2007 global digital landscape • 2007-2014 connected devices
proliferation of “smart” everything watches, glasses, phones, tablets, etcemergence of platformsexplosion of content
My Digital Odyssey• 1999 Napster 1.0• 2000-2004 early legal digital services • 2004-2007 global digital landscape • 2007-2014 connected devices
Hardware, software, and content must integrate elegantly
…but services have still not reached sustainability
The Future of Digital Media?• DEVICES AND PLATFORMS: will continue to evolve rapidly – table stakes
In 2009, 2.5B connected devices – 2013 10B – projected 30B by 2020(1)
• CONSUMERS: fragmented mind / wallet share in digital media “firehose”
• GLOBAL: countries’ media consumption patterns developing differently48% of Swedes streamed music in 2013; Japan only 4%(2)
• LEGAL: copyright / usage laws lag behind technological innovation
• SERVICES: emergence of new models & price points, mobile ad-supportedThe MASS MARKET model for media remains- low threshold for consumers- simple to use and understand- advertising based
(1) Gartner Oct 2013(2) IFPI 2013
The Future of Digital Media?• Betting Big on Mobile Ad-Supported
Users want it:
70% cite terrestrial radio as top music discovery in 2013 (3)
15% of total radio listening in the top 5 US markets is now online (5)
70% of digital listening is on mobile – 30% desktop(5)
Mass consumer adoption to digital media is largely free ad-supported(3)
72% of listeners prefer ad-supported rather than subscription(5)
Advertisers are joining the party: US mobile ad spend doubled to $9.6B in 2013(4)
$35B in annual revenue in audio advertising globally, $18B is US alone(5)
API and tech-enabled ad engines launching (3) Midia Cons Dec 2013(4) eMarketer Dec 2013(5) Triton Digital 2014
Thank you!
Vickie NaumanPresident 7digital USLos Angeles, CA