The latest ‘State of Digital ’ report to be compiled by GroupM establishes 2018 as a landmark year in the advance of the sector amidst a prediction that consumption of online media will overtake linear TV for the first time.
WPP’s media investment arm calculates that consumers will spend 9.73 hours with media in 2018, up from 9.68 hours in 2017 – with online accounting for a 38% share (3.69 hours) of this total and linear TV falling a smidgen behind at 37% (3.63 hours).
This eclipse has been made possible by 15% growth in e-commerce, creating a market worth $2.442tn, the equivalent of 10% of all retail.
Kelly Clark, chief executive officer, GroupM Global commented: “Automation and talent are the big themes in advertising’s current revolution. One of the downsides of specialization is the increase in specialists who know more and more about less and less. We have to use automation to liberate brain-power, so talented people can look across the entire media ecosystem to help clients optimize short-term results and create long-term brand value.”
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