Facebook, Eyeing TV Dollars, Rolls Out New Ad Products

Advertisement
By Reuters | Updated: 28 September 2015 11:56 IST
Facebook Inc introduced a slate of new advertising products on Sunday, most of which are aimed at luring television advertisers onto the 1.5-billion user social network.

The advertising options, most of which will also be available on Facebook-owned Instagram, are designed to take advantage of the social network's strengths on mobile devices.

It has the world's most popular smartphone app and generates more than three-quarters of its $10 billion (roughly Rs. 66,056 crores)-plus in annual ad revenue on phones.

Advertisement

Facebook is trying to convince advertisers, especially those who use video, that their dollars will be better spent on mobile platforms rather than on TV as users, especially millennials, spend more time on their phones than watching television.

The rollout of the new products come ahead of New York City's 12th Advertising Week, which runs from Monday to Friday and gathers the world's largest advertisers and companies. Facebook also announced on Sunday that it has 2.5 million active advertisers in total, up from 2 million in February.

Digital video advertising spending is growing rapidly, projected to increase 13 percent to nearly $15 billion (roughly Rs. 99,084 crores) by 2019, according to eMarketer. Television ad spending, by comparison, is expected to grow 2 percent in the same time period to $78 billion (roughly Rs. 5,15,270 crores).

"Facebook is listening to the ad community and giving them what they are looking for," said Debra Aho Williamson, social media marketing analyst with eMarketer. "Does Facebook want video ad dollars? Yes."

Advertisement

On television, advertisers can buy ads based on how many people they will reach, an approach Facebook has adopted to ease the transition between television spending and digital spending.

In addition, it can target highly specific audiences, such as women aged 18 to 35 years old who have shopped on a specific website, which TV cannot do.

Advertisement

Among the new products are "brand awareness" ads, which aim to reach a large number of people to promote a company's name and brand, such as Coca Cola.

Advertisers will also be able to poll users on mobile phones about whether they saw an ad - a feature that used to be available only on desktop computers and they can use a format that allows them to display multiple videos at once that users can scroll through.

Advertisement

"We want to be the single-most important platform for all businesses," said Carolyn Everson, Facebook vice president for global marketing solutions.

© Thomson Reuters 2015

 

Get your daily dose of tech news, reviews, and insights, in under 80 characters on Gadgets 360 Turbo. Connect with fellow tech lovers on our Forum. Follow us on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News for instant updates. Catch all the action on our YouTube channel.

Further reading: Facebook, Social, Social Media
Advertisement

Related Stories

Popular Mobile Brands
  1. Amazon Great Indian Festival 2026: Best Deals on OnePlus Products
  2. Oppo Pad Mini Matte Display Edition, Enco X4 Set to Launch on This Date
  1. Rockstar Explains Why It Took Over 8 Years to Make GTA 6, Says It Will Make Its Next Game Faster
  2. Facebook Introduces Your Algorithm Feature to Let Users Customise Feed and Reels
  3. Solana’s Alpenglow Upgrade Set for October 21 With 150-Millisecond Finality Target
  4. Haier In-Vista Five-Door Refrigerator and M3 Series Washing Machine Launched in India: Price, Features
  5. Oppo Pad Mini Matte Display Edition, Enco X4 India Launch Date Announced
  6. Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra to Launch Next Year With an Improved Privacy Display, Higher Price Tag, Tipster Claims
  7. Samsung Announces Festive Offers on Vision AI TVs in India With Free Soundbars, Cashback Benefits
  8. Standard Chartered Broadens UAE Crypto Services With Direct Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading
  9. Google Play Store Adds Vibe-Coded Apps, AI App Comparisons and Personalised Game Discovery
  10. Ripple Teams Up With Stripe’s Privy to Enable XRP Payments in Apps
Download Our Apps
Available in Hindi
© Copyright Red Pixels Ventures Limited 2026. All rights reserved.