As the UK online video advertising market continues to mature, advertisers and buyers are moving away from a focus on larger, traditional pre-roll video towards buying more strategic and varied video solutions, according to programmatic digital brand advertising company Collective’s 2016 UK Online Video Advertising Market Report. 

The annual report, which drew together the thoughts of over 100 key video buyers from across the top 30 media agencies, revealed that while Broadcaster Video On Demand (VOD) still takes the lion’s share of video advertising spend, clients are increasing their investment in display, YouTube, social channels and other more niche providers. 

“As advertisers take advantage of an increasing number of video solutions outside of the traditional pre-roll market, the responsibility for who buys online video has also changed,” said Simon Stone, Commercial Director, Collective. “Video budgets are increasingly being allocated from TV to digital teams. We have seen a shift in the market since launching both our native and YouTube video products in the last year. There has also been a huge increase in the number of display campaigns that include video assets.” 

For more insights into Collective's 2016 UK Online Video Advertising Market Report, check out the infographic below: