Amazon quadruples the number of shows it is marketing
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Amazon's Goliath is one of its Flagship original content series
For the beginning of November, Amazon ramped up its marketing from 4 to 22 shows. Netflix is still in the lead. Here's the chart and full analysis.
Insights:
- Amazon had its biggest ad push yet. Amazon more than quadrupled the number of shows it promotes from 4 shows to 22. Amazon highlighted some new shows this week including: The Bay; Vikings; Star Trek; The Neon Demon; Bookaboo and BeFit.
- Amazon had an unprecedented amount of unique video ads compared to other OTT companies. It has more than tripled number of unique video ads from 17 to 74 with a focus on Good Girls Revolt, Goliath and BeFit.
- Go90 increased online websites from one to nine with an emphasis on Raising Heaven which debuted on October 24th. The show spotlights 6-year-old YouTube dance phenomenon Heaven King.
- Netflix launched ads for four new shows (compared to previous weeks): Black Mirror, The Ranch, True Memoirs of an International Assassin, The Do-Over and The Crown.
- The Crown (a Netflix original) accounted for nearly 50% of the online websites that Netflix advertised across. The Crown was the top Netflix show advertised this week across eight TV networks with 8 unique TV spots.
- Chance was Hulu's most advertised show this week.It's a Hulu original series that debuted on October 19 starring Hugh Laurie. It was promoted across 96% of the TV networks and 43% of the online websites for Hulu.
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