The rise of the shortcast online video market

Every month there are nearly 25m people in the UK watching short clips of less than five minutes, building up a total of six billion videos.

The rise of the shortcast online video market

Patrick Hourihan Yahoo

The growth in short form video consumption by UK consumers over the past two years has been a phenomenon – and what we are seeing in the digital space is a movement towards a model of the consumer as viewer rather than as user.

Every month there are nearly 25m people in the UK watching short clips of less than five minutes, building up a total of six billion videos. This has created a clear commercial opportunity for brands and advertisers, with the IAB UK's recent 2010 ad...

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