Reckitt-Benckiser moves $20 million of ad budget from TV to online

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Caroline Lovell

March 31, 2009

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Reckitt-Benckiser moves $20 million of ad budget from TV to online

LONDON - Reckitt-Benckiser plans to move $20 million of its media spend budget from TV into online video for 15 of its brands, as it looks to secure more efficient advertising rates.

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The new media strategy, which will come into force on 1 April, has also been driven by a shift in consumers' media consumption.

In 2008, the company, which owns brands including Clearasil, Finish and Air Wick, spent around 90 per cent of its $475 million US measured-media budget on TV and only $1 million in measured-media spend on online activity.

Reckitt-Benckiser will partner with adserving video ad networks, including Glam, Tidal TV, YuMe and Brightroll, rather than TV network websites, which charge higher online CPMs (the cost to reach a thousand viewers), according to a report in .

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