The pandemic led to many upward revisions of our UK digital user forecasts. Some changes (podcast listeners) will be permanent, while others will be temporary (digital gamers). Our social network user numbers, meanwhile, didn’t change much at all.

eMarketer was pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring Brightcove's Lauren McHugh, senior product marketing manager. She discussed how video has proven to be one of the most effective ways to not only increase pipeline, but drive more leads.

Fifty-seven percent of digital advertisers are planning to increase their ad spend in H1 2021, and connected TV (CTV) and over-the-top (OTT), in particular, are expected to see gains, according to a recent Verizon Media study.

We predicted in our January 2020 report, “UK Key Digital Trends 2020: Privacy, Brexit and Video Take Center Stage,” that enforcement against the advertising industry, and specifically ad tech, would begin this year. That hasn’t materialized yet—perhaps a pandemic got in the way—but we don’t think this problem is going to just disappear.

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After a tumultuous year, the social platforms will close 2020 on a high note in terms of ad revenues and users—and with features that closely resemble each other.

Digital video viewership in the UK will continue to rise this year. The pandemic has provided a particularly significant impetus for subscription video-on-demand services, while connected TVs have become the consumption device of choice.