TV Engages People Half As Long As Digital - Nielsen Lab | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Consumers may tune into TV on a regular basis, but they mentally tune out rather fast in favor of the array of "second screen" options.


On average, television holds a consumer’s attention only 39% of the time, a rate that pales in comparison to the attention rates laptops (70%), tablets (76%) and smartphones (77%) command.


That’s according to a new report from Nielsen and YuMe, a digital video ad tech firm, expected to be released Wednesday morning.  MediaDailyNews got an early look at the data....