The TVision Signal

May 2024 Edition

 

Our Special Monthly Look at CTV Content & Viewer Trends

May 8, 2024

Welcome to the May 2024 edition of the TVision Signal Report.  In addition to sharing insight into the shows that are performing best across streaming apps in our weekly TVision Power Score, once a month we take a deeper dive into the viewer and content trends shaping the future of the CTV landscape. Want to find out which programs and apps are drawing in audiences and keeping them engaged? Or how viewers split their time between streaming and linear? Keep reading to find out!

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Top 20 CTV Shows of the Week

First let's examine the shows and movies that are ranking highest according to our signature TVision Power Score. Here are the shows that topped the Power Score list between April 29 and May 5, 2024 thanks to their ability to both attract viewers and hold their attention throughout the show.

The TVision Power Score

Ranking the Top CTV Shows for 4/29- 5/5/2024
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Source: TVision Total View

The "Sonic the Hedgehog" spin-off, "Knuckles" on Paramount+ took the top spot in the TVision Power Score for the week of April 29-May 5, 2024. It swapped spots with Amazon's "Fallout" which held the top spot for three weeks and is now at number 2. 

Eight apps have shows in this week's Power Score, with no app having more than Netflix's four shows. 

 

Top 20 CTV Movies of April 2024

Want to know which movies are best engaging viewers across all apps? Here are the movies that topped the Power Score list in April 2024.

The TVision Power Score

Ranking the Top CTV Movies for April 2024
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Source: TVision Total View

For the second month in a row, "Road House" on Amazon is at the top of TVision's Power Score for CTV Movies.  The movie Power Score top five includes shows from five different apps. Joining Amazon are Max ("The Little Things"), Netflix ("What Jennifer Did"), Peacock ("Migration") and Disney+ ("Taylor Swift the Eras Tour")

Viewers Watch Both Linear and CTV

The vast majority of TV viewing households watch both CTV and Linear, although 24% watch only CTV. 

 
Source: TVision Total View
In this section we examine household reach for Streaming, Cable and Broadcast.   Most households continue to leverage all three.
 
Source: TVision Total View

Note, Platform Reach indicates TV services households have viewed at least once within the specified time period.

The Apps On America’s TVs

The top five apps in April 2024 for Household Reach are Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and Max. The same five apps have maintained their same spots each month of 2024. 

 
Source: TVision Total View

The CTV Content Types Engaging Viewers

Viewers spent 85% of their time watching episodic TV rather than movies, whereas in March viewers spent 82% of time on episodic TV.  Viewers consumed less content in April compared to March. 19% of viewing time went to new programs, as compared to 22% the month prior.

Shows vs. Movies

85% 15%
Shows Movies

Binged Shows vs. Weekly Release

85% 15%
Binge Release Weekly Release

 

Original vs. Syndicated Content

57% 43%
Original Syndicated

New Shows vs. Older Shows

19% 81%
New Shows Older Shows
 

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Methodology & Metrics

TVision measures Viewer Presence and Attention for every second of programming and advertising on television. Every time a person walks into the room, our technology detects who the viewer is, where they are in the room, and what their eyes are looking at. We do all this without personally identifying individual users, and without transmitting any images or videos. TVision’s data is collected from an opt-in panel of 5,000 homes across the United States and weighted to represent the country. All demographic data is self-reported by the respondents. Linear and CTV ad impressions data in this report is from May 1 – May 31, 2023 or May 29 – June 4, 2023, unless otherwise indicated.

About the TVision Power Score

The TVision Power Score is a completely new ranking designed to factor in both viewership and engagement when measuring the performance of CTV programming. The Power Score is based on the industry’s most comprehensive view of the CTV landscape - TVision measures activity across over 1,000 apps - and enables an accurate understanding of the relative performance of CTV content across any app. This new way to understand show performance will enable industry watchers to more quickly identify trending content and CTV’s hottest programming and even uncover hidden gems distributed through smaller apps.

The TVision Power Score factors in four key metrics: the amount of time viewers pay attention to the program, the amount of program time available for the season, the program’s reach, as well as the application’s reach. This combination of metrics was chosen to enable a neutral look at the quality of programming and its unique, inherent ability to draw in viewers - regardless of the scale of the platform, or the program’s release schedule.

TVision Metrics

TVision Power Score: TVision's Power Score represents how engaged audiences are for any given program. Our formula looks at (Attentive seconds / Seconds Available) x (Program Reach per Season / Publisher Reach).

Share of Time Spent: Compares the distribution of time spent viewing the app or program relative to the selected variable.

Binge Release: Model in which multiple episodes in a season are released at the same time

Weekly Release: Model in which shows release one new episode in a season at a time over the course of several weeks

New Shows: Show has aired new episodes within the last 30 days Older Shows: Shows has not aired new episodes in the last 30 days

Original Content: Programs that are exclusive to a single platform

Syndicated Content/Streaming Library Content: Programs that airs on multiple CTV platforms or have their entire suite of content available.

 

 

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