They may be competing for young viewers, but YouTube and TV actually help grow one another’s audience. A Google-commissioned Nielsen study found that TV can actually drive YouTube engagement, and YouTube can do the same for TV. For talk shows in particular, there was a 18% increase in tune-in on TV from an audience that had watched YouTube content of those shows. Nielsen says the results are “significant,” and commented that the opportunity is great for programmers and advertisers to “leverage the connection between digital views and TV audiences.” (Adweek)
