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Cost of attention

You don't buy impressions.
You buy attention.

Raw CPM measures the space you bought. Qualified CPM measures what is actually seen, remembered and useful. That's where everything is won or lost.

0+
Ad messages / day
Per consumer · Dentsu
0 %
Actually seen
Of "viewable" ads · Lumen Research
0 %
Desktop adblock
Canadians online · IAB Canada
0 %
OOH recall
Highest recall · OAAA/Solomon
The context

The market isn't short on impressions.

Distribution is no longer the problem. Attention has become the scarce resource.

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Internet users Canada

38.2 million

That's 95.1% internet penetration — every consumer is already online.

Source: DataReportal — Digital 2026 Canada

Social identities

33.0 million

One in two Canadians holds several active social identities — that many contexts of exposure.

Source: DataReportal — Digital 2026 Canada

Ad messages

4,000+ / day

That's the number of ad messages hitting each consumer on average. The problem is no longer distribution: it's attention.

Source: Dentsu — Attention Economy

"An impression that isn't seen or remembered creates no value for your brand."
The problem

The illusion of raw CPM.

A counted impression is not a seen impression. And a seen impression is not necessarily remembered.

30%
Of viewable ads are actually seen
According to Lumen Research, even among ads that are technically "visible," only 30% capture a real gaze. The other 70% go ignored.
Source: Lumen Research — Attention Technology
17%
Of Canadians block ads on desktop
That figure climbs to 28% among millennial men — precisely the priority target for many advertisers. The inventory you bought disappears before it ever runs.
Source: IAB Canada / comScore — Ad Blocking Study
What happens to your media budget?
Impressions purchased100%
Technically viewable~65%
Actually seen~30%
Blocked (adblock + other)~17-28%

Sources: Lumen Research (effective visibility) · IAB Canada / comScore (adblock rate Canada). Aggregated estimates — figures vary by format and buying context.

4,000 messages a day.
Only attention counts.

In the age of digital saturation — DartsMEDIA · 2026

The comparison

Not all media are equal.

The question isn't how many impressions, but how much real attention.

Social media · Mobile
Scroll & mobile
PromiseAttractive CPM · Broad reach
LimitScroll, skip, saturation, adblock
AngleEffective for direct conversion, fragile for brand anchoring
TV · Video
Television & video
PromiseStrong creative impact · Mass reach
LimitMulti-screening, high cost, dispersion
AngleMass medium, real attention varies
Out-of-home
Roadside billboard
PromiseMass visibility · Awareness
LimitSpeed, distance, divided gaze
AnglePowerful for awareness, weaker on qualified attention
DartsMedia
Physical presence in a social venue
PromiseCaptive attention · Consumption context
LimitRequires strong creative + rotation
Angle0 scroll — 0 skip — 0 adblock
DartsMEDIA target — aiming at real attention
Our approach

No scroll. No skip. No adblock.

A physical screen placed exactly where your target chooses to gather. In a real, repeated consumption context.

Zero digital frictionNo ad blocking possible. The screen is a built-in part of the venue.
Natural repetitionUp to 8 exposures per visit — DartsMedia model based on 80 visitors/day per venue.
Attention contextYour target is there by choice, in a social and active moment — not by accident.
⚑ Proprietary DartsMedia model — internal, unaudited estimates
The data

The science confirms it.

The studies converge: physical OOH generates durable recall and attention.

OOH › all media
Out-of-home advertising produces the highest ad recall levels among major media, according to an aggregation of 2017-2022 studies.
Source: OAAA / Solomon Partners — OOH Recall Benchmark 2023
+5.8% OOH Canada
The Canadian OOH market is up 5.8% and DOOH up 11.5% — a sign of budgets being reallocated toward physical media.
Source: COMMB / OOH Today
Attention = currency
Dentsu recommends evaluating media by attention and real impact rather than by raw reach — monetizing attention is the next competitive frontier.
Source: Dentsu — Attention Economy
Ad recall compared by medium
OOH / DOOH
68%
Television
48%
Print
38%
Digital
29%
Radio
24%

Source: OAAA / Solomon Partners — OOH Recall Benchmark Report 2023. Indicative aggregated figures.

Sources & references

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