STUDY: SPORT IS THE BIGGEST DRAW TO VOD SERVICES

19. 11. 2024 Streaming services are growing mainly due to sporting event offerings, a Kantar study shows. This summer, full of global sporting events such as Euro football, the Conmebol Copa America and the Summer Olympics in Paris, attracted many new users to streaming services. For example, the Olympics were the reason for one in four new Discovery+… Continue reading STUDY: SPORT IS THE BIGGEST DRAW TO VOD SERVICES

WINNERS OF HBBTV AWARDS 2024 ANNOUNCED

15. 11. 2024 The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks to connected TV sets and set-top boxes, has unveiled the winners of the HbbTV Awards 2024, showcasing and celebrating excellence in the HbbTV community. The winners of the HbbTV Awards 2024: Best Use of… Continue reading WINNERS OF HBBTV AWARDS 2024 ANNOUNCED

MUSTARD AND MCCANN NOMINATED FOR THE EUROPEAN FINALS

4. 11. 2024 Two Czech campaigns from agencies McCann and Mustard have reached the final of the European Effie competition. The European Association of Communication Agencies (EACA) has published the horlist of the Effie Europe competition, with a total of 82 entries. Two of them are also from the Czech Republic. In the category Best of Europe: Positive… Continue reading MUSTARD AND MCCANN NOMINATED FOR THE EUROPEAN FINALS

HBBTV – WHAT IS IT AND WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?

1. 11. 2024 In the TV business, we’ve become accustomed to a lot of acronyms and jargon. Just within the last few years we have been introduced to OTT, SVOD, AVOD, PVOD, FAST and various other iterations of what amounts to internet-delivered content that is either free to consumers or via subscription or one-off transaction.  But one less-buzzy… Continue reading HBBTV – WHAT IS IT AND WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?

MSL AND LEO BURNETT ARE IN THE FINAL EUROPEAN EXCELLENCE AWARDS

1. 11. 2024 A total of five shortlists at the European Excellence Awards have been awarded to campaigns by agencies MSL and Leo Burnett. The European Excellence Awards finalists from the Czech Republic are MSL and Leo Burnett, both from Publicis Groupe. In total, they have won five shortlists for their campaigns “Civilians Thank You”, “A Better City… Continue reading MSL AND LEO BURNETT ARE IN THE FINAL EUROPEAN EXCELLENCE AWARDS

MAKING A MARKETER 2: MARKETING HAS A MARKETING PROBLEM

29. 10. 2024 The Marketing Festival team has released Making a Marketer 2, a documentary featuring luminaries from the current marketing scene. The team preparing the Marketing Festiva conference filmed a sequel to the marketing documentary and released it last week under the title Making a Marketer 2: A Marketing Festival Documentary. Following Tuesday’s cinema premiere, the documentary… Continue reading MAKING A MARKETER 2: MARKETING HAS A MARKETING PROBLEM

WARC WARNS: BY FOCUSING ON SHORT-TERM ROI YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON HALF OF MEDIA REVENUES

29. 10. 2024 Research from WARC and Google highlights the importance of investing in solutions such as MMM or attribution, as well as AI, for sustainable growth across the marketing funnel.</strong WARC has long held the view that effective marketing strategies combine immediate results with long-term goals. However, a fragmented media landscape and a focus on short-term measurement… Continue reading WARC WARNS: BY FOCUSING ON SHORT-TERM ROI YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON HALF OF MEDIA REVENUES

WHY TV ADVERTISING STILL RULES BRAND-BUILDING

24. 10. 2024 Quick—name the biggest brands you know. Coca-Cola. Apple. Amazon. Besides being massively famous, what else do these brands have in common? They’re all huge TV advertisers. Coca-Cola’s biggest marketing campaigns have always featured TV commercials, from “I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke” in the 70s to the more recent “Share a Coke.” Apple… Continue reading WHY TV ADVERTISING STILL RULES BRAND-BUILDING

HOW TV’S HALO EFFECT BOOSTS PERFORMANCE ACROSS YOUR MARKETING MIX

23. 10. 2024 Your apparel company just launched its first TV campaign, and new customers driven by TV surge. That’s to be expected. TV’s a powerful response channel. But something far less expected also happens. Paid search campaigns grow more effective. Social media engagement rises. Even in-store visits increase. This is a real scenario that plays out time… Continue reading HOW TV’S HALO EFFECT BOOSTS PERFORMANCE ACROSS YOUR MARKETING MIX

HOW DIFFERENT GENERATIONS WATCH TV

19. 10. 2024 Imagine a Millennial flipping through cable channels, a Gen Xer catching the game live on YouTube TV, and a Baby Boomer binge-watching Netflix. Today, media viewing habits might not be exactly what you’d expect. Before you assume no one watches TV anymore, let’s dive into the real viewing habits reshaping how generations consume content and… Continue reading HOW DIFFERENT GENERATIONS WATCH TV

BABY BOOMERS SPEND HALF THEIR MEDIA TIME ONLINE

18. 10. 2024 People over 60 are gradually moving to digital content, but brands are not yet able to respond. Baby Boomers, those over 60, are among the wealthiest generation in the world. Their media behaviour is changing, they are spending much more time online, but brands are not yet able to reflect this in their communications. This… Continue reading BABY BOOMERS SPEND HALF THEIR MEDIA TIME ONLINE

6 WAYS TECHNOLOGY IS TRANSFORMING TV ADVERTISING

18. 10. 2024 It’s July 1, 1941. A baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies flickers on TV screens in New York City. Suddenly, the game cuts away. A Bulova watch appears, accompanied by a voiceover intoning, “America runs on Bulova time.” In just 10 seconds, the world’s first TV commercial airs, forever changing the advertising… Continue reading 6 WAYS TECHNOLOGY IS TRANSFORMING TV ADVERTISING

HBBTV SYMPOSIUM 2024 TO FOCUS ON ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING, IP TRANSITION AND AI IMPACT

16. 10. 2024 The HbbTV Association has given details of the conference programme of the HbbTV Symposium and Awards 2024.  The annual key summit of the connected TV industry will take place on 14-15 November in London, co-hosted with UK-based platform operator Everyone TV (backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 & Channel 5). The conference will open with keynotes by… Continue reading HBBTV SYMPOSIUM 2024 TO FOCUS ON ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING, IP TRANSITION AND AI IMPACT

EUROPE CONSULTS ON THE FUTURE OF TERRESTRIAL TV

10. 10. 2024 The Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) has launched a consultation on the future use of the 470-694 MHz (UHF) frequency band, which is crucial for television broadcasting as well as cultural and media services. The UHF band is important for the dissemination of digital television as well as wireless devices for productions such as microphones.… Continue reading EUROPE CONSULTS ON THE FUTURE OF TERRESTRIAL TV

STUDY UK: IPA RESEARCH REVEALS HOW MUCH AVERAGE BRIT INTENDS TO SPEND THIS CHRISTMAS

8. 10. 2024 The average British consumer expects to spend almost £600 (£593.90) on core Christmas-related products and activity – including food, gifts, decorations, socialising and travelling – during the 2024 festive period. This is according to the IPA’s annual Christmas-focussed survey of 2,000 UK adults, carried out by Opinium. The IPA Insight report ‘The 2024 Christmas Consumer’… Continue reading STUDY UK: IPA RESEARCH REVEALS HOW MUCH AVERAGE BRIT INTENDS TO SPEND THIS CHRISTMAS

THE GOLDEN DRUM FINAL IS MCCANN, LEO BURNETT AND MSL

7. 10. 2024 A dozen nominations were received by Czech agencies McCann Prague, Leo Burnett and MSL at this year’s Golden Drum competition. This year’s 30th edition of the Golden Drum festival, which takes place 9 and 10 October in Portorož, Slovenia, has released its shortlists. Among the Czech agencies, McCann Prague, which scores points with its work… Continue reading THE GOLDEN DRUM FINAL IS MCCANN, LEO BURNETT AND MSL

WHAT’S IN STORE FOR THE MEDIA GIANTS? TURBULENT CHANGES AND ACQUISITIONS

6. 10. 2024 Big media companies may fundamentally reshuffle their portfolios, estimates Erika Luzsicza based on current developments. Believe It or Not was one of the iconic series of the 1990s. When browsing foreign news from the TV and streaming industry, readers can easily feel like they are in that show. For once we read how streaming platforms… Continue reading WHAT’S IN STORE FOR THE MEDIA GIANTS? TURBULENT CHANGES AND ACQUISITIONS

EU STUDY: CTV USE HITS 86% AS VIEWING GROWS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE

4. 10. 2024 In Europe, 86% of consumers are now watching connected TV (CTV) — a six percentage point increase from 2022. That is according to the latest study from CTV advertising company ShowHeroes Group in collaboration with performance marketing agency Kinesso. Its survey covered six markets in Europe. UK CTV viewing penetration was 91%, the second-highest among European… Continue reading EU STUDY: CTV USE HITS 86% AS VIEWING GROWS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE