VOYO HAS OVER 570 THOUSAND PAYING USERS

3. 8. 2023 The Voyo app has over 570 thousand subscribers on the Czech and Slovak market. This was announced by CEO Daniel Grunt at the press conference for the autumn programme of TV Nova. From January to the end of June, the app gained 100 thousand new paying users, the TV Nova director added. In autumn, Voyo… Continue reading VOYO HAS OVER 570 THOUSAND PAYING USERS



NOVA IN AUTUMN: SERIES “KRIMINÁLKA ANDĚL”, “TÁTA V NESNÁZÍCH”, AND “BIG BROTHER” ON VOYO

2. 8. 2023 TV NOVA WILL START THIS AUTUMN WITH SEVERAL NEW ITEMS IN ITS PROGRAMME AS PRESENTED AT WEDNESDAY’S PRESS CONFERENCE. TV Nova will introduce several new programmes in the autumn broadcast. The autumn programming scheme was presented at Wednesday’s press conference. A new season of Kriminálka Anděl, the series Táta v nesnázích and the reality docu-series… Continue reading NOVA IN AUTUMN: SERIES “KRIMINÁLKA ANDĚL”, “TÁTA V NESNÁZÍCH”, AND “BIG BROTHER” ON VOYO



REPORT UK / USA: KIDS AND TEENS DRIVE STREAMING DECISIONS AT HOME

2. 8. 2023 Kids content needs are the top reason why parents subscribe, stick with and drop streaming services, a new report from SuperAwesome finds. Parents are more likely to subscribe to a streaming service if the platform offers content that interests their kids, according to a new SuperAwesome report. The study, called Gen Alpha and Gen Z: In… Continue reading REPORT UK / USA: KIDS AND TEENS DRIVE STREAMING DECISIONS AT HOME



VAB INSPIRE: HOW TV ADVERTISING GROWS BRANDS

1. 8. 2023 ARE YOU WONDERING HOW YOU CAN USE TV TO BUILD OR STRENGTHEN YOUR BRAND, INCREASE WEBSITE TRAFFIC, LAUNCH NEW PRODUCTS SUCCESSFULLY OR INCREASE YOUR SHARE OF MARKET? JASON WIESE, SVP, DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INSIGHTS AT VIDEO ADVERTISING BUREAU (VAB), AND AMIT SHARAN, SVP OF MARKETING AT TATARI, SHARE THEIR ANALYSES AND CASE STUDIES FOCUSING ON… Continue reading VAB INSPIRE: HOW TV ADVERTISING GROWS BRANDS



LESS CHOICE AND MORE ADS: WHY TRADITIONAL TV IS MAKING A COMEBACK

1. 8. 2023 When streaming landed on our screens, it was hailed as television’s promised land. It offered content at our beck and call, drawn from libraries as deep as the internet itself. But as balance sheet economics has caught up to the multi-billion dollar spending sprees, content is vanishing and streaming itself is evolving. Among the dozens… Continue reading LESS CHOICE AND MORE ADS: WHY TRADITIONAL TV IS MAKING A COMEBACK



THINKBOX: 30 SECOND ADS DELIVER THE GREATEST IMPACT

31. 7. 2023 Thinkbox’s ‘Creative Drivers of Effectiveness’ study explores the factors most strongly linked to long-term memory encoding (LTME), a proven metric in driving decision making and future behaviour. As one part of the study, research agency Neuro-Insight explored whether the duration of TV ads within their databank influenced both LTME and the emotional impact achieved.  This… Continue reading THINKBOX: 30 SECOND ADS DELIVER THE GREATEST IMPACT



TRAVEL SECTOR TV AD COLLECTION

31. 7. 2023 Travel is an industry that is always looking forwards. Yes, towards future bookings, but also towards the next creative idea. With customers returning to holidays in force post-pandemic, competition is high and strong brands are essential. TV advertising has a critical role to play and the travel sector delivers some stand out ad creative that… Continue reading TRAVEL SECTOR TV AD COLLECTION



HOW WILL ATSC 3.0 TRANSFORM TV ADVERTISING?

31. 7. 2023 The arrival of ATSC 3.0/NextGen TV—and its ability to combine broadcast with IP—has the potential to transform TV commercials from one-way mass-market blasts to two-way personalized interactive experiences.  “ATSC 3.0 provides OTA broadcasters the same level of interactivity that you’re seeing with digital content on the web today,” said Anne Schelle, managing director of the… Continue reading HOW WILL ATSC 3.0 TRANSFORM TV ADVERTISING?



PPF ENTERS VIAPLAY, THE VOYO SERVICE MODEL

30. 7. 2023 PPF, the owner of TV Nova and Voyo, has taken advantage of the situation in the scandinavian media group Viaplay and acquired a 6.3% stake in it. Investment group PPF, owner of domestic TV Nova, has bought a 6.3% stake in Scandinavian media company Viaplay, according to an announcement on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. This… Continue reading PPF ENTERS VIAPLAY, THE VOYO SERVICE MODEL



TV ADVERTISING IN JAPAN: ECCENTRIC SPOTS FULL OF CELEBRITIES, ANIME AND FANTASY – COLOURFUL, CRAZY, FUN – AND COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

27. 7. 2023 Japanese TV commercials are so quirky they are a world unto themselves. And they’re so famous that they’ve even been parodied in the Simpsons series.



PRIMA+ HAS OVER 85 THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS AFTER FIVE MONTHS

27. 7. 2023 Prima Television is satisfied with the results of the prima+ app, which it launched at the beginning of February. The paid access to the video service is used by 85,000 people. When the project was launched, it announced that it would like to have 100,000 paying users within a year. “Overall, even with the non-paid… Continue reading PRIMA+ HAS OVER 85 THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS AFTER FIVE MONTHS



PRIMA: WE ARE NOT PLANNING NEW CHANNELS. WHAT ABOUT THE POSITIONS IN MULTIPLEX 22?

26. 7. 2023 The vacant programming positions in the nationwide terrestrial TV multiplex 22 blocked for the Prima Group don’t mean that the media house is planning new TV stations, Prima’s CEO Marek Singer said in an interview with Marketing a Media magazine. No two or three new linear TV channels are being prepared by the Prima group… Continue reading PRIMA: WE ARE NOT PLANNING NEW CHANNELS. WHAT ABOUT THE POSITIONS IN MULTIPLEX 22?



AI AND THE AVOD VIEWING EXPERIENCE

25. 7. 2023 As AVOD models gain traction, the combination of automation and human intuition will ultimately help deliver the right balance for both viewers and advertisers In the ever-evolving landscape of content streaming, VOD providers need to innovate to survive. But this doesn’t just apply to entertaining audiences with a media portfolio of original production, nostalgic archive… Continue reading AI AND THE AVOD VIEWING EXPERIENCE



TRAVELERS REACT TO AI-GENERATED TRAVEL ADS

25. 7. 2023 AI has dominated the news for this first half of 2023 and using new artificial intelligence tools to help create ads has been all the buzz lately. So much so that NPR recently published an article and released a related podcast episode on how to recognize AI-generated images. The travel marketing space has been no different; AI… Continue reading TRAVELERS REACT TO AI-GENERATED TRAVEL ADS



BRANDS TAKE THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES TO HOLLYWOOD — WITH MARKETING MIXES TO GO ALONG WITH THEM

25. 7. 2023 Barbiecore has reached fever pitch this summer. In anticipation of the upcoming Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig live-action film based on the Mattel doll that will be released July 21, dozens of brands have released limited-edition Barbie merchandise and many more are collaborating with the brand. Barbie is just one example of what’s to come… Continue reading BRANDS TAKE THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES TO HOLLYWOOD — WITH MARKETING MIXES TO GO ALONG WITH THEM



CME IS PREPARING ITS OWN FAST TV CHANNEL, FOR EXAMPLE WITH ROMANTIC SHOWS

24. 7. 2023 Voyo subscribers spend two hours a day watching content, and the service has over 700,000 users in all markets. PPF Financial Group said in its annual report. “If you look at the TV business a decade ago, its technological expertise was close to zero. Today, TV is a digital business, and this is reflected in… Continue reading CME IS PREPARING ITS OWN FAST TV CHANNEL, FOR EXAMPLE WITH ROMANTIC SHOWS



TV ÓČKO INCREASED REVENUES LAST YEAR, MADE A SMALL LOSS

24. 7. 2023 The Óčko group of music TV stations increased revenues last year, but made a small loss due to a decline in viewership. The operator of the music TV group Óčko generated revenues of CZK 141 million last year. This was up 8% year-on-year. It ended the year with a small loss of CZK 1.5m. CZK.… Continue reading TV ÓČKO INCREASED REVENUES LAST YEAR, MADE A SMALL LOSS



STUDY: CONSUMERS TURN TO CURATED HUBS TO FIND CONTENT IN CROWDED STREAMING LANDSCAPE

24. 7. 2023 Black streamers are especially engaged, with eight in ten (80%) reporting using Black content collections/hubs at least occasionally according to a new Horowitz study. NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.—As consumers struggle to find content in an increasingly increasingly fragmented streaming ecosystem, streamers are increasingly turning to curated collections and hubs as a way to find relevant programming,… Continue reading STUDY: CONSUMERS TURN TO CURATED HUBS TO FIND CONTENT IN CROWDED STREAMING LANDSCAPE