VOYO IS DOING FUNDAMENTALLY BETTER THAN WE PLANNED. ORDINACE IS STILL THE DRIVING FORCE, SAYS DANIEL GRUNT OF CME

23. 6. 2022 Daniel Grunt returned to CME a year ago as head of digital activities. His task was to secure one million subscribers for Voyo within five years. How’s it going? There was no escaping that campaign. In the spring, Nova TV paid for billboards in the Czech Republic and Slovakia to promote its Voyo paid internet… Continue reading VOYO IS DOING FUNDAMENTALLY BETTER THAN WE PLANNED. ORDINACE IS STILL THE DRIVING FORCE, SAYS DANIEL GRUNT OF CME

RITSON’S RECESSION PLAYBOOK: 9 STEPS MARKETERS SHOULD TAKE TO SURVIVE THE DARK TIMES AHEAD

21. 6. 2022 From retaining a long-term view and the importance of excess share of voice to making strategic changes to positioning and saying no to failure, Mark Ritson spells out how brands can navigate recession. With the tasteless timing of a drunk hitting on a widow at her husband’s funeral, marketers are in Cannes this week as… Continue reading RITSON’S RECESSION PLAYBOOK: 9 STEPS MARKETERS SHOULD TAKE TO SURVIVE THE DARK TIMES AHEAD

MEDIA INVESTMENTS WERE HIGHER IN MAY, BUT GROWTH SLOWED DOWN

20. 6. 2022 Year-on-year growth in advertising investment in media continued in May, but was lower than in the previous month. The monitored volume of advertising investment in media reached a 7% year-on-year increase in May this year. This also marks the fifth month this year that the advertising market has improved, according to Ad Intel data from… Continue reading MEDIA INVESTMENTS WERE HIGHER IN MAY, BUT GROWTH SLOWED DOWN

TV ADVERTISING IS THE MOST TRUSTED BY VIEWERS

18. 6. 2022 The latest Screenforce study was presented as Screenforce Day (24 May 2022). This year it focused on the on the trustworthiness of different moving image channels. The study was presented and developed by the Insight Institute, over 1000 respondents were surveyed online and 30 by phone. Based on the results of the study, Screenforce Switzerland,… Continue reading TV ADVERTISING IS THE MOST TRUSTED BY VIEWERS

IN A WORLD OF INSTANT GRATIFICATION, DON’T FORGET THE POWER OF ANTICIPATION

17. 6. 2022 As humans, we have a natural urge for instant gratification – the temptation to forego a long-term, future benefit, to obtain an immediate and often less rewarding one. It’s a concept that brands have leveraged with aplomb using technological and product innovation, coupled with bold marketing activity. As such, we find ourselves living in the epitome of a ‘Need… Continue reading IN A WORLD OF INSTANT GRATIFICATION, DON’T FORGET THE POWER OF ANTICIPATION

TV 360: WHY MARKETERS SHOULD COMBINE LINEAR TV AND CTV

16. 6. 2022 The number of cord-cutters has never been higher, and ad spend dedicated to connected TV (CTV) is rising steadily every year. But advertisers shouldn’t discount linear TV just yet. The US counts close to 50 million households with traditional TV services, and in 2021, 61% of US consumers watched linear TV on a weekly basis.… Continue reading TV 360: WHY MARKETERS SHOULD COMBINE LINEAR TV AND CTV

WHY DO CZECHS WATCH MORE TV? LAST YEAR IT WAS FOUR HOURS A DAY

15. 6. 2022 Even the massive rise of social media and streaming services has not deterred Czech viewers from watching classic linear TV channels. What's more, their viewership is continuously growing to last year's record of four hours a day.

A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF CZECHS WATCH SERIES ON THE INTERNET IN CZECH

13. 6. 2022 Up to 75% of the Czech online population prefers to watch series in Czech on the internet, while only 16% prefer to watch them with Czech subtitles, according to new data from Nielsen Admosphere’s Video on the Internet study. Three quarters of internet users still prefer to watch series in Czech or Slovak (including dubbed… Continue reading A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF CZECHS WATCH SERIES ON THE INTERNET IN CZECH

REPORT USA: THE OPTIMAL TV/STREAMING AD BALANCE

10. 6. 2022 The Comcast Advertising Report 2022: Actionable Insights for the Modern TV Advertiser, recommends that advertisers allocate 20 per cent to 30 per cent of their premium video budget towards streaming, and the rest to traditional TV. “The TV advertising landscape is incredibly complex now, and there are more players in the space than ever,” said Marcien Jenckes,… Continue reading REPORT USA: THE OPTIMAL TV/STREAMING AD BALANCE

BYRON SHARP: MARKETERS STILL DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW ADVERTISING WORKS

9. 6. 2022 According to the head of the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, brands complicate their situation when they can’t draw on their own data and base marketing on impressions. The book How Brands Grow came out about a decade ago, but people in the advertising business are still benefiting from it and still asking its author, Byron Sharp, for… Continue reading BYRON SHARP: MARKETERS STILL DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW ADVERTISING WORKS

PRE ENTERS TV FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A CAMPAIGN

9. 6. 2022 In its first ever TV campaign, Pražská energetika is betting on a fairy tale story. For the first time in its history, Pražská energetika (PRE) is launching a campaign on television. It relies on a fairytale story about the friendship of a curious boy, Přemek, and his friend, Eli the fox, who appear to him… Continue reading PRE ENTERS TV FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A CAMPAIGN

PRIMA IS FILMING A NEW CENTRAL SERIES DOBRÉ ZPRÁVY FROM THE TV ENVIRONMENT

7. 6. 2022 Prima TV has started filming its new central series, this time situating it in a TV broadcasting environment. Television Prima has started filming its new long-running series Dobré zprávy (Good News), which is set in a TV news environment. It is being filmed in Malesice studios in Prague. The main roles will be played by… Continue reading PRIMA IS FILMING A NEW CENTRAL SERIES DOBRÉ ZPRÁVY FROM THE TV ENVIRONMENT

STUDY USA: NEARLY HALF OF ADULTS WATCH VIDEO ON A CONNECTED TV EACH DAY

6. 6. 2022 87% of U.S. TV households have at least one connected TV device according to LRG. New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) highlights the importance of connected TV devices in the TV landscape, with 46% of all American adults watching video each day on a connected TV device and 87% of U.S. TV… Continue reading STUDY USA: NEARLY HALF OF ADULTS WATCH VIDEO ON A CONNECTED TV EACH DAY

VOYO NOT PLANNING TO JOIN A PRICE WAR OR INTRODUCE ADS

3. 6. 2022 Paid video service Voyo will not participate in a price war with foreign VOD services, neither does it plan to introduce ads. It was announced at the Digimedia conference. Voyo will not join the price war with foreign video services entering the Czech market this year. Daniel Grunt, Head of Digital of Nova and CME, said… Continue reading VOYO NOT PLANNING TO JOIN A PRICE WAR OR INTRODUCE ADS

MESSAGE TO AGENCIES: EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION MAKES SENSE

3. 6. 2022 Most advertisers agree that an excellent communication activity can return up to 20 times more value for money than an average one. The Association of Communication Agencies (AKA) together with Nielsen Admosphere have completed another wave of research, mapping the development of values in the marketing communication sector in the Czech Republic. Their survey indicates… Continue reading MESSAGE TO AGENCIES: EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION MAKES SENSE

STUDY EU: CTV VIEWERS EMBRACE AD-SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

3. 6. 2022 Connected television (CTV) viewers in six European countries – including France, Germany and the UK – use an average of 3.5 streaming platforms, with over a third utilizing ad-supported services. These findings came from a survey by FreeWheel, an ad-focused unit of media giant Comcast, and Happydemics, the research firm, of connected TV audiences in France, Germany,… Continue reading STUDY EU: CTV VIEWERS EMBRACE AD-SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

CZECHS WANT BOTH TV AND STREAMING SERVICES

2. 6. 2022 Linear broadcasting is still the most desired platform, agreed experts at the seventeenth annual Digimedia conference. The growing popularity of time-shifted viewing and streaming services, which still have great potential in the local market, was also confirmed. At the beginning, Tereza Šimečková, Director at Nielsen Admosphere, looked back at the two Covid years and used… Continue reading CZECHS WANT BOTH TV AND STREAMING SERVICES

WHY QR CODES ARE THE FUTURE OF CREATIVE ADVERTISING

2. 6. 2022 While they aren’t a new phenomenon, Coinbase’s SuperBowl ad applied a novel approach to something many are exploring: QR codes. The no-context QR code ad, which was so successful that it generated more traffic than the company’s app could handle, was likely a once-in-a-lifetime tactic to engage viewers in one of the most challenging advertising environments:… Continue reading WHY QR CODES ARE THE FUTURE OF CREATIVE ADVERTISING