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18. 4. 2022 An overview of video-on-demand content consumption by device. Two-fifths (41%) of video-on-demand content consumption happens on TV. In comparison, smartphones now take a one-quarter share (26%) and this has grown from 21% in the previous year. TV is the most popular device for video-on-demand content but smartphones are gaining share worldwide, according to data from… Continue reading TV IS THE MOST POPULAR DEVICE FOR VIDEO-ON-DEMAND CONTENT
EASTER MARKETING IDEAS THAT WORK
14. 4. 2022 This list of unusual Easter marketing ideas will get you inspired for the season. Easter eggs make up 10% of annual chocolate spending in the UK. That’s a delicious chunk of revenue for food brands. We’ll go through what you can take from these examples to create a brilliant Easter marketing campaign. Younger generations are… Continue reading EASTER MARKETING IDEAS THAT WORK
UNIFORM MEASUREMENT FOR TV AND ONLINE VIDEO ADCROSS TO EXPAND
13. 4. 2022 Media Club and Nielsen Admosphere are working on the further development of cross-platform TV and video advertising measurement AdCross. The media agency Media Club together with the measurement agency Nielsen Admopshere presented measurement for TV and online advertising (including HbbTV) and trailers AdCross. It has been available to media agencies since the start of this… Continue reading UNIFORM MEASUREMENT FOR TV AND ONLINE VIDEO ADCROSS TO EXPAND
TRENDS: LINEAR TV WILL DECLINE, VIDEO ON DEMAND WILL GROW
13. 4. 2022 Although linear TV has still been a powerful source of video content viewing, online video on demand viewing is expected to grow further in the coming years. Prima TV Group expects that the reach of linear TV in the Czech population will decline while online video consumption will grow. Prima’s CCO Vladimír Pořízek said that… Continue reading TRENDS: LINEAR TV WILL DECLINE, VIDEO ON DEMAND WILL GROW
CRITICS OF CNN PRIMA NEWS SHOULD STEP OUT OF THEIR SOCIAL BUBBLE FROM TIME TO TIME, SAYS THE GROUP’S CEO MAREK SINGER
12. 4. 2022 Marek Singer has been the head of FTV Prima group since 2008. But only after fourteen long years can he be happy that Prima’s channels are catching up with their biggest competitor – the Nova group – in terms of viewership. In certain viewer target groups, they even surpassed Nova in March. “What seemed impossible… Continue reading CRITICS OF CNN PRIMA NEWS SHOULD STEP OUT OF THEIR SOCIAL BUBBLE FROM TIME TO TIME, SAYS THE GROUP’S CEO MAREK SINGER
HOW TO RESOLVE THE ATTENTION PARADOX
12. 4. 2022 Can attention be both the “North Star to effectiveness” but also “really not how advertising works”? In January Mike Follett of Lumen Research declared 2022 to be the Year of Attention, here in The Media Leader, which was no surprise. Media owners are investing in research and clients are asking lots of questions about it.… Continue reading HOW TO RESOLVE THE ATTENTION PARADOX
IN DEFENCE OF BRAND STORYTELLING
11. 4. 2022 Storytelling increasingly feels like a dirty word in marketing circles, connoting a flippant, regressive or trivial approach to the business of selling things. But marketers abandon it at their peril. In Steven Pinker’s latest book Rationality, the Harvard psychologist asserts that ‘rationality ought to be the lodestar for everything we think and do’ and holds… Continue reading IN DEFENCE OF BRAND STORYTELLING
TV ADVERTISING IN THE DIGITAL AGE: STILL AN EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THAT IS OPEN TO NEW INFLUENCES
9. 4. 2022 Although the position of the internet was growing dynamically the impact of TV as a medium was not decreasing. Today, we are living in a streaming era which is again significantly changing the rules. However, it would be too simplified to say that linear TV and advertising have nothing to offer.
ADS MOST POWERFUL WITH EXISTING CUSTOMERS
8. 4. 2022 ATTITUDES TO ADVERTISING CONSUMER SENTIMENT NORTH AMERICA (GENERAL REGION) Sixty-one percent of North American shoppers are more likely to continue purchasing a brand they already use in response to ads, versus just 7% who prefer to acquire a new brand or ones they are yet to try after being exposed to these messages. That was… Continue reading ADS MOST POWERFUL WITH EXISTING CUSTOMERS
USA STUDY: SMART TV OWNERSHIP RISES TO 76% OF TV HOUSEHOLDS
7. 4. 2022 Rapid growth in ownership means that the majority of TV sets (57%) are now smart sets according to new data from Hub Entertainment Research. BOSTON, Mass. —Smart TV ownership, which has played a central role in the growth of streaming media, continues to rise dramatically, according to Hub Entertainment Research’s fourth annual “Connected Home” study. The… Continue reading USA STUDY: SMART TV OWNERSHIP RISES TO 76% OF TV HOUSEHOLDS
AKA: COMMUNICATION INVESTMENTS TO SEE A DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH THIS YEAR
7. 4. 2022 The Association of Communication Agencies (AKA) expects marketing communication investments to grow by 12% this year. The investment dynamics is going to accelerate compared to previous years. Despite the ongoing presence of Covid-19, the advertising market in the Czech Republic was doing relatively well in 2021. According to data from the Activation Research, which was… Continue reading AKA: COMMUNICATION INVESTMENTS TO SEE A DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH THIS YEAR
OLDER, WEALTHIER VIEWERS VALUE TV NEWS AND SPORTS MORE, LRG SAYS
6. 4. 2022 Live programming will continue to keep pay-TV relevant, researcher says. Despite the increase in cordcutting, drawing viewers away from pay-TV, interest in live news and sports—a staple of traditional linear TV—remains high among older, wealthier viewers, according to a recent study from Leichtman Research Group. When asked the importance of various programming genres, overall, 49% of… Continue reading OLDER, WEALTHIER VIEWERS VALUE TV NEWS AND SPORTS MORE, LRG SAYS
WOLT TO LAUNCH ITS FIRST TV CAMPAIGN
5. 4. 2022 Wolt, the courier service delivering food, launches a campaign “The Joy of Food Delivered” (“Radost z jídla doručena”). Wolt, the Finnish online courier service for the delivery of food and retail goods, has been operating on the Czech market since 2018. Now, it launches a new campaign entitled The Joy of Food Delivered. For the first time, the… Continue reading WOLT TO LAUNCH ITS FIRST TV CAMPAIGN
WHAT IS TV AND DOES THAT MATTER?
5. 4. 2022 No one normal worries about the definition of TV because they have lives to lead, energy bills to weep over, and hot takes on Will Smith to have. But there is one group who should care about what it means, argues Matt Hill. Apple TV won best picture at the Oscars. You can watch YouTube… Continue reading WHAT IS TV AND DOES THAT MATTER?
HOW TO GET LUCKY
5. 4. 2022 What bearing does luck have on advertising, asks Faris Yakob, who finds in a recent book – ‘Go Luck Yourself’ by Andy Nairn – a form of resilience that looks for what is possible with a rigorous examination of the situation. Do you feel lucky? Well, do you, brands? One of the systemic problems with… Continue reading HOW TO GET LUCKY
GOLDBACH: 70% OF 16 TO 49-YEAR-OLDS IN DACH USE CONNECTED TV
4. 4. 2022 Connected TV has become an integral part of the living room in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH). Above all, the younger target group of 16 to 49-year-olds use Connected TV at over 70%. The figures for households with children are strikingly high: Here, 77% of the people living in the household use an internet-connected TV… Continue reading GOLDBACH: 70% OF 16 TO 49-YEAR-OLDS IN DACH USE CONNECTED TV
DUŠAN ŠVALEK IS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF CME, MOTHER OF TV NOVA
4. 4. 2022 He is responsible for CME’s transformation strategy with a focus on building a business-to-consumer model. Dušan Švalek took up the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) at CME Media Services (CME), which includes the domestic commercial television group Nova, since 1st of April 2022. He is in charge of CME’s transformation strategy, focusing on building… Continue reading DUŠAN ŠVALEK IS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF CME, MOTHER OF TV NOVA
EUROPE’S TV BUSINESS MODEL GETS SHAKEN UP BY STREAMERS
2. 4. 2022 With U.S. streamers still driving local market growth, TV producers in continental Europe are juggling between the Hollywood studio business model — under which Netflix and the likes get all rights in return for full-financing plus a fee — and the pre-existing European model based on co-productions that leave indie producers with backend and give… Continue reading EUROPE’S TV BUSINESS MODEL GETS SHAKEN UP BY STREAMERS