TV MUST TAKE THE LEAD IN RESHAPING HOW ALL MEDIA IS TRADED

20. 3. 2024 Media trading currencies remain crude in an era that demands sophistication. TV can lead the push to change this amid the abundance of data and research available. „There ain’t half been some clever bastards,” sang Ian Dury around 1977. It’s not his nicest title nor best song, but it’s a nice paean to Noël Coward,… Continue reading TV MUST TAKE THE LEAD IN RESHAPING HOW ALL MEDIA IS TRADED

MARKETERS EMBRACE STREAMING BUT STRUGGLE WITH CROSS-MEDIA MEASUREMENT

27. 4. 2023 The great majority of marketers around the world are now including streaming platforms in their media planning, but far fewer view these as effective advertising channels. That’s according to the 2023 Annual Marketing Report from measurement company Nielsen. It found that while 84% of nearly 2,000 global marketers surveyed have embraced the use of OTT… Continue reading MARKETERS EMBRACE STREAMING BUT STRUGGLE WITH CROSS-MEDIA MEASUREMENT

NOW IS A KEY MOMENT FOR AGREEMENT ON CROSS-MEDIA MEASUREMENT

20. 3. 2023 The pressure for better cross-media measurement has been building and now is a key moment to agree on five common principles to meet marketers’ needs and improve the consumer ad experience. Take a moment to consider what you watch and how you watch it. Like me, you’ve probably changed your viewing habits quite a bit… Continue reading NOW IS A KEY MOMENT FOR AGREEMENT ON CROSS-MEDIA MEASUREMENT

HOW DO TV NETWORKS CAPITALISE ON THE DIGITAL STUMBLE?

21. 10. 2022 The Attention Council CEO Andy Brown and media analyst Ian Whittaker have joined forces to launch a White Paper arguing for three key requirements for advertisers to evaluate TV alongside digital video. Over the past six months, there has been a noticeable step-up in the level of investment into the media measurement industry, particularly from… Continue reading HOW DO TV NETWORKS CAPITALISE ON THE DIGITAL STUMBLE?

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

OVER-THE-TOP AND CONNECTED TV ARE HAVING A MOMENT

12. 7. 2021 During a time when adtech is experiencing tectonic shifts in how it handles consumer data privacy and obtains information about its audiences, the over-the-top (OTT) and connected TV (CTV) channels bring welcomed new opportunities to marketers. They are some of the biggest marketing channels at the moment, and they have a phenomenal reach with significant measurability in… Continue reading OVER-THE-TOP AND CONNECTED TV ARE HAVING A MOMENT

THE FUTURE OF VIDEO ADVERTISING: THINK BIGGER… AND SMALLER

1. 7. 2021 The point where TV meets digital is currently one of the most exciting places in media. Connected TV, broadcast video, addressable TV – all these innovations are changing the way consumers and advertisers think about video advertising. Suddenly, TV can stretch from the top of the marketing funnel to the bottom, from multi-national to local,… Continue reading THE FUTURE OF VIDEO ADVERTISING: THINK BIGGER… AND SMALLER

TV IS THE WORST (AND THE BEST) ADVERTISING MEDIUM

14. 5. 2021 The world is slowly showing signs of normalcy, and as we move toward summer, we may also watch less content on the big screen in our homes. During the height of the pandemic, we gobbled up mountains of content across streamers, on-demand, on CTV, and what not. But it’s likely this trend will be affected… Continue reading TV IS THE WORST (AND THE BEST) ADVERTISING MEDIUM

TV IS MARKETERS’ BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY – AND THREAT

8. 4. 2021 As ISBA pushes ahead with its plans for a cross-media measurement system – despite the TV broadcasters’ hesitancy – the head of its AV Steering Group encourages marketers to evolve how they see TV. If you look at what has been grabbing the marketing headlines over the last few years you would be forgiven for thinking that what… Continue reading TV IS MARKETERS’ BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY – AND THREAT

ADVERTISERS TAKE MAJOR STEP TOWARDS ‘HOLY GRAIL’ OF CROSS-MEDIA MEASUREMENT

17. 9. 2020 A new framework aimed at giving advertisers a far greater understanding of their ads’ reach and frequency across all media is to be road-tested in the US and UK, the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) has said. Accurate cross-media measurement has been a long-standing challenge within the industry, and the WFA has teamed up with global advertisers… Continue reading ADVERTISERS TAKE MAJOR STEP TOWARDS ‘HOLY GRAIL’ OF CROSS-MEDIA MEASUREMENT

VIEWERS ARE KILLING TV MEASUREMENT AND SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE

11. 2. 2020 In an era of connected TV, direct-to-consumer streaming, and the bewildering consumption habits of Generation Z, TV measurement faces dramatic change. No available currency today can independently cover the increasingly diverse and fragmented ecosystem of multiplatform video distribution. Attempts to assess the value, depth and reach of a viewing instance against a common denominator will suffer greater… Continue reading VIEWERS ARE KILLING TV MEASUREMENT AND SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE

ADVERTISER LEADERSHIP CRITICAL FOR CROSS-CHANNEL VIDEO AD MEASUREMENT

30. 1. 2020 I’m writing this from Paris, where I’ve spent the past two days talking about the future of video ad measurement across television, over-the-top TV platforms, and video ads on the large digital search and social platforms, thanks to events hosted and driven by EGTA, the global trade association of TV ad sellers, and WFA, the… Continue reading ADVERTISER LEADERSHIP CRITICAL FOR CROSS-CHANNEL VIDEO AD MEASUREMENT

TV MEASUREMENT IN A DIGITAL WORLD

1. 11. 2019 In a highly fragmented media world, where the consumer is at the cutting edge of media consumption, media measurement and attribution can be a moving target. How does the industry keep up? Several industry experts deconstructed this dilemma at the Data Conference, part of New York City Television Week. What Is the Solution? In searching for the… Continue reading TV MEASUREMENT IN A DIGITAL WORLD

WIEMER SNIJDERS, AUTHOR OF THE EAT YOUR GREENS BESTSELLER, SHARED HIS BEST MARKETING KNOW-HOW AT THE TV ON THE MOVE CONFERENCE

1. 10. 2019 Traditionally, early October saw a conference of the Association of Commercial Television intended primarily for advertisers and media agencies. The key topic of the TV ON THE MOVE conference was the TV development in the post-linear era when TV is no longer and will never be just a screen in the living room. This year, AKTV hosted… Continue reading WIEMER SNIJDERS, AUTHOR OF THE EAT YOUR GREENS BESTSELLER, SHARED HIS BEST MARKETING KNOW-HOW AT THE TV ON THE MOVE CONFERENCE

NETWORKS, TV STATIONS EYE NEW WAYS TO MEASURE ALL THE VIEWERS OF THEIR CONTENT

26. 9. 2019 Television executives have long maintained that every viewer counts. Never have they taken such a flurry of steps to make sure they can count every viewer. With audiences becoming consumers of video that streams from a panoply of screens, maneuvers to measure them are becoming commonplace. In recent weeks, local TV stations have declared they… Continue reading NETWORKS, TV STATIONS EYE NEW WAYS TO MEASURE ALL THE VIEWERS OF THEIR CONTENT

TV IS NOT BROKEN, THE MEASUREMENT OF THE MEDIUM IS, SAYS ASTRO CEO HENRY TAN

30. 8. 2019 The proliferation of digital has led to shrinking budgets in the traditional space such as TV. According to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, traditional TV ad revenues to shrink annually from 2019 to 2021, falling from US$184 billion to US$180 billion in 2021. Interestingly however, while everyone is turning towards digital, four companies – Facebook, Amazon,… Continue reading TV IS NOT BROKEN, THE MEASUREMENT OF THE MEDIUM IS, SAYS ASTRO CEO HENRY TAN

HOW MARKETERS ARE ALTERING THEIR TV ATTRIBUTION STRATEGIES

22. 1. 2019 The slow but steady digitization of TV advertising will place further pressure on ad measurement companies to create more robust cross-platform metrics and attribution models. But for that to happen, several types of companies—including multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) and TV networks—need to update their technologies and strategies. TV ad buyers have long advocated for more… Continue reading HOW MARKETERS ARE ALTERING THEIR TV ATTRIBUTION STRATEGIES

WHY TV AND DIGITAL ARE THE PERFECT COUPLE

10. 12. 2018 What plays together, stays together. As advertisers and media buyers have flocked to digital advertising, something unfortunate happened: Television advertising, the medium that has always delivered a loyal, attentive audience—and has always been a master brand storyteller—began to get pushed aside for younger, “hipper” alternatives. But now, marketers are realizing what researchers have known all along: Digital… Continue reading WHY TV AND DIGITAL ARE THE PERFECT COUPLE