TELEVISION’S IRRESISTIBLE POST-PANDEMIC APPEAL

11. 6. 2021 Television is shining white hot in the media agency playbook as advertisers scramble to get their brands airtime, pushing ad spend growth numbers into positive territory for the first time in years. The restrictions and regulations of COVID-19 increased consumer time with television in all its forms, including free-to-air and the various catchup and BVOD.… Continue reading TELEVISION’S IRRESISTIBLE POST-PANDEMIC APPEAL

STEPPING ON THE GAS. NOVA’S CEOS COMMENTING ON REDESIGNED NEWS AND KELLNER

4. 6. 2021 How is the Czech economy doing? How are the most important firms in the country doing? And how do the bosses – the leaders of the firms – see the presence and future of the Czech Republic? Answers to these questions are searched in a series of interviews and articles to be found bellow: We addressed… Continue reading STEPPING ON THE GAS. NOVA’S CEOS COMMENTING ON REDESIGNED NEWS AND KELLNER

AS STREAMING WARS RAGE ON, DON’T SLEEP ON LINEAR TV

26. 5. 2021 You’ve seen the headlines: “Streaming won the pandemic.” “Adoption surged over the last year.” “Viewing up across all categories and age groups.” And now: “Amazon is buying MGM Studios.” Today, the world’s best content is being organized around and produced for an over-the-top (OTT) distribution. There’s no question that, in an increasingly fragmented and omnichannel… Continue reading AS STREAMING WARS RAGE ON, DON’T SLEEP ON LINEAR TV

BROADCASTERS’ ROLE IN THE EVOLVING TV LANDSCAPE

17. 5. 2021 Tech-savvy consumers demand 24/7 entertainment at the touch of a button—anytime, anywhere The current TV landscape has transformed as viewing habits have changed, streaming giants battle it out for subscriptions and new players and emerging direct-to-consumer offerings enter the fray, shaking up the status quo. In an always-connected era, consumers are tech-savvy and demand round-the-clock entertainment… Continue reading BROADCASTERS’ ROLE IN THE EVOLVING TV LANDSCAPE

THE YEAR THAT TV SAVED US

8. 5. 2021 As life outside our homes shut down, the small screen became our treasured path to safe escape Back in March, while my son and his friends were enjoying a chilly morning of socially distanced outdoor fun at a campground, all the dads lingered near the fire our kids had built. We spent a few minutes catching up on… Continue reading THE YEAR THAT TV SAVED US

TV’S RENAISSANCE

28. 4. 2021 With a highly anticipated Enders report into TV advertising out this week, Bobi Carley looks at a linear medium firmly back on planning agendas I’d say I first heard that TV was dying a good ten years ago. When it didn’t happen, it seemed that people may have jumped the gun a little. “Are reports of the death of linear TV… Continue reading TV’S RENAISSANCE

WHY TV ADS ARE STILL KING

27. 4. 2021 Continued strong levels of consumption and an audience preference for its advertising means that diversifying media habits aren’t killing broadcast TV, says GWI’s Jason Mander. Media consumption changes have attracted a lot of interest recently. We’ve long known about the explosive rise of time spent on mobile phones (globally, GWI’s data shows an increase from about… Continue reading WHY TV ADS ARE STILL KING

HOW THE PANDEMIC ACCELERATED A TRANSFORMATION ACROSS CONNECTED TV

15. 4. 2021 Ad spend increased as brands gravitated to the space. While linear TV got pummeled by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, connected TV and direct-to-consumer players have been thriving over the past year. For instance, Vizio saw a 95% increase in streaming hours on its platform from the end of 2019 to the end of 2020. “That’s a seismic sea change… Continue reading HOW THE PANDEMIC ACCELERATED A TRANSFORMATION ACROSS CONNECTED TV

CME INVESTING IN DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT WITH VOYO IN THE FOCUS

13. 4. 2021 The Voyo video portal should become the centre of a new strategy of CME. The owner of the TV Nova group invests in the development of digital media. Central European Media Enterprises (CME), the owner of TV Nova group, wants to develop its business model towards digital media and paid services in the following years. It… Continue reading CME INVESTING IN DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT WITH VOYO IN THE FOCUS

WHAT AVOD’S GROWTH MEANS FOR MARKETERS IN SEARCH OF EVOLVING CONSUMERS

13. 4. 2021 As viewer interest in ad-supported video on demand accelerates, marketers are trying to determine how to navigate the channel and avoid new walled gardens. The rise of ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) services has been a quiet development amid numerous new consumer behaviors spurred or accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic. Yet the proportion of consumers using… Continue reading WHAT AVOD’S GROWTH MEANS FOR MARKETERS IN SEARCH OF EVOLVING CONSUMERS

WHAT MARKETERS MUST CONSIDER BEFORE DIVING INTO ADVANCED TV

12. 4. 2021 With the deprecation of third-party cookies and its implications on media targeting, advertisers are increasingly looking for opportunities to leverage both their first-party data and third-party data to effectively reach audiences. Advanced TV (ATV) offers the opportunity to do just that, providing marketers a brand-safe, person-targeted medium that is more measurable than traditional linear TV buys.… Continue reading WHAT MARKETERS MUST CONSIDER BEFORE DIVING INTO ADVANCED TV

AVOD WILL BE BIG, BUT WILL TAKE ITS TIME GETTING THERE

25. 3. 2021 Streaming is changing the world of TV viewing. But, unfortunately for the advertising world, the vast majority of this viewing is ad-free, since most of the largest and most dominant streaming services carry no ads — Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max (though that is changing), Apple TV+ — and the two larger services that… Continue reading AVOD WILL BE BIG, BUT WILL TAKE ITS TIME GETTING THERE

TRENDS OF THE MONTH: ROI, B2B AND NEXT GEN TV

19. 3. 2021 This month: How advertisers can double their return on investment (ROI), some of the challenges and opportunities for B2B marketers and the future landscape of TV advertising and audiences. Half of brands achieve an ROI of $1.06, but the most effective can double this For every $1 spent on media, advertisers can expect an average… Continue reading TRENDS OF THE MONTH: ROI, B2B AND NEXT GEN TV

LINEAR TELEVISION IS HERE TO STAY. WHERE IS ANOTHER STORY.

8. 3. 2021 When we talk about the potential demise of traditional linear TV, we’re talking about the potential demise of cable and broadcast delivery of linear TV, not linear TV itself. That’s an important distinction as, like the difference between “OTT” and “CTV”, it clouds up discussions about the future of TV. So far starters, linear TV is… Continue reading LINEAR TELEVISION IS HERE TO STAY. WHERE IS ANOTHER STORY.

THE FUTURE ISN’T CONNECTED TV, IT’S CONNECTING TV

3. 3. 2021 Only through the holistic and integrated management of all forms of TV media can advertisers achieve better measurement and greater effectiveness, writes Paul Evans. TV is not going anywhere, it’s going everywhere TV has come a long way since the very first commercial was aired over 80 years ago. It has innovated dramatically to create some… Continue reading THE FUTURE ISN’T CONNECTED TV, IT’S CONNECTING TV

ESTIMATE: AVOD REVENUE WILL DOUBLE BY 2025

22. 2. 2021 Advertising revenue of ad-supported online video services is expected to double by 2025. But the market is dominated by linear TV. Global investments directed at advertising in linear TV have generally decreased in the recent five years but linear TV still remains the key ad medium taking into consideration other video formats. Its share is… Continue reading ESTIMATE: AVOD REVENUE WILL DOUBLE BY 2025

BRAND SAFETY FOR CTV COMES FIRST, PERFORMANCE IS A CLOSE SECOND

19. 2. 2021 Although there is a continued lack of simple, industry-wide standards for cross-media and/or connected TV metrics — as well as some eye-opening fraud issues — CTV advertising dollars are estimated to rise to $11 billion. What’s the most important issue? Perhaps a clue is where the actual dollars are flowing. Many CTV dollars have benefited traditional TV players and… Continue reading BRAND SAFETY FOR CTV COMES FIRST, PERFORMANCE IS A CLOSE SECOND

TRADITIONAL TV COMPANIES HAVE A LEG UP IN BIG-ADVERTISER CTV BUYS: STUDY

19. 2. 2021 “Our primary impediment to [advertising] growth at this point is the behavior of TV buyers.” That was Roku founder/CEO Anthony Wood, speaking yesterday during the company’s Q4 earnings call. Despite Roku’s high double-digit ad-revenue gains, Wood was expressing frustration and/or puzzlement over advertisers spending $65 billion on linear TV in 2020 — even as linear… Continue reading TRADITIONAL TV COMPANIES HAVE A LEG UP IN BIG-ADVERTISER CTV BUYS: STUDY