CZECH MEDIA 2022: VOD BOOM, COST PRESSURE AND LEGISLATIVE FIGHT

30. 12. 2022 No sooner had the media market shaken off the covid downturn than the effects of economic development and rising costs began to show. Several print media outlets closed down, while VOD services developed as expected. 2022 brought that to the media as well. The media market returned to growth in the year 2022 after the… Continue reading CZECH MEDIA 2022: VOD BOOM, COST PRESSURE AND LEGISLATIVE FIGHT



MEDIA PLANNERS ‘MUST PLAN FOR BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE ATTENTION’

21. 9. 2022 Media planners need to balance planning for both active and passive attention or risk limiting scale and incurring incremental costs, Radiocentre’s Tuning In conference heard. Katy Harkness, MediaCom’s UK strategy director (pictured, main image), argued attention had become “this decade’s hot new topic” and outlined how and why agencies should have a balanced approach when… Continue reading MEDIA PLANNERS ‘MUST PLAN FOR BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE ATTENTION’



EFFECTIVENESS COMES WITH THE CONFIDENCE TO INVEST

8. 9. 2022 Marketing effectiveness is driven by courage, focus and tenacity, rather than a quest for efficiency. Often when marketers talk about effectiveness they talk about brand perception, leads, outcomes, conversions, pipelines, or other commercial KPIs. Maybe campaign goals, business outcomes, even return on investment; although ROI is really a measure of efficiency not effectiveness. My start… Continue reading EFFECTIVENESS COMES WITH THE CONFIDENCE TO INVEST



WHAT DOES THE RISE IN ENERGY PRICES MEAN FOR THE BROADCAST INDUSTRY?

5. 9. 2022 TVBEurope speaks to a number of vendors to find out how they are preparing for the price rises, and what impact they think it will have on the broadcast industry as a whole. Amid reports the new UK prime minister is planning to freeze the energy price cap for domestic customers, there is no news… Continue reading WHAT DOES THE RISE IN ENERGY PRICES MEAN FOR THE BROADCAST INDUSTRY?



MONITORING: ADVERTISING INVESTMENTS IN MEDIA ARE GROWING RAPIDLY THIS YEAR

19. 5. 2022 Monitored media advertising investments grew by almost a quarter year-on-year in April. Then for the first four months of 2022 they were up 15 percent, Nielsen Admosphere monitoring shows. Total monitored advertising investments in the media for the first four months of this year are up 15 percent year-on-year, according to AdIntel’s monitoring by Nielsen Admosphere.… Continue reading MONITORING: ADVERTISING INVESTMENTS IN MEDIA ARE GROWING RAPIDLY THIS YEAR



MEDIA FREEDOM DAY & MEDIA FREEDOM ACT: WHAT FREEDOM LOOKS LIKE TO EUROPE’S MEDIA

3. 5. 2022 Today, broadcasters and streaming services around Europe celebrate Media Freedom Day[1]. As the European Commission drafts the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), ACT, ABBRO, ACCeS, AKTV, ARCA, CRTV, UTECA and VÖP recall common principles to safeguard media pluralism, independence and sustainability. Any new regulations impacting audio-visual media should be assessed in light of general principles,… Continue reading MEDIA FREEDOM DAY & MEDIA FREEDOM ACT: WHAT FREEDOM LOOKS LIKE TO EUROPE’S MEDIA



RESEARCH: CZECHS CONSIDER MEDIA INDEPENDENCE IMPORTANT

26. 4. 2022 Research in the Visegrad Four countries found that the public supports EU measures on media freedom. The first comprehensive survey of public attitudes towards media freedom in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia shows that 52% of people are concerned about the state of media freedom in their country. 71% of respondents support stronger… Continue reading RESEARCH: CZECHS CONSIDER MEDIA INDEPENDENCE IMPORTANT



HOW STRATEGISTS SHOULD DEPLOY EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

21. 4. 2022 Stategists may be known for their intellectual chops but the very best use empathy in several different ways in order to build deeper, better communications, writes We Are Social CSO Harvey Cossell. For time immemorial strategists have been seen as the smart ones, the bright ones, the intelligent ones. And as I heard in one… Continue reading HOW STRATEGISTS SHOULD DEPLOY EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE



ADVERTISING INVESTMENTS IN MEDIA GREW IN THE FIRST QUARTER

21. 4. 2022 Most media types posted double-digit increases in the first quarter, according to Nielsen Admosphere monitoring.



ADVERTISING INVESTMENT IN MEDIA GROWS IN DOUBLE DIGITS THIS YEAR

17. 3. 2022 According to data from Nielsen Admosphere monitoring, the first two months of this year are significantly better than January and February 2021 in terms of total advertising investment in media. Nielsen Admosphere’s advertising investment monitoring records a year-on-year increase of almost 17% in gross investment for the purchase of advertising space in the first two… Continue reading ADVERTISING INVESTMENT IN MEDIA GROWS IN DOUBLE DIGITS THIS YEAR



TOP MEDIA: NOVA STILL HAS THE HIGHEST REVENUE, SEZNAM.CZ THE HIGHEST PROFIT

21. 2. 2022 TV Nova tops the ranking of media companies operating in the Czech Republic in terms of revenue, Seznam in terms of profit. TV Nova Group was the strongest media company by turnover in the Czech Republic, according to its 2020 results (the latest available at the moment). In the first year of the pandemic, it… Continue reading TOP MEDIA: NOVA STILL HAS THE HIGHEST REVENUE, SEZNAM.CZ THE HIGHEST PROFIT



CZECHS AND ADVERTISING 2022: ADVERTISING SATURATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS GROWING

4. 2. 2022 Czech users’ sense of oversaturation from the level of advertising on social networks is increasing. This is especially true for Facebook and YouTube, the Czechs and Advertising 2022 study found. The feeling of Czech users being over-saturated with the level of advertising on social networks is increasing. This is especially true for Facebook and YouTube,… Continue reading CZECHS AND ADVERTISING 2022: ADVERTISING SATURATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS GROWING



TRUST RESEARCH: WHICH ADVERTISING CHANNELS DO CZECHS TRUST?

3. 2. 2022 In the autumn of 2021, the research company Nielsen conducted a multinational study Trust in Advertising, primarily focused on the trust of the inhabitants of the surveyed countries in various communication channels. Martin Chalupník from Nielsen Admosphere writes about the study. We are at the beginning of the third year of restrictions due to the… Continue reading TRUST RESEARCH: WHICH ADVERTISING CHANNELS DO CZECHS TRUST?



MEDIA INVESTMENTS SURPASSED LAST YEAR’S VOLUMES IN NOVEMBER

17. 12. 2021 In this year’s eleven months, all media types show higher volumes of ad investments than in the comparable period last year.   This November, the monitored volume of ad investments in the media remains above the level of the same month last year. As the AdIntel data provided by Nielsen Admosphere shows, investments in print,… Continue reading MEDIA INVESTMENTS SURPASSED LAST YEAR’S VOLUMES IN NOVEMBER



AD INVESTMENTS IN THE MEDIA WERE GROWING IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2021

21. 7. 2021 According to monitoring, the first half of 2021 brought more money from ad sales to the Czech media than the first half of last year. Monitored investments relating to the purchase of ad space in the media in the first half of this year achieved a higher volume than in the same period of 2020,… Continue reading AD INVESTMENTS IN THE MEDIA WERE GROWING IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2021



UNLOCKING THE DIVERSITY DIVIDEND IN TV ADVERTISING

13. 7. 2021 Diversity and Inclusion are major themes for advertisers right now, as the last few years have made it plain how poorly marginalised communities feel they have been represented in traditional advertising. Across every channel and sector there’s an interest in representing diversity better, more authentically, but also more effectively. We’ve all seen ads which feel… Continue reading UNLOCKING THE DIVERSITY DIVIDEND IN TV ADVERTISING



ANALYSIS: THE STATE OF THE TV ADVERTISING MARKET IN 2020

3. 12. 2020 TV advertising revenue plummeted as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, prompting broadcasters to slash content budgets and review spending. Tim Dams examines the extent of the decline in ad spend and assesses the likely rate of recovery. “It could have been worse.” That’s the verdict of advertising giant GroupM in newly published research about the… Continue reading ANALYSIS: THE STATE OF THE TV ADVERTISING MARKET IN 2020



TRADITIONAL TV ADVERTISING IS GROWING – UNLIKE NEWSPAPERS

29. 11. 2020 A mistake is often made by the Silicon Valley “insiders” when they lump all traditional media into one big (failing) bucket. Newspaper advertising in print has been decimated, but TV advertising has actually held up quite well, even during the pandemic. While we are all watching a lot of Netflix (NFLX -0.6%), advertisers know that millions… Continue reading TRADITIONAL TV ADVERTISING IS GROWING – UNLIKE NEWSPAPERS