THIS NIELSEN DATA SHOWS HOW THE WAY WE WATCH THE SUPER BOWL IS CHANGING

25. 2. 2024 Nielsen’s chief product officer talks about trends in NFL viewing. The Super Bowl continues to be one of the largest televised events of the year, but the way we tune in is rapidly shifting. Paramount+, which is streaming Super Bowl LVIII this year, is expecting to see record streaming numbers for the match between the… Continue reading THIS NIELSEN DATA SHOWS HOW THE WAY WE WATCH THE SUPER BOWL IS CHANGING

TELEVISION HAS A FUTURE AS A MEDIUM. NEW DATA DEBUNKS MYTHS ABOUT TV AND TV ADVERTISING

22. 2. 2024 TV’s effectiveness, huge reach to a wide audience and other benefits make it clear that advertising on tv makes much sense for brands even in the digital age. And it is time to deal vigorously with the myths about TV and TV advertising.

CONSUMERS ARE WARMING UP TO ADS ON STREAMING – IF IT MEANS SAVING MONEY: HUB

21. 2. 2024 American consumers are warming up to the idea of advertising on streaming and increasingly open to opting for ads in exchange for savings on their monthly subscription bill, new data from Hub Entertainment Research finds. Hub’s annual 2023 report “TV Advertising: Fact vs. Fiction” found that of 3,000 surveyed U.S. consumers between 14-74, the majority… Continue reading CONSUMERS ARE WARMING UP TO ADS ON STREAMING – IF IT MEANS SAVING MONEY: HUB

STUDY USA: FREEWHEEL SHOWS HOW TO BUILD A BETTER AD BREAK (CES 2024)

20. 2. 2024 2 minutes or less per pod boosts improves impact and viewer experienceg FreeWheel, Comcast’s ad tech company, released new research that points to ways the TV business can build commercial breaks that provide a better viewer experience and more effectiveness for advertisers. Research, done with MediaScience, found that keeping breaks — known in the business… Continue reading STUDY USA: FREEWHEEL SHOWS HOW TO BUILD A BETTER AD BREAK (CES 2024)

KANTAR: U.S. STREAMING MARKET NEARS SATURATION

17. 2. 2024 95% of U.S. homes had at least one VOD service in Dec. 2023, according to Kantar. The U.S. streaming industry has reached the point of near saturation, with 123 million U.S. homes (95% of all homes) having at least one streaming VOD service in December of 2023, according to Kantar. Kantar’s latest Entertainment on Demand… Continue reading KANTAR: U.S. STREAMING MARKET NEARS SATURATION

GET IN LINE: WHY 2024 WILL BE THE YEAR OF LINEAR

16. 2. 2024 This year, the pendulum will swing back towards talent from technology as this industry rediscovers what made it special, writes the editor-in-chief. Happy New Year. Shall we, the media and advertising community collective, make a joint resolution for 2024? Here’s my idea — let’s ban the word “digital” in the context of media. I’m not… Continue reading GET IN LINE: WHY 2024 WILL BE THE YEAR OF LINEAR

TV VIEWERS FAVOR SHOWS WITH DIVERSE CASTS AND AUTHENTIC STORYLINES

10. 2. 2024 The rapidly changing entertainment industry has had two work stoppages in three years — the pandemic and the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes — and continues to grapple with an “existential crisis” of inclusion that has been decades in the making. How will Hollywood adapt so that it can move forward? Now that the strikes are… Continue reading TV VIEWERS FAVOR SHOWS WITH DIVERSE CASTS AND AUTHENTIC STORYLINES

THE RIGHT WAY TO BUILD YOUR BRAND

5. 2. 2024 The best ad campaigns make a memorable, valuable, and deliverable promise to customers. Summary. More than a century ago the merchant John Wanamaker wryly complained, “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted. The trouble is, I don’t know which half.” In this article the authors present a solution to Wanamaker’s famous quandary. Drawing on… Continue reading THE RIGHT WAY TO BUILD YOUR BRAND

HOW TO MAP MEDIA QUALITY FOR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL MEASURES

2. 2. 2024 EssenceMediacom’s strategy chief reveals new research into media channel signalling strength. In biblical times, if God wanted action, He didn’t muck about. Take the season we’re in now: Epiphany. I’m pretty sure God thinks of these things like a marketer, so He probably wrote a brief to his agency (I’m guessing it wasn’t Adam &… Continue reading HOW TO MAP MEDIA QUALITY FOR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL MEASURES

WHY DOES MOST ADVERTISING FAIL TO GET ATTENTION?

1. 2. 2024 Once again, Tom Roach has produced an excellent, evidence-based review of an essential problem facing advertisers: how to get attention. His answer is creativity. People would rather not be exposed to advertising, so creativity provides the means to get their scarce attention. However, there are a couple of points implied in his article that I… Continue reading WHY DOES MOST ADVERTISING FAIL TO GET ATTENTION?

HOW CONNECTED TV IS CHANGING THE GAME FOR ADVERTISING

31. 1. 2024 An increasing number of consumers are ditching their cable subscriptions in favor of more flexible and personalized viewing experiences. As of the most recent statistics, an incredible 88 percent of U.S. households own at least one internet-connected TV device, while the number of CTV users amounted to more than 110 million among gen Z and… Continue reading HOW CONNECTED TV IS CHANGING THE GAME FOR ADVERTISING

WILL SELF-SERVE GET SMALL ADVERTISERS TO EMBRACE TV? (WOLK)

21. 1. 2024 The television industry has come to realize that there are millions of small companies that could be running television commercials but are not. You may remember the days of Cambridge Analytica, when many of the world’s largest companies were pressured to withhold their advertising dollars from Meta (which was still called Facebook at the time).… Continue reading WILL SELF-SERVE GET SMALL ADVERTISERS TO EMBRACE TV? (WOLK)

PETER FIELD: MARKETERS ARE TOO DISINVESTED IN TV ADVERTISING

16. 1. 2024 TV is among the strongest media for landing effective advertising messages, argues analyst Peter Field – but “the god damn effective” channel remains undervalued compared to its nearest digital rivals considering the business outcomes it offers. Television advertising has always enjoyed a recognition for impact. Compared with digital equivalents it is undervalued for what it… Continue reading PETER FIELD: MARKETERS ARE TOO DISINVESTED IN TV ADVERTISING

ATTENTION METRICS: MEDIA & SPORTS, HEALTH & PHARMA, EDUCATION SCORE HIGHEST, STUDY FINDS

15. 1. 2024 DoubleVerify, which sees more than 65 billion impressions weekly, on Tuesday released its first global report on attention metrics from the DV Attention Lab. The Q3 2023 report — spearheaded by Daniel Slotwiner, senior vice president of attention at DoubleVerify — measured the difference in average performance across industries, driven by varied media strategies and… Continue reading ATTENTION METRICS: MEDIA & SPORTS, HEALTH & PHARMA, EDUCATION SCORE HIGHEST, STUDY FINDS

AI AS A STRATEGIC WEAPON IN MARKETING AND ADVERTISING

9. 1. 2024 In the last year, we have seen a boom in AI capabilities and its widespread integration into practice. This opens up new perspectives for marketers, and those who jump on the AI train early will get a significant head start. This is because AI not only enables better targeting, content optimisation, more efficient processes and… Continue reading AI AS A STRATEGIC WEAPON IN MARKETING AND ADVERTISING

STUDY: RECORD SPEND EXPECTED FROM US POLITICAL ADVERTISERS

7. 1. 2024 Samba TV, a provider of TV technology for audience data and omniscreen measurement, has released its Guide to Political Advertising: 2024 Report, detailing proprietary Samba TV data and study results as part of a survey conducted with global research firm HarrisX. At a time of all-time low trust and dissatisfaction in media, this political season… Continue reading STUDY: RECORD SPEND EXPECTED FROM US POLITICAL ADVERTISERS

STUDY: AI CONTEXTUAL TARGETING BOOSTS CONSUMERS AD RECALL BY 4X

4. 1. 2024 Consumers pay 4X more attention to CTV ads when they are contextually targeted with AI according to a new AVCA study. A new study by Alliance for Video-Level Contextual Advertising (AVCA), an organization dedicated to funding research into the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for contextual advertising in streaming, found that consumers pay nearly 4X… Continue reading STUDY: AI CONTEXTUAL TARGETING BOOSTS CONSUMERS AD RECALL BY 4X

WHAT’S THE FUTURE OF THE TV EXPERIENCE GOING TO LOOK LIKE?

30. 12. 2023 Despite the rise of streaming services and CTV, traditional television is still prevalent. Television advertising has come a long way since the early days of broadcast, and today Connected TV (CTV) is a major player in the advertising landscape. With the rise of streaming services and internet-connected devices, CTV has become a popular medium for… Continue reading WHAT’S THE FUTURE OF THE TV EXPERIENCE GOING TO LOOK LIKE?