TRUST MATTERS – AND TV EARNS IT

22. 11. 2025 | 4 min read In a world saturated with advertising, trust is everything. People are exposed to more commercial messages than ever before, across more platforms, but attention doesn’t guarantee belief or action.

ATTACK OF THE ZOMBIE SHOPPERS

21. 11. 2025 | 4 min read Brands that don’t shape the prompt will be eaten alive, writes UM London’s planning partner Lawrence Dodds.

STUDY UK: BRAND-BUILDING WINS OVER PERFORMANCE FOR UK MARKETERS

19. 11. 2025 | 2 min read Marketers in the UK are shifting away from spending on performance-building activities and leaning more towards brand-building in 2026, according to a new study about media budgets.

TV’S THIRD PLACE: HOW TVOOH CAN HELP EXTEND REACH, ATTENTION, AND INCREMENTAL OUTCOMES

17. 11. 2025 | 5 min read TVOOH combines the scale and storytelling power of TV with the targeting and flexibility of digital. C-Screens’ CEO offers advice for planners considering TV’s ‘third place’. You don’t need to be an expert to know that TV has never been more under pressure to command the marketing plans and budgets it used to. Certain media owners are now emphasising ‘video’ to justify why they should be seen as on par with linear TV, BVoD, and the likes of Netflix. But even within the two ‘places’ of linear TV and video, audiences are splintering further.

STUDY UK:TRUST AND PERSONALISATION KEY TO WINNING OVER B2B BUYERS

17. 11. 2025 | 2 min read B2B buying decisions are being increasingly influenced by personal drivers – such as trust, values, and instincts – a shift that has grown in importance by 10% since 2021, according to research from Dentsu.

NEW STUDY FINDS 38% OF RESPONDENTS VIEW TV WITH SPEAKER SOUND OFF

14. 11. 2025 | 4 min read TVB, the not-for-profit trade association representing America’s local broadcast television industry, has released findings from its 2025 Video Media Devices and Usage Study, a 5,000+ respondent survey conducted by GfK/NIQ. The study attempts to better understand media device usage as it relates to video content, with the hope that its findings will help inform and improve the measurement of TV audiences.

WINNERS OF HBBTV AWARDS 2025 ANNOUNCED

13. 11. 2025 | 2 min read The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, has unveiled the winners of the HbbTV Awards 2025, showcasing and celebrating excellence in the HbbTV community.

GRACENOTE STUDY: TV FANS EMBRACE STREAMING, BUT FRUSTRATED BY EXPERIENCE

10. 11. 2025 | 6 min read As the streaming landscape becomes more fragmented, TV and film fans are spending more time trying to find something to watch — and as frustration grows, so is their willingness to cancel premium services.

ADVERTISERS REACT TO HOLIDAY CREEP BY PUSHING TV SPEND EARLIER

7. 11. 2025 | 5 min read Advertisers used to call the weeks following Halloween heading into Christmas the “hard eight”. Today, the commercial calendar is morphing in the face of altered shopping habits and brands that refuse to wait a month to capture market demand.

“BIASED,” “BORING,” “CHAOTIC,” AND “BAD”: A MAJORITY OF TEENS HOLD NEGATIVE VIEWS OF NEWS MEDIA, REPORT FINDS

6. 11. 2025 | 6 min read About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.”

NEW DATA: STREAMING SERVICE USERS ARE WASTING MORE TIME LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO WATCH

5. 11. 2025 | 3 min read U.S. consumers now spend 12 minutes trying to find programming, up from 10.5 minutes in 2023, as many report being `overwhelmed’ by streaming media.

CHRISTMAS CREEP IS HERE AGAIN

3. 11. 2025 | 2 min read Brands and retailers on both sides of the Atlantic are bringing forward the launch of their holiday advertising campaigns, partly in response to consumers bringing forward their spending plans. What’s happening

FINNISH STUDY: ATTENTION IS THE MOST VALUABLE CURRENCY IN ADVERTISING, SAYS SCREENFORCE ATTENTION REPORT

3. 11. 2025 | 8 min read The attention paid to advertising is more important than ever in today’s fragmented media environment. The world of advertising has entered a new era in which it is no longer enough to monitor the number of views or the reach of a campaign. Attention is becoming the key factor, specifically, how long and to what extent a viewer actually takes in the advertising message.

THE FESTIVE FORMULA: HOW TO WIN LASTING AUDIENCE ATTENTION THIS CHRISTMAS

2. 11. 2025 | 6 min read Christmas ads may be big business, but attention is hard won. Lumen’s Mike Follett reveals how advertisers can sustain festive impact year after year.

STUDY AUSTRALIA: THE OTHER HALF OF THE ATTENTION EQUATION

1. 11. 2025 | 5 min read We’ve all become obsessed with attention as a media metric. As marketers, we’ve spent the past few years fixated on measuring how long people look at our ads, how engaged they are, and which channels deliver the most eyeball time. But we’re missing something fundamental: before anyone can pay attention to your ad, they first must be willing to receive it.

GEN AI CREATIVE FINDS GROWING ACCEPTANCE

1. 11. 2025 | 3 min read The use of Gen AI in advertising is growing as attitudes shift across clients, creatives and consumers, but greater openness to the tech doesn’t mean there won’t be strings attached.

STUDY USA: 60% OF TV TIME SPENT VIEWING STREAMING CONTENT

30. 10. 2025 | 3 min read Sports remains strong for linear broadcasters, but streaming platforms are challenging their status.

MIDDLE-INCOME SHOPPERS FEEL THE HOLIDAY SQUEEZE

29. 10. 2025 | 1 min read Nearly half (49%) of US holiday shoppers earning $80K–$99K are worried that gifts will cost more this year, found a July survey from Bankrate.