CANNES LIONS AWARD SUBMISSIONS REMAIN FLAT IN 2025

14. 6. 2025 | 3 min read The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity received 26,900 award submissions for 2025, up less than 1% compared to last year’s tally. Total entries are down 38% from their peak nearly a decade ago.

COMING UP LATER: THE EYEWATERING COST OF DULL MEDIA

13. 6. 2025 | 2 min read Dull ads cost companies millions of dollars to achieve the same effect – now, new research to be presented today at Cannes Lions by eatbigfish’s Adam Morgan and Dr. Karen Nelson-Field examines and quantifies the silent drain on our budgets caused by dull media formats. Why dull matters As Adam Morgan explained at last year’s festival, most ads are dull. The whole lot of nothing that they make people feel costs real money – an average of £10m, according to a 2023 piece of work by Peter Field.

ADVERTISING DELIVERS NEARLY 3X RETURN ON INVESTMENT

12. 6. 2025 | 2 min read Companies that invest 3% of their revenue in advertising see an 8.7% contribution to total sales – a near 3x ROI, according to Gain Theory.

13TH HBBTV SYMPOSIUM AND AWARDS 2025 ON 12-13 NOVEMBER IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY

10. 6. 2025 | 4 min read The HbbTV Association is delighted to announce that the 13th HbbTV Symposium and Awards will take place on 12-13 November 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. This year’s edition of the connected TV industry’s annual key summit will be hosted at the Swissôtel The Bosphorus Istanbul, a five-star hotel offering first-class conference and accommodation facilities with panoramic views over the iconic Bosphorus.

THE POWER OF GEN X IS OVERLOOKED AS OLDER AUDIENCES DRIVE DUAL-ROI EFFECT

10. 6. 2025 | 5 min read Advertisers remain fixated on youth, but failing to reach older audiences is bad for business when younger consumers turn to their elders for purchasing advice amid uncertainty.

COMPANIES ARE BACKING OUT OF PRIDE SPONSORSHIP. INCLUSION IS BEING REPLACED BY FEAR OF POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES

8. 6. 2025 | 3 min read June, the month of LGBT+ celebrations, is much quieter than usual in the United States this year. A number of major brands have decided to withdraw or significantly reduce their sponsorship of Pride festivals and other events.

BBC TO END TERRESTRIAL TV, PPF TO DEVELOP ONEPLAY. WILL STREAMING WIN OUT?

4. 6. 2025 | 5 min read The British public broadcaster BBC is planning a revolutionary step in traditional television broadcasting after 2030. Its strategy is essentially in line with that of the PPF Group, which is building on an online future.

STUDY: 61% OF WEEKLY TV VIEWING TAKES PLACE ON STREAMING SERVICES

4. 6. 2025 | 2 min read More U.S. viewers now say they use FAST services to watch live content (40%) than cable and satellite, according to Horowitz Research

MYTHS ABOUT GEN Z CAN HARM MARKETING

2. 6. 2025 | 7 min read This year’s Best Brands competition revealed which brands are particularly well received by members of Generation Z. Numerous myths about this generation were also uncovered – and debunked.

STUDY USA: 18-TO-34-YEAR-OLDS SPEND MORE FOR STREAMING, CHURN MORE OFTEN

2. 6. 2025 | 3 min read A new survey puts a spotlight on the streaming behavior of 18-to-34-year-olds finds those viewers pay more for content than other age groups, but are more likely to churn if they fail to get what they crave, according to Ampere Analysis.

YOUNG PEOPLE ARE RETURNING TO TELEVISION: NEW APPROACHES TO MEDIA PLANNING

1. 6. 2025 | 5 min read A study by Freewheel confirms the levelling of viewing habits and the growing role of ad-supported streaming.

OVER 80% OF COMPANIES IN CREATIVE INDUSTRIES USE AI

30. 5. 2025 | 4 min read Within three years, every second Czech company should be using AI. Globally, this figure exceeds 80% in creative industries.

STUDY WARC: WHAT MARKETERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RAISING BRAND AWARENESS

30. 5. 2025 | 2 min read Brand awareness might be seen as a “fuzzy” metric – it doesn’t help that it’s often used as a proxy for “top-of-funnel” goals, for example – but it can be a valuable goal in itself and a success indicator for marketers, boosting both ROAS and sales.

NEW SURVEY: GLOBAL MARKETING BUDGETS STAGNATE

21. 5. 2025 | 2 min read This year, marketers are faced with the question of how to achieve growth without increasing budgets. The key answer seems to be technology-enabled productivity, particularly AI and data analytics.

STUDY: WOMEN’S SPORTS ARE A BIG WIN FOR ADVERTISERS

4. 5. 2025 | 3 min read As TV viewing spiked by 131% YoY, EDO reports that the impact of ads in women’s sports increased by 56%.

FOKTOVÁ AND BRICHTA TO JOIN THIS YEAR’S GOLDEN DRUM JURY

29. 4. 2025 | 1 min read Nikola Foktová and Aleš Brichta will represent Czech creatives on the jury at this year's Golden Drum festival.

STUDY USA: WOMEN’S SPORTS FANS WANT BETTER TV TUNE-IN INFO

8. 4. 2025 | 1 min read Women's sports are seeing incredible growth in recent years. But there's still more room for that audience to increase, especially on TV. A recent report from Paramount Advertising shows that the biggest barrier to women's sports tune-in is simply that audiences don't know where to watch.

IS SHOPPABLE CTV THE NEXT BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR RETAIL MEDIA?

4. 4. 2025 | 3 min read Historically, brands used upper-funnel channels like connected TV (CTV) for brand awareness, while relying on lower-funnel tactics such as retail media to drive conversions. But with shoppable CTV ads, brands can do both, leveraging retail media network (RMN) data to target consumers across CTV platforms, connecting the moment of discovery directly to the point of purchase.