BEYOND THE PITCH – FUSE & SYSTEM1 STUDY REVEALS WINNING STRATEGY FOR SPORT SPONSORSHIP

6. 8. 2024 | 4 min read Brands can score a ‘Sport Dividend’ through effective sport sponsorship, according to a new study by global sports and marketing agency FUSE in partnership with creative effectiveness platform System1.

MALTE HILDEBRANDT, SCREENFORCE MD: “TELEVISION IS MORE THAN JUST AN ALGORITHM”

3. 8. 2024 | 7 min read Screenforce Managing Director, Malte Hildebrandt, does not want to leave the interpretation of information to social media. In an interview with HORIZONT, he explains that the initiative of TV marketers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland carries a great social responsibility on its shoulders.

WHY LINEAR AND CONNECTED TV ARE BETTER TOGETHER

2. 8. 2024 | 6 min read Peanut butter and jelly. Movies and popcorn. Road trips with the windows down, music blasting. Some things are just better together. Including linear and Connected TV advertising.

HUB: VIEWERS POSITIVE TOWARD STREAMING VIDEO ADS

1. 8. 2024 | 3 min read The proliferation of ad-supported subscription and free streaming video platforms is apparently resonating with viewers.

HOW BRANDS CAN USE SPORTING EVENTS TO SCORE NEW AUDIENCES

1. 8. 2024 | 4 min read A summer of sports gives marketers the chance to win big when it comes to audience engagement. But how can contextual advertising help them stay ahead of the competition?

VIEWING OF NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM AND TV UP 24% IN ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES SINCE 2020

30. 7. 2024 | 3 min read Viewers in English speaking countries—including the U.K., US, Australia and Canada—are viewing more non-English language film and TV shows in recent years, according to a new study from Ampere Analysis. Increase partly attributed to success of Korean film and TV shows.

FIVE TIMES MORE PEOPLE ARE STREAMING THIS YEAR’S OLYMPICS THAN THE FOLLOWING OLYMPICS

30. 7. 2024 | 2 min read American company Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns the streaming app Max and the Eurosport station, has released some data on viewership of the Summer Olympics. The biggest sporting event of the year helped it gain a record number of new subscribers in Europe.

HOW TRAVEL AND TOURISM BRANDS ENSURE CAMPAIGN EFFECTIVENESS

29. 7. 2024 | 5 min read As part of The Drum’s Travel & Tourism Focus, we use insights from marketing data and analytics company Kantar to show how brands from the likes of Air New Zealand and Disney are standing out in a saturated market.

KIM PORTRATE: DOES INVESTING IN OOH AT THE EXPENSE OF TV MAKE CAMPAIGNS LESS EFFECTIVE?

29. 7. 2024 | 4 min read Before you start switching up channel investment in your media mix, make sure you have all the facts. If not, you could be jeopardising the effectiveness of your campaigns, explains Kim Portrate, CEO, ThinkTV.

PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS: SPORTS MEDIA IN THE ERA OF FRAGMENTATION

26. 7. 2024 | 7 min read The International Olympic Committee’s Jérôme Parmentier on Olympic viewing habits in the era of TikTok and Netflix, and what this means for media rights.

LESS THAN A MONTH LEFT FOR GOLDEN DRUM ENTRIES

25. 7. 2024 | 2 min read The 30th annual creative competition is now open for entries. The winners will be presented on 10 October in Portorož.

A GOLD MEDAL FOR ADVERTISING DOESN’T HAVE TO BE UTOPIA! SYSTEM1 GIVES ADVICE AND A HELPING HAND

24. 7. 2024 | 6 min read Not only athletes deserve to stand on the winners’ podium. Making an Olympic ad that catches the eye, is memorable, and generates amazing sales results is also worth a medal, at least an imaginary one.

OLYMPICS COMING UP, PARTNERS LAUNCH THEIR ACTIVATIONS

23. 7. 2024 | 6 min read On Friday 26 July, the Summer Olympics will kick off in Paris. The Czech Olympic Team partners have prepared thematic campaigns and other activities.

OLYMPICS ADVERTISING: HOW TO STRIKE GOLD WITHOUT JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS

22. 7. 2024 | 4 min read The Olympics is a global phenomenon that captures the attention of audiences, brands and advertisers worldwide. With over three billion viewers tuning in for the 2020 Tokyo Games and similar numbers expected for the upcoming 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, brands have an exceptional opportunity to connect with a vast, diverse audience.

49% OF CONSUMERS BELIEVE THEY CAN DISTINGUISH BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND AI ADS ON CTV

22. 7. 2024 | 3 min read 49% of consumers are confident they can distinguish ads generated by AI versus traditional methods, with nearly half (49%) stating they do not care whether an ad was made using AI or traditional methods as long as it looks authentic.

TOP ADS HAVE DISTINCT EMOTIONAL TRAITS

19. 7. 2024 | 2 min read Ads from top-performing campaigns typically have a distinct emotional profile, according to new research by DAIVID, the creative effectiveness measurement platform, and WARC.

STUDY USA: 6% OF HOUSEHOLDS WATCH TV SOLELY ON MOBILE DEVICES, SURVEY FINDS

19. 7. 2024 | 4 min read Between 2022-’23, U.S. households without a TV set grew from 7% to 8%, according to the Advertising Research Foundation.

HOW CAN BRANDS EFFECTIVELY REACH THE OLYMPIC AUDIENCE WITH CONNECTED TV ADVERTISING?

17. 7. 2024 | 6 min read With Paris 2024 just around the corner, Martin Wexler, (SVP channel partnerships at Acxiom), outlines why brands are putting connected TV (CTV) at the center of their Olympic marketing strategies. He also explains what you can do to achieve medal-worthy performance from your CTV campaigns.