ADNORMAL BEHAVIOUR: HOW ADLAND’S PERCEPTIONS OF MEDIA CONSUMPTION HAVE CHANGED

24. 9. 2022 | 5 min read New study examines how adland’s perceptions of media consumption have changed.

HOW ADVERTISING CREATIVE STRATEGY IMPACTS SALES

24. 9. 2022 | 4 min read Contagious digests the most interesting and relevant research from the world of advertising and beyond, because there’s just too much to read and too little time.

‘WATCHING’ ACCOUNTS FOR THE LARGEST SHARE OF MEDIA TIME

23. 9. 2022 | 1 min read IPA TouchPoints offers great insights into today’s media consumption. The data is drawn from a representative sample of over 6,000 adults aged 15+ living in Great Britain. Each person keeps a diary via their mobile phone, detailing their activities every half an hour for a week.

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

21. 9. 2022 | 5 min read 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.

UNDERSTANDING THE CREATIVITY OF CANNES WINNERS

16. 9. 2022 | 4 min read Most of the Cannes Lions award-winning campaigns share a similar anatomy, says Neuro-Insight’s Peter Pynta: they lean on the art of storytelling and build creative tension to light up the brain’s emotional centres and drive memorability.

BRANDS SHOULD FOCUS THEIR COMMUNICATION EVEN ON LESS LOYAL CUSTOMERS

15. 9. 2022 | 11 min read Marketing is like driving a car backwards, it is out of touch with reality. How can we fix it? Marketer Wiemer Snijders points out that the customer base of brands is largely made up of those who rarely buy, and these are the ones we need to focus on in our communications. And that’s what advertising on linear TV is ideal for. „In the marketing business today, it's like driving cars backwards. We're constantly figuring out how we can use data and technology to make changes. Because everything is supposedly always changing, today's customer is not the same as yesterday’s,“ says Wiemer Snijders, author of Eat Your Greens and a representative of so-called evidence-based marketing.

STREAMING AUDIENCES DON’T SEE A NEED FOR LOYALTY

15. 9. 2022 | 2 min read The Future. The film and TV streaming market is only getting tougher as audiences get in the habit of signing up, watching a show, and then canceling once they’re done. Platforms may need to use every tool in their arsenal to keep people hooked for another month, including dropping the binge model, offering titles from a variety of genres, and maybe even creating a rewards program for long-haulers. Penny programming WSJ reports that month-to-month churn is becoming a normal part of the streaming age.

STUDY USA: INTERACTIVE CTV VIDEO ADS OUTPERFORM MOBILE AND PC

15. 9. 2022 | 2 min read Advanced video ad creative in connected TVs delivers higher performance than interactive video on mobile and PC according to Innovid.

KANTAR STUDY: FUTURE BRAND GROWTH WILL COME FROM BEING SUSTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE

14. 9. 2022 | 2 min read Most people around the world want to live in a more environmentally conscious way, but a cost of living crisis and the perception that sustainable products are more expensive means that it is only the wealthy who are able to do so – it’s a missed opportunity for brands.

IS TRADITIONAL ADVERTISING ON THE CUSP OF A COMEBACK?

13. 9. 2022 | 2 min read The 28th Edition of The CMO Survey found marketing budgets for traditional advertising increasing for the first time in a decade, although well below the expected growth rates for digital marketing in the coming year.

WHAT’S THE SECRET TO MAKING MODERN TV ADVERTISING LESS CRYPTIC? HINT: THE ANSWER’S IN THE ENGINE ROOM

12. 9. 2022 | 5 min read Why the solutions to many of our advertising challenges are found under the hood?

IS PROGRAMMATIC MAKING LINEAR TV COOL AGAIN?

11. 9. 2022 | 4 min read Live television is back in style.

EFFECTIVENESS COMES WITH THE CONFIDENCE TO INVEST

8. 9. 2022 | 8 min read Marketing effectiveness is driven by courage, focus and tenacity, rather than a quest for efficiency.

WHY ADVERTISING ON TV IS STILL THE BEST WAY TO BUILD A BRAND

7. 9. 2022 | 7 min read TV advertising has been around since the late 1940s and it's still one of the most effective ways to build a brand. Despite the growth of digital advertising, TV spending is estimated to reach $77.5 billion by 2024. Why is TV advertising so successful? We'll break down the many reasons in this article. Targeting With TV Is More Effective Than Ever TV advertising reaches a large audience with minimal effort. In the U.S., there are over 118 million households with a TV, and the average person watches over 4 hours of TV each day. This gives advertisers a lot of opportunities to reach their target market.

MARKETERS SHOULD PAY MORE ATTENTION TO ATTENTION

6. 9. 2022 | 11 min read There’s ample evidence that longer dwell time on ads raises brand recall and choice, so ignore Byron Sharp’s claims that you shouldn’t pay for more attention.

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

5. 9. 2022 | 8 min read 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.

THREE ERRORS OF EFFICIENCY

5. 9. 2022 | 8 min read Critics of traditional media channels argue that they are wasteful and expensive. But these critiques are fundamentally flawed – rather than points of weakness they are, in fact, points of strength, argues Alex Murrell, Strategy Director at Epoch.

WHY ATTENTION AND REACH NEED EACH OTHER: KAREN NELSON-FIELD AND MIKE FOLLETT RESPOND TO BYRON SHARP

5. 9. 2022 | 6 min read Attention measurement experts Professor Karen Nelson-Field and Mike Follett respond to Professor Byron Sharp’s reported criticism of brands planning for attention.