HOW CTV IS TRANSFORMING, AND WHY MARKETING TEAMS ARE FOLLOWING SUIT

3. 10. 2021 | 5 min read Connected TV has become central to the story of marketing innovation. In 2021, the rise of this advertising channel has been marked by a surge of online audiences and a revolution in how performance and actionable engagement have become synonymous with CTV campaigns. As those elements come to the fore, the dynamics between performance marketers and brand marketers are evolving as well.

RESEARCH REVEALS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE ROI

1. 10. 2021 | 2 min read The latest edition of The Payback Series examines the ability of media to optimise campaign return on investment (ROI).

VIEWERS SAY STREAMING IS A BETTER VALUE THAN CABLE

1. 10. 2021 | 2 min read New research from Criteo found that 69% of consumers felt that streaming was a better value for their money than cable TV; 64% said the content was more entertaining

THE ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN COMMERCIAL TELEVISION (ACT) IS CHANGING ITS NAME.

24. 9. 2021 | 1 min read Grégoire Polad, CEO of ACT, has announced the new official name of the association: the Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe.

BRAND RESPONSE TV – MORE FOR LESS?

22. 9. 2021 | 5 min read It's easy to build a quarterly marketing plan that sticks too close to the status quo. However, great strategists know that a truly memorable marketing campaign involves innovation. Direct Response TV, or rather its hybrid Brand Response TV (Direct Response for Brands), continues to be part of that innovation; it can build companies into unicorns (private company valued at over $100 billion) – all thanks to high return-on-investment (ROI) memorably and measurably.

WE USED TO JOKE ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF TV ADVERTISING – THEN IT EVOLVED

9. 9. 2021 | 4 min read Cara Lewis, executive vice-president, head of US media investment at Dentsu, talks us through the big steps TV ad buying has seen in recent years. She discusses how to enter the medium in a more data-driven era.

WHEN IS AN AUDIENCE NOT AN AUDIENCE? WHAT MARKETERS NEED TO KNOW WHEN ALLOCATING VIDEO AD DOLLARS

6. 9. 2021 | 4 min read The explosion of consumer choices in the video universe may not have changed things as much as you think. From a brands-eye view, the options for effective video advertising are quite simple. Kim Portrate explains.

ADVERTISERS ‘CAUGHT BY SURPRISE’ BY SEPTEMBER TV AD MARKET SURGE

2. 9. 2021 | 5 min read The TV ad market is surging in September as strong demand and shorter booking deadlines are set to push revenues up by as much as 25% compared with the same month a year ago and about 20% compared with pre-pandemic levels in 2019.

IN THE POST-PANDEMIC ERA OF TV, ALL BRANDS ARE DTC

23. 8. 2021 | 4 min read Australia’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are capitalising on Australia and New Zealand’s ecommerce growth – the highest across the globe at +107% in Q3 2020 – to expand their market presence. And they’re using TV to do it.

RESEARCH: 6 IN 10 US HOMES AVOD VIEWERS

19. 8. 2021 | 3 min read According to research firm TDG, six-in-ten connected-TV households now watch a free ad-supported streaming service on television. YouTube remains the dominant free VoD provider, with free ad-supported streaming TV services (FASTs) such as Pluto TV and IMDb seeing growing audiences.

TV ADS INSPIRE INVESTMENT INTEREST

11. 8. 2021 | 3 min read Stock trading volumes in the United States have soared over the last year and much of it seems to be driven by retail investors. With thousands of stocks to choose from, what factors influence investors’ decisions?

OLDER VIEWERS ARE FASTEST GROWING AVOD SEGMENT

10. 8. 2021 | 4 min read Ad-supported streaming services need to ramp up originals to attract younger, more affluent audiences, new research from Ampere Analysis suggests

LINEAR TV CONSUMPTION REMAINS ABOVE PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS

9. 8. 2021 | 2 min read An overview of linear TV consumption and daily reach in Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States in Q2 2021.

ADDRESSABLE TV EVERYWHERE

6. 8. 2021 | 10 min read Why broadcasters should enable ATV products across all touchpoints in a challenging and fragmented TV landscape.

DISRUPTIVE PANDEMIC TV TRENDS CONTINUE

5. 8. 2021 | 3 min read More consumers are viewing films at home rather than going to the theater, according to new research from the Hub

GROWTH OF ADDRESSABLE TV DURING THE PANDEMIC

5. 8. 2021 | 5 min read TV viewing across Europe has hit new heights during the lockdowns of the past 16 months as families crowd around their TV sets for must-watch shows. The renaissance of the living room during the pandemic has boosted broadcast and subscription services and alerted brands to new ways of approaching television advertising.

NEWS MEDIA COMPANIES ARE LAUNCHING AMBITIOUS NEW CTV SERVICES

3. 8. 2021 | 4 min read Linear TV has been the natural home outlet for 24 hour news coverage ever since the launch of cable and satellite TV services, and as a format it works. Linear viewing lends itself to rolling ‘up to the minute’ news coverage. So when it comes to news, CTV services have primarily been used for evergreen or catch-up content, but now many news publishers and broadcasters are exploring ways in which they can capture a much bigger slice of the streaming pie.

LINEAR PROGRAMMING MIGHT NOT BE DEAD AFTER ALL

21. 7. 2021 | 4 min read Ad supported streaming options continue to become more popular according to Horowitz Research.