ADVERTISING AT THE CROSSROADS – GAINING ATTENTION VS SELLING OUR SOUL

16. 11. 2021 At a crossroads on the value of ‘viewability’, advertising needs to embrace quality of attention as a true measure of potential audience and business impact. Dan Machen is Head Of Strategy at Lionize.

OVERVIEW: REALITY & ENTERTAINMENT TV FORMATS THAT ARE IN ABROAD

15. 11. 2021 A reality show with celebrities or a competition of model railway masters. Here is an overview of the most watched reality and entertainment TV formats abroad

THE FUTURE OF MEASURING A FRAGMENTED MEDIA LANDSCAPE

14. 11. 2021 Measuring media has never been as precise as stakeholders would like. Adding CTV (connected TV) and ATV (advanced TV) to an already intricate mix compounds the complexities.

WILL 2022 BE ADDRESSABLE’S BREAKOUT YEAR?

12. 11. 2021 Where does addressable TV advertising stand now, what challenges remain, and will 2022 really prove to be a tipping point?

TV ADVERTISING CELEBRATES 80 YEARS THIS YEAR. THE FIRST AD APPEARED ON TV SCREENS IN 1941

10. 11. 2021 TV advertising has been with us for 80 years. Over that period, it has undergone a very turbulent development. The first attempts were more or less tentative and experimental as commercial messages were sort of sneaked into the scripts of tv announcers. The situation changed forever in 1941. Back then, the first ten commercial licences were issued and viewers could see the first authentic TVspot: a black-and-white map of the usa overlaid by a massive clock face. Can you guess the product to which the spot was intended to attract viewers’ interest?

WHAT WILL THE VIDEO MARKET LOOK LIKE IN 2022?

9. 11. 2021 The latest edition of TV Key Facts is titled ‘Restart.’ We are in the midst of a shift to a new era where media, consumers and brands are building the world of tomorrow together, combining the best of innovation with sustainable and responsible practices. The TV Key Facts report assembles trends, research and data to provide a local and global view of the future of the media and advertising industry. Here is a summary of the main findings concerning total video consumption and content trends. More data and insights covering topics such as the advertising market, ROI, audience measurement and CSR can be found on the TV Key Facts website and online database, as well as at the upcoming live event. Time spent watching video is at an all-time high 2020 was a year of upheaval. Lockdown life caused a reset in people’s free time and therefore consumption habits. We saw the renaissance of the living room as people invested in home comforts such as new screens and sofas. Total video consumption exploded across the world, with viewing figures averaging at approximately 5 hours per day across the world (up to 05:53 in the US)*, proving the ongoing importance of TV and video content. However, the media landscape is rapidly changing and fragmenting. In terms of time split between methods of consumption, linear TV still takes the lead in Europe, but video on demand (VOD), on-demand TV, short-form video and pay-per-view TV are increasingly important. Still, trends differ a lot from country to country. In the UK, live TV represents just 54% of video consumption, while in Spain and Italy this figure is 80%*. TV is the global video platform In 2020, the global average daily TV viewing time increased by 6 minutes*, while in Europe average daily consumption reached 3.54 hours*. Naturally, as we return to ‘normal’ and spend less time at home, this will decrease as we have already seen in 2021. Yet, we have also witnessed TV viewing times increase since before the pandemic, increasing by 20 minutes in the second quarter of 2021 compared to in 2019*. In certain countries, such as France, the Netherlands and Germany, we expect TV consumption to remain higher than 2019 rates. CTV benefited from lockdowns The TV screen is fast becoming a vessel for all types of video consumption, with more than 50% of European households equipped with connected TVs (CTV)*. Although penetration of CTV is high, there are vast local differences – there is 60% penetration in Germany compared to 36% in Portugal*. Yet the popularity of this medium is only increasing. In the UK the number of users accessing the internet through a TV set (at least once a month) surpassed the forecast of 38.6 million, reaching 41.1 million in 2020*. More than half of VOD and YouTube content is consumed through a connected screen. VOD is truly the future of video, with everything right down to TV remotes making VOD ever more accessible. Community and conviviality have never been more important TV has proven to be the medium that unites, reassures, informs and entertains. From vital news updates about the pandemic to entertaining and comforting people through the long months of lockdown, TV has been the medium that has eased people through these hard times. Experiencing a sense of collectivity was super important during the pandemic and we saw people gather around their TVs, whether to watch news or entertainment formats. 105.8 million Europeans followed the lockdown announcements on TV, and reality programs saw a boost with a 21% increase in the top 10 programs*. One of linear TV’s biggest strengths is the shared viewing experience of entertainment: you don’t want the results of a competition to be revealed by your friends or the media.

PRIMA PREPARING PAID VIDEO LIBRARY TO MAKE NEW SPACE FOR ADVERTISING

2. 11. 2021 Prima, the second largest commercial TV in the Czech Republic, prepares its paid on-line video library through which it will seek to address more viewers and offer more ad space to its advertisers.

MEDIA CLUB BETTING ON TOTAL VIDEO. IT WILL STOP GRPS OUTFLOW IN TIME-SHIFTED VIEWING

1. 11. 2021 Video advertising will be an integral part of TV ad sales of Media Club from 2022. Media Club wants to prevent losing ad GRPs in time-shifted viewing, describes Prima’s COO, Vladimír Pořízek.

HOW YOUR BRAND CAN SOUND DISTINCTIVE IN A NOISY WORLD

27. 10. 2021 Sound assets can capture consumer attention, boost distinctiveness and build mental availability, explains Roscoe Williamson of MassiveMusic.

HOW TO SET UP A MEDIA STRATEGY IN THE ERA OF NEW CUSTOMER HABITS?

15. 10. 2021 Businesses that discontinued their advertising in the second half of last year may experience a decline in their income of up to 11%, says Yaroslav Protsiv from Nielsen.

CRITICISM OF BRAND PURPOSE IS ‘NAÏVE AND UNJUSTIFIED’, CLAIMS PETER FIELD

12. 10. 2021 In new research by the effectiveness expert, well-executed brand purpose cases are found to drive a higher number of large business and brand effects than cases without purpose.

MEDIA HABITS ARE CHANGING RAPIDLY FOR YOUNG ADULTS, MAKING AD TARGETING MORE CHALLENGING

7. 10. 2021 Media habits have undergone a sweeping change driven by streaming content and other digital media platforms, especially among younger age groups. As media continues to fragment, developing a successful strategy is becoming a more challenging task with each passing year.

HOW TO DO EMOTIONAL ADVERTISING RIGHT + EXAMPLES

16. 9. 2021 Emotional advertising connects brands with audiences in a personal, human way. It’s a technique that dates back years, but has been used a significant amount over the past couple of years, particularly during the pandemic. In this article, you will learn what emotional advertising is, plus our top emotional marketing strategies, how they work, and effective emotional advertising examples. WHAT IS EMOTIONAL ADVERTISING? Emotional marketing refers to advertising efforts that play on an emotion to make the audience notice, remember, share and take a more involved action like donate or buy. Emotional marketing can tap into emotions such as happiness, humour, sadness, anger or fear to elicit a consumer response. The idea behind emotional marketing is that it helps people to decide with their hearts, which is said to have more influence on decision making than their minds. Not only that, but emotion and memory are linked, so your audience has a higher tendency to remember your brand and the content. EMOTIONAL STRATEGY IN ADVERTISING In advertising, emotional strategies are used to stimulate the emotional triggers that influence how we make decisions. Content that evokes a strong emotional response is twice as likely to be shared or interacted with. Traditionally emotional advertising was about making people cry – the pandemic saw lots of this with nearly every other brand talking about community or togetherness and of course, the sad piano music. This video showcases it well.

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

9. 9. 2021 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 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.

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

23. 8. 2021 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.

TV SETS AND THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS OF THEATRICAL WINDOWS

19. 8. 2021 Narrowing the Gap Between Cinemas and Sofas

ADDRESSABLE TV EVERYWHERE

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