TV AD REVENUE WILL REBOUND IN 2021, BUT THE INDUSTRY IS NEVER GOING BACK TO NORMAL

24. 12. 2020 Vaccinations, plus investment from travel, retail and auto advertisers, will help shape the new normal.

‘SORRY TV’S SO COMPLEX, I DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO MAKE IT SIMPLER’

7. 12. 2020 John Litster, managing director at Sky Media, considers the need for simplification in media and calls on the industry to start making a change.

WHY TV REMAINS THE WORLD’S MOST EFFECTIVE ADVERTISING

18. 11. 2020 Global figures continue to highlight how the power of television advertising remains resilient.

HOW SCALE-UP DIGITAL BRANDS CAN USE TV ADVERTISING

6. 11. 2020 During the first coronavirus lockdown, the consumption of television and online streaming content soared.

UK STUDY: SIGNALLING SUCCESS – HOW ADVERTISING ON TV SIGNALS A BRAND’S SUPERIORITY

24. 9. 2020 Major new study reveals that media channels differ widely in their ability to communicate vital brand signals.

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AD COMMUNITY FROM NIELSEN’S BRAD KELLY

27. 7. 2020 Toxic Behaviors in Advertising — and Your Business: What’s Your Threshold?

FOUR COVID-19 MARKETING TRENDS: NAVIGATING WHAT’S NEXT

1. 6. 2020 As countries around the world emerge from lockdown, businesses are having to adjust to a future rather different from the one they’d planned for in January. WARC’s Anna Hamill highlights some key trends.

TV ADVERTISING: INDUSTRY BOSSES DISCUSS THE MARKET’S FUTURE

28. 4. 2020 Mediatel's Steven Scaffardi speaks with key figures from the broadcast media world to discuss how they have dealt with the coronavirus crisis – and what comes next for commercial TV.

PETER FIELD ON WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP ADVERTISING DURING A DOWNTURN

23. 4. 2020 There have been many warnings, often from anxious advertising agencies, about the danger of brands “going dark” during the COVID crisis, but British researcher Peter Field provided evidence-based analysis of why it’s imperative they heed that advice during a thinktv Canada webinar this week.

VIDEO PROVIDERS STEP UP PODCASTING GAME

12. 2. 2020 Recognizing that podcasts are a powerful companion to video, a growing number of linear and digital video services are creating podcasts that align with their audiences' tastes. The podcasts cover everything from reality TV stars to history lessons to even iconic sci-fi shows, such as Battlestar Galactica.

VIEWERS ARE KILLING TV MEASUREMENT AND SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE

11. 2. 2020 In an era of connected TV, direct-to-consumer streaming, and the bewildering consumption habits of Generation Z, TV measurement faces dramatic change. No available currency today can independently cover the increasingly diverse and fragmented ecosystem of multiplatform video distribution. Attempts to assess the value, depth and reach of a viewing instance against a common denominator will suffer greater inaccuracies from poor integration of new platforms and models.

HOW GOOGLE, FACEBOOK, MICROSOFT, AND AMAZON BECAME THE MOST MANIPULATIVE ADVERTISERS ON TV

4. 2. 2020 The biggest ads from the biggest brands in big TV moments used to be dominated by cars, candy, and beer. Now—like everything else—it’s Big Tech.

LINDSEY CLAY: 6 TV MYTHS THAT NEED TO BE DEBUNKED

20. 1. 2020 It’s a new decade. Or is it? It depends on how you like your decades. Is the old one finished or is that not until the end of 2020? 'Who cares you pedantic twat, Clay?' you might ask.

THE GOLDEN AGE… OF COMPLEXITY: REDUCING FRICTION IN THE TV ADVERTISING ECOSYSTEM

9. 10. 2019 As viewers, you probably agree that we've never had more options when deciding what content to watch, which device to watch it on, or how to access it. Consumers are living in a golden age of television, no matter how TV is now defined.

EXPERTS PREDICT HOW TV WILL EVOLVE FOR ADVERTISERS IN 2019

11. 12. 2018 The year 2019 is almost upon us. ExchangeWire have invited hundreds of thought leaders to share their thoughts on what next year will hold, across a range of topics. Following what could be termed as one of the most interesting years in the connected TV space since its inception, thought leaders from across the industry share how they think 2019 will push the opportunities even further for brands to effectively target consumers across TV.

WHAT THE GROWN-UPS THINK ABOUT TV

3. 12. 2018 Ahead of this week's Future TV Advertising Forum, and with a hefty new GroupM report by his side, Dominic Mills outlines the most important issues now facing the television industry

THIS IS WHAT ADVERTISING TRANSFORMATION LOOKS LIKE, SAYS NBCU AS IT OUTLINES ITS 2019 ROADMAP

27. 11. 2018 Linda Yaccarino, Chairman, Advertising and Client Partnerships at NBC Universal, has been outlining the company’s change vision for the year ahead, and re-iterating her determination that one of the world’s most important media companies will not settle for the status-quo and intends to ‘set the new standard’ for what ad-supported TV means for both consumers and marketers.

STUDY THE AGE OF TELEVISION: THE NEEDS THAT DRIVE US

21. 11. 2018 Video is firmly entrenched in our lives. Whether we’re snuggling on the sofa for an evening of telly or killing time on our mobiles before the bus arrives, the opportunities to watch have never been greater. Back in 2013, we investigated what viewer motivations underpinned the TV we chose to watch. What drove someone to watch live TV over VOD or vice versa? What needs did these video formats satisfy? That study discovered there were six TV ‘need states’. Since then, the video landscape has changed considerably. We wanted to revisit these need states and broaden the lens to encompass all video formats, including online. Partnering with MTM, we detangled the role that video plays in our lives to determine how the different video formats coexist and why viewers choose to invest their time in a range of video platforms. Key Findings