THE FESTIVE FORMULA: HOW TO WIN LASTING AUDIENCE ATTENTION THIS CHRISTMAS

2. 11. 2025 Christmas ads may be big business, but attention is hard won. Lumen’s Mike Follett reveals how advertisers can sustain festive impact year after year. For most of us, this time of year is about barbeques, beaches and sunburn – not sleigh bells and Santa hats. But for adland, Christmas is bigger in August than it… Continue reading THE FESTIVE FORMULA: HOW TO WIN LASTING AUDIENCE ATTENTION THIS CHRISTMAS

STUDY AUSTRALIA: THE OTHER HALF OF THE ATTENTION EQUATION

1. 11. 2025 We’ve all become obsessed with attention as a media metric. As marketers, we’ve spent the past few years fixated on measuring how long people look at our ads, how engaged they are, and which channels deliver the most eyeball time. But we’re missing something fundamental: before anyone can pay attention to your ad, they first… Continue reading STUDY AUSTRALIA: THE OTHER HALF OF THE ATTENTION EQUATION

THE POPULAR HOLIDAY OF THE AUTUMN SEASON DOES NOT AVOID THE TELEVISION SCREENS

31. 10. 2025 🎃👻Halloween – the popular holiday of the autumn season does not avoid the TV screens. Check out the articles that are full of spooky advertising inspiration as well as the latest facts and trends about consumer behaviour during this popular holiday. 👉 Read  here on ScreenVoice.

“GO!” THE CZECH OLYMPIC COMMITTEE LAUNCHES A NEW MOTIVATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES IN ITALY

29. 10. 2025 Pojď! (Go!) This Word rings out from stadiums and living rooms when fans wish Czech athletes well. But also an inner voice that reminds everyone why it makes sense to move regularly, even if it sometimes means overcoming laziness or adversity. It is with this double meaning that the Czech Olympic Team’s campaign for the… Continue reading “GO!” THE CZECH OLYMPIC COMMITTEE LAUNCHES A NEW MOTIVATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES IN ITALY

KIDNAPPED M&M’S OR VAMPIRES IN A BURGER JOINT. THE SEASON OF SCARY COMMERCIALS IS COMING TO AN END

26. 10. 2025 With October’s Haunted Holiday, or Halloween, comes the opportunity for themed campaigns. Well-known and lesser-known brands alike are dressing up in spooky graphics, inviting monsters into restaurants, bringing old faces to life or playing with ghosts. Like Christmas, for example, Halloween has its place in the world of marketing. Of course, this is especially true… Continue reading KIDNAPPED M&M’S OR VAMPIRES IN A BURGER JOINT. THE SEASON OF SCARY COMMERCIALS IS COMING TO AN END

VML, MCCANN AND ZARAGUZA TAKE HOME THE PRIZE FROM THE GOLDEN DRUM

24. 10. 2025 The International Golden Drum Festival has announced the winners of its competition. Gold went to VML, silver to McCann and bronze to Zaraguza. The Golden Drum Creative Festival has announced the winners of its competition. Czech agencies also scored points. In addition to the Young Drummers category, which was won by the talents Joanna Santarius… Continue reading VML, MCCANN AND ZARAGUZA TAKE HOME THE PRIZE FROM THE GOLDEN DRUM

FABINI HAS ITS FIRST TV COMMERCIAL, THE FACE IS POHLREICH

23. 10. 2025 The first Fabini TV spot with Zdeněk Pohlreich was produced by Mark BBDO. The Czech brand of premium kitchenware Fabini has also headed to television for the first time. The main face of the spot, which was created over several weeks, is chef Zdeněk Pohlreich. Jan Fabini, the founder of the brand, plays a supporting… Continue reading FABINI HAS ITS FIRST TV COMMERCIAL, THE FACE IS POHLREICH

CONSUMERS GET A HEAD START ON HOLIDAY SHOPPING

21. 10. 2025 65% of US adults plan to begin their holiday shopping before Black Friday this year, according to data from McKinsey & Company. Some 52% of US adults say rising prices and tariffs are their top concern when buying tech products this holiday season, as noted in an August 2025 survey from CNET and YouGov. Gen… Continue reading CONSUMERS GET A HEAD START ON HOLIDAY SHOPPING

MUSIC DRIVES ADVERTISING PROFITABILITY

20. 10. 2025 A new study by Massive Music and the IPA details the brand and business effects that highly engaging, fitting, and memorable music can have on advertising performance. Why music matters We know intuitively that great music, from jingles to sonic assets, can lodge in our brains in a way that other media doesn’t. But the… Continue reading MUSIC DRIVES ADVERTISING PROFITABILITY

HORROR ENTERTAINING CONSUMERS: TV ADS INSPIRED BY DRACULA

18. 10. 2025 Halloween, the beloved season full of ghosts and ghouls, is just around the corner. Who doesn’t know Dracula, for example? Marketers are well aware of the global fame of the legendary vampire, and they’ve been using his iconic image and vampire symbolism to boost sales for decades — and for good reason. His image is… Continue reading HORROR ENTERTAINING CONSUMERS: TV ADS INSPIRED BY DRACULA

INTERACTIVE ADS ARE BECOMING A CORNERSTONE OF CTV ADVERTISING

16. 10. 2025 Interactivity is becoming a key driver of growth for connected TV (CTV) advertising as the format evolves alongside shifting audience preferences. In a conversation with EMARKETER, Joshua Blum, director of research and analytics at BrightLine, described how interactivity is becoming the norm for CTV ads, and addressed lingering advertiser misconceptions. Blum highlighted that interactivity is… Continue reading INTERACTIVE ADS ARE BECOMING A CORNERSTONE OF CTV ADVERTISING

GOLDEN DRUM: VANIK AND SANTARIUS FROM SAATCHI & SAATCHI TAKE GOLD

15. 10. 2025 This year’s winners at the Portorož Advertising Festival in the Young Drummers category were Czech talents Joanna Santarius and Vojtěch Vaník from Saatchi & Saatchi Prague. TheYoung Drummers Competition 2025, held alongside the 31st edition of the Slovenian International Festival of Creativity Golden Drum, knows its young winners. This year’s Young Drummers winners are Czech… Continue reading GOLDEN DRUM: VANIK AND SANTARIUS FROM SAATCHI & SAATCHI TAKE GOLD

TV’S AD REACH CONSOLIDATES, AS SPEND AND AD MINUTES GROW

8. 10. 2025 Initial Q3 TV advertising data from iSpot reveals a landscape that’s steadying while consolidating itself around top networks and programming. Over the course of Q3 2025, est. national linear TV ad reach grew by 4.2% year-over-year, to $8.77 billion and ad minutes climbed as well, up 2.4% to 5.3 million. Interestingly, however: Household TV ad… Continue reading TV’S AD REACH CONSOLIDATES, AS SPEND AND AD MINUTES GROW

HOW DO CZECHS PERCEIVE ADVERTISING? RELEVANCE IS KEY FOR THEM

7. 10. 2025 We see thousands of advertisements every day, but only one tenth of Czechs agree that people like them appear in advertisements. New research from WPP Media shows that relevance is the key to engagement, writes Petr Tomáš. Estimates of how many ads a person might see in a day, for example, vary widely, but are… Continue reading HOW DO CZECHS PERCEIVE ADVERTISING? RELEVANCE IS KEY FOR THEM

MARKETERS’ EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS DISCONNECT RISKS ‘DEATH SPIRAL’, LES BINET WARNS

7. 10. 2025 Marketers appear to be misdiagnosing their challenge by optimising for efficiency rather than for profitability, according to a new research collaboration by Les Binet and Will Davis, chief data officer at Medialab. The research gets at a tension in modern marketing: efficiency – typically measured using ROI – versus a longer term investment in brand… Continue reading MARKETERS’ EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS DISCONNECT RISKS ‘DEATH SPIRAL’, LES BINET WARNS

STUDY: ADDRESSABLE TV UNLOCKS GROWTH IN A FRAGMENTED MARKET

7. 10. 2025 Research from Dish Media argues that advertisers are missing millions of consumers by underutilizing addressable TV in their media strategies. As Advertising Week 2025 gets underway, Dish Media has released research that argues advertisers are missing millions of consumers by underutilizing addressable TV in their media strategies. The study, which was done in partnership with… Continue reading STUDY: ADDRESSABLE TV UNLOCKS GROWTH IN A FRAGMENTED MARKET

GEN AI CREATIVE FINDS GROWING ACCEPTANCE

1. 10. 2025 The use of Gen AI in advertising is growing as attitudes shift across clients, creatives and consumers, but greater openness to the tech doesn’t mean there won’t be strings attached. What’s happening “We have seen a shift in client openness to fully AI-developed campaigns,” Christian Pierre, global chief intelligence officer, Gut, told Digiday, as he… Continue reading GEN AI CREATIVE FINDS GROWING ACCEPTANCE

FLEMA: GRAND PRIX GOES TO THE SLOVAK CAMPAIGN FOR THE REALITY SHOW PIT OF LIONS

1. 10. 2025 The Flema Innovative Media Usage Competition gave away its prizes. This year, it introduced new categories and looked primarily at campaign objectives and their boldness. The Grand Prix of this year’s Flema competition, which recognises innovative achievements in media planning, goes to Slovakia. It was won by Slovenská sporiteľňa and the agency Wavemaker Slovakia for… Continue reading FLEMA: GRAND PRIX GOES TO THE SLOVAK CAMPAIGN FOR THE REALITY SHOW PIT OF LIONS