HALLOWEEN 2026: BRANDS REVIVE HORROR LEGENDS, EMBRACE DARK HUMOR AND SCARE CONSUMERS ON A GRAND SCALE

31. 10. 2026 | 9 min read Zombie Santa Claus, Bill Murray as a Ghostbuster, and a cremation urn shaped like a potato chip can. Halloween 2026 proves that brands are not afraid to push the boundaries of creativity. And they have good reason to do so. Americans are expected to spend a record $13.5 billion on the spooky holiday, start shopping earlier than ever, and expect more from brands than just themed products. How are this year's Halloween marketing campaigns responding to changing consumer behavior?

CZECH CAMPAIGNS HAVE RECEIVED SIX NOMINATIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN EFFIE AWARDS

30. 10. 2026 | 3 min read Czech campaigns have secured six nominations for the finals of the Effie Awards Europe 2026. The winners of the 30th anniversary edition will be announced on 3 December in Brussels.

FROM MASERATI TO CITROËN: HOW THE INTOUCHABLES CONNECTED FILM AND ADVERTISING

29. 10. 2026 | 10 min read The French film The Intouchables became an unexpected audience phenomenon in November 2011. The story of the friendship between a paralysed aristocrat and his unconventional caregiver won over millions of viewers, made Omar Sy an international star and also left its mark on the world of marketing – from brands featured in the film to advertising campaigns involving the lead actors or even the directors themselves.

NOVA TO LINK TV AND ONEPLAY ADVERTISING, AIMING TO IMPROVE REACH MEASUREMENT AND STREAMING MONETISATION

27. 10. 2026 | 13 min read Nova Group is preparing new advertising products that will link linear television with video advertising on Oneplay and make it possible to measure campaigns’ incremental reach. From November, it will also restrict ad skipping in catch-up viewing, a move expected to generate around 5% more gross rating points (GRPs). It plans to launch a new ad-supported tier on Oneplay in the first quarter of 2027.

TELEVISION ADVERTISING ON TV NOVA WILL INCREASE BY 12 PER CENT IN 2027

23. 10. 2026 | 3 min read The price of television advertising on the Nova Group’s channels will rise by a total of 12 per cent in 2027. On the group’s pay-TV channels, prices will rise by between 5 and 10 per cent. From November, Nova will also restrict the ability to skip adverts during catch-up viewing on IPTV operators’ services and is preparing new advertising products linking linear broadcasting with the Oneplay platform.

MEDIA CLUB TO INCREASE TV ADVERTISING RATES BY 14 PER CENT FOR 2027 AND ADJUST THE TARGET AUDIENCE TO AGES 19–69

22. 10. 2026 | 5 min read Next year, Media Club will increase the price of television advertising by 14 per cent, national radio adverts by 3 per cent, and premium online video formats – including CTV – by 10 per cent. These changes will be accompanied by the introduction of a new ‘super prime time’ advertising slot on the main Prima channel and an adjustment to the main target audience to viewers aged 19 to 69.

GOLDEN DRUM: PUNK FILM IS A PRODUCTION AGENCY; GOLD FOR VML, LEO PRAGUE, DENTSU AND MCCANN. ZARAGUZA WAS ALSO SUCCESSFUL

15. 10. 2026 | 5 min read The traditional Golden Drum International Festival of Creativity in Portorož culminated on the evening of 13 October with the awards ceremony for the competition of the same name. Czech agencies won a total of 15 medals – five gold, seven silver and three bronze.

AMPERE CEO: “ADS ARE THE FUTURE FOR STREAMING”

14. 10. 2026 | 3 min read Guy Bisson, executive director and cofounder at Ampere Analysis, introduced his MIPCOM session The New Economics of Content, why Advertising Matters, by declaring that “advertising is the future (of growth)” in the streaming market and, by 2029, streaming services will make more money from ad tiers than from premium.

PAUSE ADS COMPLEMENT VIDEO SPOTS BY TURNING AWARENESS INTO PURCHASE INTENT

14. 10. 2026 | 2 min read Pause ads may work best when being used as a complement to traditional 15- to 30-second streaming ads, according to research from Amazon Ads and Omnicom Media shared by Adweek.

ADVERTISEMENTS IN CHATGPT APPEAR IN THREE-QUARTERS OF COMMERCIAL QUERIES

14. 10. 2026 | 4 min read According to an analysis by Marketing Miner, adverts appeared in 74.7 per cent of ChatGPT’s 10,800 responses to commercially oriented queries. In nearly nine out of ten cases where the chatbot itself recommended a specific brand, the advertiser differed from the organic recommendation. The prevalence of adverts increased with the specificity of the purchase intention, as shown by an analysis carried out at the end of September.

MARK RITSON: HERE’S A RADICAL IDEA – STOP CALLING IT REACH IF NOBODY LOOKED

12. 10. 2026 | 8 min read Mark Ritson has spent years accepting the gospel of maximum reach and minimum frequency. New attention data has given him a reason to question one of media planning’s favorite rules.

CAR ADS ARE REACHING MORE MILLENNIAL VIEWERS ON TV

12. 10. 2026 | 1 min read Automakers' TV ad reach among 25- to 34-year-olds grew 12.38% YoY in June, the fastest of any age group, according to a June survey from Samba TV.

COMCAST: MULTISCREEN H1 CAMPAIGNS DRIVE ATTENTION, REACH

7. 10. 2026 | 2 min read Big multiscreen advertising still scores a lot of power, impact and "attention" for brands, according to new industry research compiled from the first half of 2026.

FOR SOME AD CAMPAIGNS, BRANDS ARE BORROWING FROM CLASSIC TV

7. 10. 2026 | 4 min read Brands like Denny’s and JCPenney are making odes to sitcoms and reality television in an effort to tap into nostalgia and get consumers who “hate” ads to pay attention.

ANDREW TINDALL: AD AWARENESS DESERVES A PLACE BACK ON THE DASHBOARD

7. 10. 2026 | 6 min read Andrew Tindall digs into data across 1,478 brands and argues ad awareness deserves a place back in effectiveness planning, alongside attention, emotion and business outcomes.

FROM 16 NOVEMBER, NOVA WILL BAN THE SKIPPING OF ADVERTS WHEN PROGRAMMES ARE WATCHED ON CATCH-UP

7. 10. 2026 | 4 min read Following in the footsteps of the Prima Group, which banned the skipping of ad breaks during catch-up viewing on IPTV back in June 2022, the Nova Group is now set to adopt this practice as well. The restriction will apply exclusively to IPTV and catch-up viewing.

REPORT: 83% OF UK ADVERTISERS USING AI

6. 10. 2026 | 3 min read AI in advertising has moved firmly beyond experimentation in the UK, with more than eight in ten marketers (83%) now actively using or piloting AI in production, according to research from XR. The findings suggest AI is becoming embedded across advertising and creative operations as brands and agencies respond to growing demand for content.

WHY 2026 HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS LOOK DIFFERENT THIS YEAR

6. 10. 2026 | 2 min read Traditions are evolving as more people than ever celebrate Halloween.