ADVERTISING INVESTMENT IN MEDIA TO INCREASE BY 8% IN 2021

24. 3. 2022 | 3 min read The advertising market has recovered from the effects of the covid-19 pandemic and will see an 8% growth in above-the-line media investment in 2021 compared to 2020, according to AdIntel monitoring.

HOW DID THE WAR IN UKRAINE REWRITE THE RULES OF MARKETING NOT ONLY ON TV SCREENS? SOLIDARITY AND HELPING OUR NEIGHBOURS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT

24. 3. 2022 | 12 min read The military conflict in Ukraine has struck the whole world like a bolt from the blue and has significantly affected the daily lives of hundreds of millions of people. Firms across nearly all business areas have responded to the crisis through both small gestures and great deeds. Let us take a closer look at some of them. Time to rethink Russia started its invasion of Ukraine early in the morning on 24 February 2022. The region became in the spotlight of the global media practically in the blink of an eye, starting a marathon of news coverage that has unfortunately not ended until now. American CNN is certainly no exception, which is logical given its position of a news giant. However, on the very first day of the conflict, the broadcaster came in for criticism that did not relate to the coverage itself but to the fact that the broadcaster had not sufficiently revised its complementary activities. What was it all about?

BRING ON THE TECHNICOLOUR!

23. 3. 2022 | 6 min read There’s a scene in Kenneth Branagh’s Oscar-worthy Belfast where the film’s young hero Buddy is taken to the cinema to see the 1968 musical fantasy Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Branagh’s movie is beautifully, brutally monochrome but the CCBB clip appears in its original glorious Technicolour, flooding the screen with warmth and transporting the Belfast audience - and the audience watching Belfast - to a happier, sunnier place.

INTERNET VIEWING OF PAID VIDEOS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC HAS TRIPLED IN TWO YEARS

23. 3. 2022 | 2 min read The Czech Statistical Office report declares, that the video viewing on internet is increasing in the Czech Republic. About 1.4 million people over the age of 16 watch videos on paid sites.

PRIMA PLANS TO AIR LICENSING SHOW MY MAN CAN DO IT

22. 3. 2022 | 2 min read Prima Television is preparing a new licensed entertainment-competition format, which will be broadcasted in the Czech Republic under the title My Man Can Do It.

IAB: DIGITAL VIDEO ADVERTISING INCREASES THE REACH OF LINEAR TV CAMPAIGNS

22. 3. 2022 | 3 min read The European digital video advertising market is currently growing rapidly and the volume of advertising investment for linear TV and non-linear TV is converging in Europe, an IAB and PubMatic report has found.

THE TV SET IS THE COMPETITIVE ARENA FOR HIGH QUALITY AV CONTENT

21. 3. 2022 | 1 min read TV set viewing continues to dominate the majority of people’s video consumption.

WELCOME TO THE NEW NORMAL, IT’S THE SAME AS THE OLD ONE

21. 3. 2022 | 10 min read Despite dire predictions of Covid-driven decline for some sectors and exponential growth for others, we’re largely where we would have been if it had never happened.

STUDY CANADA: TV REACHES THE LARGEST AUDIENCES

21. 3. 2022 | 3 min read Despite the growth in streaming, TV continues to draw in the largest audience. Based on our access to the latest data, along with evidence from other industry experts, TV is still strong today and the best place for marketers to invest their advertising dollars.

ADVERTISING INVESTMENT IN MEDIA GROWS IN DOUBLE DIGITS THIS YEAR

17. 3. 2022 | 1 min read According to data from Nielsen Admosphere monitoring, the first two months of this year are significantly better than January and February 2021 in terms of total advertising investment in media.

IF YOU WANT ATL MEDIA TO WORK HARD, YOU MUST WORK HARD TOO

15. 3. 2022 | 5 min read Measure what is key for each channel and don’t get led on by fancy metrics that don’t do anything for your media objective.

A THIRD OF ADS USE HUMOUR AND THIS IS IN DECLINE

15. 3. 2022 | 2 min read One-third of ads use some form of humour and those that do are more effective.

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MARKETING TO THE HYPER-STRESSED

15. 3. 2022 | 4 min read Many consumers no longer have the same cognitive resources for decision-making. For two years, consumers in the U.S. have been struggling to adapt to a new normal, whatever that may mean. The result has been massive stress.

THE CTV/OTT ADVERTISING INDUSTRY: WHAT LIES AHEAD IN 2022

15. 3. 2022 | 7 min read The explosive growth of Connected TV or CTV adspend is attracting new players and Unruly’s Lee Smith looks at how this will impact the issues of content, services and technology for the platform.

CTV ADVERTISERS ARE BETTING QR CODES AREN’T JUST A FAD

14. 3. 2022 | 5 min read Beyond the attention at the Super Bowl, TV marketers see QR codes as the golden ticket for measurement and conversions

CREATIVE ADVERTISING IS IN CRISIS

11. 3. 2022 | 9 min read The author of this article is Orlando Wood, Chief Innovation Officer at System1. The following text is a summary of his book Lemon, which has sparked a positive reaction and seems to have struck a chord with advertisers, agencies (planners and creatives), media owners and broadcasters. It seems to be the start of something new. There may even be a creative renaissance in the making.

HOW MARKETERS ARE LEVERAGING CREATIVE REFRESH FOR CTV SUCCESS

10. 3. 2022 | 5 min read Marketing teams are prioritizing the creative refresh as they work to drive video and CTV campaign performance.

SMART TVS BECOME DEFAULT PLATFORM FOR VIEWING STREAMED CONTENT

10. 3. 2022 | 2 min read A new Parks Associates white paper finds that more than half of U.S. broadband homes own smart TVs