HORROR ENTERTAINING CONSUMERS: TV ADS INSPIRED BY DRACULA

18. 10. 2025 | 8 min read 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 instantly recognisable and universally understood. Now, with the release of the new film Dracula: A Love Tale, the vampire theme is back in the spotlight. It brings suspense, exaggeration, and humour to campaigns, and has the power to appeal to audiences of all ages. For advertisers, it’s a great opportunity to stand out and leave a lasting impression on viewers.

TV NOVA TO INCREASE TV ADVERTISING PRICES BY 16 PER CENT IN 2026

17. 10. 2025 | 7 min read The Nova Group will increase television advertising prices by double digits again next year. Considering all price list changes, the total increase is 16%.

INTERACTIVE ADS ARE BECOMING A CORNERSTONE OF CTV ADVERTISING

16. 10. 2025 | 2 min read Interactivity is becoming a key driver of growth for connected TV (CTV) advertising as the format evolves alongside shifting audience preferences.

IT WILL CHANGE WITHIN FIVE YEARS, SAY THE HEADS OF NOVÁ AND PRIMA. INCOME FROM STREAMING WILL BE HIGHER THAN FROM TELEVISION.

15. 10. 2025 | 1 min read In Germany, viewers already spend more time streaming than watching television. Czechia expects the same trend.

MARKETING TODAY IS FULL OF DATA, BUT IT IS STILL ABOUT EMOTIONS, IDEAS AND COURAGE

15. 10. 2025 | 21 min read Today, practically anyone can create a campaign. The only difference lies in quality, says Petra Jankovičová, President of the AKA and CEO of Triad Prague.

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

15. 10. 2025 | 2 min read 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.

WHY PAY ATTENTION TO ANOTHER ATTENTION STUDY?

10. 10. 2025 | 5 min read Because this study proves the link between high attention media and advertising effectiveness, writes Newsworks’ Heather Dansie.

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

8. 10. 2025 | 4 min read Initial Q3 TV advertising data from iSpot reveals a landscape that’s steadying while consolidating itself around top networks and programming.

HOW DO CZECHS PERCEIVE ADVERTISING? RELEVANCE IS KEY FOR THEM

7. 10. 2025 | 10 min read 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.

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

7. 10. 2025 | 3 min read 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.

STUDY: ADDRESSABLE TV UNLOCKS GROWTH IN A FRAGMENTED MARKET

7. 10. 2025 | 4 min read Research from Dish Media argues that advertisers are missing millions of consumers by underutilizing addressable TV in their media strategies.

FEWER ONLINE ADS ARE GOOD FOR EVERYONE, SAYS THE GUARDIAN

6. 10. 2025 | 3 min read Publishers can build reader trust and satisfaction for themselves and favourability for brands if they show fewer online ads, according to the Guardian.

GEN AI CREATIVE FINDS GROWING ACCEPTANCE

1. 10. 2025 | 3 min read 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

CONTENT-BASED ‘CONTEXTUAL’ ADS SCORE LOW VS. AUDIENCE TARGETING: SURVEY

1. 10. 2025 | 2 min read Content-based "contextual" advertising continues to essentially get a thumbs down from brands -- especially when it comes to media buys on connected TV (CTV) platforms, according to a recent Gracenote survey.

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

1. 10. 2025 | 6 min read 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.

A GREAT BRAND CAN BE BUILT FROM LOTS OF LITTLES, SAYS GRACE KITE

29. 9. 2025 | 8 min read The media landscape is more fragmented than ever. Consumers spend time across dozens of platforms, and their attention is divided into brief, sometimes fleeting moments. At the Cannes creativity festival, Grace Kite—an economist, founder of Magic Numbers and Vice-President at Analytic Partners—showed that there was no need for pessimism and that this development did not necessarily pose a threat to brands. Quite the opposite: fragmentation can become an opportunity and a route to growth. Her presentation, How Can You Build a Big Brand from Lots of Littles?, demonstrated that a brand can be built through brief, seemingly minor interactions—provided that they are considered in aggregate.

EFFECTIVENESS IS BUILT ON CONSISTENCY AND CREATIVITY, EMERGED FROM THE CREATIVE IMPACT DISCUSSION FORUM AT THE CANNES LIONS FESTIVAL

26. 9. 2025 | 11 min read At the Cannes Lions Festival, leading marketers, prominent creatives, and representatives from research agencies come together each year to explore the relationships between creativity, consistency, and effectiveness. This year, as part of the Creative Impact discussion forum, they focused on finding ways to maintain brand consistency in an uncertain and ever-changing environment, leverage creators and new technologies, and improve customer experience. The takeaway? Consistency is a creative superpower that can protect brand value and increase brand strength over the long term.

STUDY USA: SHOPPERS TURN TO AI FIRST FOR RESEARCH

26. 9. 2025 | 1 min read More than half (53%) of US consumers turn to AI for conducting shopping research, per an August Adobe survey.